[CQ-Contest] Real Old (

[thompson at mindspring.com]

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>K5IID said:  Guys,
>
>I remember those days.....Also don't forget....SS was two weekend per mode,
>CW and Phone (AM) way back then.

You had to pick the mode as they ran at the same time.  Then you had to pick
the best 40 hours out of 73.   The SS was won or lost (top score of course)
in the first and last hour!   And you had to run 150W class to win..High
power ran up top QSO count but you lost due to points mult for low power.

> Come to think of it wasn't ARRL DX two weekends also? AND if you worked a
>country in the ARRL DX contest, THAT counted toward DXCC and you didn't
have
>to have the QSL.

On CW there were quotas...you could only work a set number of DL's.

> The CD Parties were the best though !  Many of the old gang still
>around...too numerous to mention,but,  BAI, OAT, ZZ, etc.


and they are still winning today!

Dave K4JRB    OPS/PAM/AD MS as K5MDX
Still AD today (for those who are not ARRL appointees figure it out)
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