Episode 58 - W0YK - RTTY

This is The DX Mentor podcast. I hope to help those hams trying to move up the DXCC ladder as well as those that at on the DXCC Honor Roll. As fast as technology is moving, no one can keep up on it all. I am here to help. #DX #Hamradio Our guests were Ed, W0YK, and Joe, W8GEX The topics that we covered included: Intros - Joe, W8GEX, and then you How did you get in to Ham Radio? How did you get in to chasing DX? You have operated from Japan, Syria, Jamaica, and the Galapagos. Can you give us highlights of those operations? How did you get in to contesting? RTTY: Describe it a bit Seems to be your favorite mode, what do you like about it? Are there still DX stations using RTTY? Describe the various RTTY contests It would seem to me to be as popular as ever, correct? Let's talk about the RTTY sprint - seems daunting to me Resources mentioned include: RTTY Contesting : https://www.rttycontesting.com/ AA5AU Page : https://www.aa5au.com/ Weekly RTTY Sprint : https://radiosport.world/wrt.html NCCC Weekly Sprint : https://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html MMTTY RTTY Decoder : https://hamsoft.ca/pages/mmtty.php 2Tone RTTY Decoder : https://www.rttycontesting.com/downloads/2tone/ North American Sprint : https://www.contestcalendar.com/contestdetails.php?ref=155 CQWW RTTY DX Contest : https://www.contestcalendar.com/contestdetails.php?ref=130 Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.org Daily DX https://www.dailydx.com/ DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/ Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/ IC-905 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/ IC-9700 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/ IC-7610 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7610/ IC-7300 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300/ IC-7760 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7760 IC-PW2 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-PW2