CW Sweepstakes Then and Now Comparing the 1958 and 2007 CW SS Contests By Hal Offutt, W1NN Heavy Reading Some 10 or 15 years ago I had the opportunity to acquire a huge quantity of old QST magazines
Wow, Hal, that is a mighty fine piece of analysis. I'm impressed. Now if we could find a way to turn the tide a bit.... I'm planning to do my part and be on from here, with as much antenna as I can f
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:16:16 -0700
Nice job, Hal, but I'm not sure I *completely* agree with your methodology. For one thing, the true indicator of activity in SS (although the ARRL itself never looks at it that way) is the QSO counts
Wonderful article Hal. I suspect one big difference between SS CW in 1958 and today is the change in the National Traffic System. I was first licensed in 1973 and was always in love with CW. In the l
There are a few of us who stopped advancing our station technology somewhere in the 1950s. I watched W7VKZ work 1953 SS CW with an ARC5 tx and an NC100 rx and thought ham radio is for me. On 40m i st
This is an interesting thread and analysis. It looks as if Phone Sweepstakes surpassed CW Sweepstakes in the mid/late 70's. CW Ph 1973 1086 1080 1974 1224 1177 1975 1152 1147 1976 < entry totals by m
Since we are taking a look back, allow me to mention that the Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC) will be airing the calls of two founding members, W3GRF & W4KFC, in both modes of Sweepstakes as part of
Three things to consider about the SS in 1958: 1. You had to pick the best 40 hours out of a total of 73. 2. CW and phone ran at the same time so you had to pick your mode. 3. There was a QSO multipi