[CQ-Contest] didit dit

[Tom Horton]

Ahhhhhhhh...the CD parties...I used to love those simple little contests...
When did they actually go away...seems earlier than 85...anybody know for sure?
73, Tom K5IID


At 07:57 PM 7/26/00 -0400, you wrote:

>At 06:21 PM 7/25/00 -0700, Leigh S. Jones wrote:
>>In contests, the use of "didit dit" probably began with the creation of 
>>the old ARRL CD parties.  These were contests that were heavily populated 
>>by CW traffic handlers that have been eliminated for decades.
>
>I think the CD parties were dropped in 1985 or perhaps slightly 
>earlier.  "Eliminated" is such a harsh word...
>
>The reason I recall this is because in September 1985 a bunch of us sat 
>around a hospitality suite in Louisville, KY during the 1985 ARRL National 
>Convention weekend and invented the North American QSO Party to take the 
>place of our beloved CD parties.
>
>And the tradition continues...
>
>73,
>
>Dave/K8CC
>
>
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