I protested to the ARRL regarding RTTY
being classified as digital. I suppose in
some perverse way it is digital but my
comments to the League was to keep RTTY
separate from the digital awards and
create a separate award for Digital.
I suggested if their goal was to increase
participation on the allocated frequencies
and, make money with increased
applications for awards, they should
create a separate DXCC and keep RTTY
separate from Digital.
As I'm a General Factotum, my thoughts
mean nothing so it was not implemented and
I suspect it never will be.
Ah well, meet the old boss, same as the
old boss...
73,
Gary, the ignored.
KA1J
> >Modes over last 2 hours
>
> Some may say this is nit picking but to me it is important:
>
> MOST of those so called modes listed are NOT different modes of
> transmission, they are digital protocols. A mode of transmission is a
> method for altering a RF carrier so it conveys information. CW is a
> mode. So is AM. Spark is not a mode; it is an altogether different
> way of generating RF. FSK is a mode.
>
> With most computer generated digital data transmissions, the method is
> the same; only the digital protocol changes. Therefore, they are not
> separate discrete modes. Let's not aggrandize computer generated
> transmission--a lot of digital stuff is one mode, but many different
> formats or protocols.
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
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