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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