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Re: [CQ-Contest] First IARU HF Championship

To: David Siddall <davek3zj@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] First IARU HF Championship
From: Mike N2GC via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Mike N2GC <n2gc@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 09:16:10 -0400
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In 1976 it was called the Bicentennial Celebration. That year the FCC gave us 
permission to change the prefix of our callsigns to begin with the letter A. I 
was AA2ZBW that year. 

73, 
Mike N2GC

> On Jul 8, 2024, at 8:39 AM, David Siddall <davek3zj@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> In 1976 the ARRL sponsored a one-time contest to celebrate the bicentennial 
> of the USA.  It was so popular that the same weekend was used the next year 
> (1977) for a new contest, and that would be the first iteration of today’s 
> IARU contests.
> 
> 73, Dave K3ZJ
> 
>> On Jul 7, 2024, at 8:50 PM, JOHN GEIGER via CQ-Contest 
>> <cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I remember in the 80s it was called the IARU Radiosport, it was 48 hours 
>> long, and 6, 2m and 70cm was included.  HQ stations were not separate mults 
>> either.  Not sure when it changed to its current format.  It was in its 
>> current format by 1993.
>> 
>> 
>> 73 John AF5CC
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---- On Sun, 07 Jul 2024 13:56:58 -0500 list@ha3ln.hu wrote ----
>> 
>> 
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> Does anyone know when was the first IARU HF Championship organized?
>> 
>> Cannot find the year on the web.
>> 
>> Thanks a lot,
>> 
>> 73!
>> Csaba HA3LN / HG3N
>> 
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