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 _______________________________________________ CQ-
Author: JOHN GEIGER via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2024 19:21:45 -0500
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 f
The first IARU Radiosport was 1976 The WRTC thing is sometime in the 1990's Joe WB9SBD 73 John AF5CC Sent using Zoho Mail -- On Sun, 07 Jul 2024 13:56:58 -0500list@ha3ln.hu wrote -- Dear All, Does an
The first IARU contest was in 1977. It was 48 hours, and the ITU zones were the multipliers. Single ops could only operate 36 hours. Sometime in the 1980's the contest was shortened to 24 hours, and
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
Author: JOHN GEIGER via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2024 21:41:19 -0500
The date makes sense since it is often a week or so after July 4. 73 John AF5C Sent using {0} In 1976 the ARRL sponsored a one-time contest to celebrate the bicentennial of the USA. It was so popular
GA, My father (s.k.) Vladas UP2NV was few years in a row second World after LU8DQ in SOAB CW category. Year's I can't remember now, seem's 1977-1979-1980-1981. 73, Sam LY5W (ex UP2BIM) ______________
Author: Mike N2GC via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 09:16:10 -0400
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 ______
I tried to go to the ARRL and get a copy of the results article, but that part of ARRL is still broken. I just remember it being my first time I broke 1000 contacts in a contest. No computers, or eve
Hi All, Thanks a lot for the responses. After serious data mining found probably a QST from 1979 where the article referred the contest as 3rd annual IARU Radiosport Championship. So the first was in
The first 24-hour "IARU HF" was 1987. For 10 years before that, it was the "IARU Radiosport", allowing 36 of 48 hours as well as VHF activity to count. Quoting my brief history in my July 2023 CQ Con
Yes, I remember the pre-HQ station-mults Radiosport (I still call it the Radiosport even)...I much preferred that over the current system. But that may just be me. 73 de Lee, AA4GA __________________
I remember during the Bicentennial year people were allowed to substitute A for W, so I was AA2VIU then. Was in camp as a kid and don't remember if I got back for the contest. Best, Barry WA2VIU -- B
A correction thanks to N2IC's QST archive: from 1977-1986, ITU Zones (but not HQ's) were mults per band. Boy it'll be nice when ARRL's digital QST archive and contests dot arrl dot org come back onli
Hi Tim, Were working on it. Hopefully soon. 73, Paul N1SFE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listin
No, it's not just you. Soon after I moved to NorCal from Chicago about 18 years ago, a serious contester neighbor told me about the addition of the HQ stations doubling the advantage of the east coas