jhaynesatalumni wrote: > - > > My belief is that all the RTTY is largely from contesting and DX > chasing. Those two operations have two things in common:
Another aspect I had not thought of until I asked a DX'er friend of mine why they did not use PSK much for DX. His answer: "no one has found a good way to do psk spots". Most DX is spot & click initially. I see some psk spots, but there is wide variation in how people spot them. so you have to (heaven forbid) listen to the psk signals to see which one is the dx. :-) I've also observed a significant power mindset with many RTTY ops. Bigger is better. I also see that for many RTTY ops it's not love of the mode, but another way to add DX credit. Sweeping generalization, of course. But I have more respect for the guy with the ASR. I'm not anti-DX, but do believe it often leads to some bad operating practices. Have fun, Alan km4ba
