Thanks to all for their recollections. It is coming back to me that the
NAQP was phased in about the same time that the CD parties went away. Too
bad the 4 CD Parties were fun. NAQP is fun too it just seems like something
always gets in the way (now that I am retired I am just too busy!). Also
miss K2EIU/5 who lived down the road from me in San Antonio. :-)
Bill W5VX
-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Thompson
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 8:32 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CD Parties
I think the real reason that ARRL ended the CD parties is that ARRL deemed
the Communications Department to be obsolete. If you are a QCWA member just
read the memories of George Hart W1NJM, the last Communications Department
Manager in the QCWA quarterly. The department ended when he retired and the
jobs folded into other departments.
George was the father of the National Traffic System and partially the CD
Parties. NTS still exists but no longer funded by ARRL. There is still a
few CW nets but most are SSB now.
Most contesters of the 1950's and early 1960's were also trafiic handlers
and were active in emergency communications.
The CD party was opened up to all ARRL members not just field appointees and
elected officials. Soon they realized they did not need another ARRL SS.
The NAQP and the various sprints do partially owe their existence to the
demise of the popular CD Party which was run 4 times a year.
Dave K4JRB
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