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 > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
