ss scores

[K6LL at delphi.com]

Hello everyone, I just got on this net. Does anyone have a compilation of
cw Sweepstakes scores? I would appreciate a copy. Thanks in advance. Dave,
K6LL.

>From Ward Silver <hwardsil at sumax.seattleu.edu>  Sun Nov 14 22:14:20 1993
From: Ward Silver <hwardsil at sumax.seattleu.edu> (Ward Silver)
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 93 14:14:20 -0800
Subject: 70th Anniv. of 1st DX QSO
Message-ID: <9311142214.AA09359 at sumax.seattleu.edu>

 
Please spread the word that this year's CQWW CW contest falls on the anniver-
sary of the very first Transatlantic QSO by Leon DeLoy, f8AB, and two American
hams, John Reinartz, 1XAM, and K.B. Warner, 1MO (operating with Fred Schnell).  
That's right, the contest begins only 2 hours and 30 minutes before the exact 
time at which f8AB began transmitting across the Atlantic at 9:30 Eastern 
Time, 27 November 1923.  When you fire up at 0000Z, take a look around at the 
gear and reflect on how far we've come in 70 years. 
 
>From "200 Meters and Down" by Clinton DeSoto:
    "The night of November 27, 1923.  Both Schnell [Fred H. Schnell, ARRL 
Traffic Mgr.] and Reinartz were on the air.  Schnell had secured special 
permission from the Supervisor of Radio at Boston to use the 100-meter 
wavelength, and everything was in readiness.  At the stroke of 9:30 the 
strangely-stirring 25-cycle gar-gle from 8AB came on the air.  For an hour [an 
hour!] he called America, then sent two more messages.  At 10:30 he signed 
off, asking for an acknowledgement.  Long calls from 1MO and 1XAM and then ... 
there he was, asking Reinartz to stand by [the first DX pileup...], and saying 
to Schnell, "R R QRK UR SIGS QSA VY ONE FOOT FROM PHONES ON GREBE FB OM HEARTY 
CONGRATULATIONS THIS IS FINE DAY MIM PSE QSL NR 1 2" ... American and European 
amateurs were working for the first time, with strong signals, and to Deloy, 
after a year's constant and unremitting effort, it was a fine day!" 
 
Are there any French contesters on the reflector?  How about activating the 
old F8AB call for the contest?
 
See you from KH6!
73, Ward N0AX