About 1960. I got a keyer sometime about 1962. Of course, telephone and
mail go back way before that, but only telephone was useful for immediate
info for contesting or DX on the air at the moment. DX newsletters came in
the mail every two weeks or so. You could make skeds by mail or telephone
but that wasn't too useful for the guys in Antarctica.
Phone patches were useful and sometimes the only practical way to
communicate with far flung QTHs.
Why don't we just try this Classic category and see how it works out? I'm
sure, by the Law of Unintended Consequences, there will be some surprises
and I'm sure the CQ folks will make changes as necessary, but be patient.
The contest hasn't even happened yet.
73,
Ken, AB1J
In a message dated 2013-10-24 18:09:15 Coordinated Universal Time,
w0mu@w0mu.com writes:
What was the exact time where it was just a operator and a radio? 1940,
1950, 1960? Was that before keyers, paddles, voice recorders, computer
logging, 2m spotting nets, telephones to call and make scheds, the mail
system?
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