[CQ-Contest] 1966 vs 2006

[Rex Maner]

There sure aren't MORE  JA's  on the band to work.  Must be they are 
reaching 50's and too busy making money.  ???

Quack


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Thompson" <thompson at mindspring.com>
To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 5:08 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 1966 vs 2006


> My Drake R4A modified at Drake to the R4B was a great receiver.  No phase
> noise or birdies and when I moved to Atlanta the receiver proved to 
> survive
> the local QRM of 3 contestants within a 3 mile radius.
>
> I also had a Galaxy III that I used mobile and it would hear S1 signals 
> that
> the 300 watt trasmitter would not reach.  Again no phase noise and no
> birdies but a local station would make the whole thing jump.
>
> In 1966 you could operate the ARRL or CQ WW and be pushed to make 30 or 40
> contacts per hour at peak.  Why?  because there were a lot fewer 
> contestants
> and even casual Dx operators.  I remember that in 1967 I was pushed to put
> in a few hours as I was in the middle of a strenous Graduate semester at
> College.  I had just put up the big quad that W5HVV described in QST.  It
> was a killer on 15 and the band was loaded with those 20 watt JA stations.
> I ran thru a couple hundred JA's quickly.
> In 1988 I operated from N4HOH and all we had was a TH7 and 2 el Cushcraft 
> 40
> plus a 160 half loop for a mult antenna.  I ran several nours of Europe 
> with
> S79, 5Z4 FH8 etc thrown in for variety each morning on 10.  This with hand
> logging!  My best hour was 190.
>
> Now when the band is open W3LPL will run well over 300 per hour.  Even on 
> 40
> SSB K4XS easily runs 150 per hour.  I can remember in 1979 operating with 
> my
> call from N4RJ that working 300 QSOs was a feat and good enough to be the
> High USA score.
>
> There is just flat out more stations available to work!
>
> Dave K4JRB
>
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