[Dxbase] There are RTTY purists and there are digital anythings

Sat Aug 13 08:25:55 EDT 2011

I have 328 rtty country qsos and 1 lonely PSK qso in my 'now named by 
ARRL as Digital' totals.
Personally I don't care what they call it on the certificate in fact I 
don't think I even have the certificate.
Maybe I'm not so 'purist' as I never used a rtty machine, only software 
emulated rtty.
There are a few 'purists' that only consider RTTY should be in a RTTY award
I am not going to argue RTTY, PSK, CLOVER, GTOR etc. etc.
I have just started trying to get all the states on JT-65. Something to 
do between DXPeditions.
But there are a few websites that do specify mode ONLY in the totals 
they allow.
http://www.k4fo.com/cqrtty/index.php K4FO is rtty only.
http://hamradio.ad1c.us/rtty_toplist/index.php AD1C includes any 
digital, by band
http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html which lists by band, mode,
Joe created the TOPLIST and QUIXOTE QUEST report for me a long time ago.
As far as I know, (haven't checked into it as I don't have that many 
JT-65 States/grids/countries yet), there isn't a 'totals' website for 
these new iterations-more esoteric new digital modes.
The point is, DXBase ALREADY HAS and can produce MODE SPECIFIC reports 
needed to fill these type of websites. I don't think the DXCC will be 
issuing 'AWARDS' for every mode. Doubt that would be cost effective.
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