[CQ-Contest] Contest history

[James Cain]

KR2Q wrote:

"Right!  This is almost word for word what my article in CQ Magazine (early 
1980's) advised to do!  The title was something like: "How To Operate an 
Efficient M/S."  That's about 30 years ago now.  Maybe someone here can find 
the exact title and publication date."

One thing to be said for the american radio relay league is that qst back 
issues are available on line to arrl members. CQ doing the same would be of 
great benefit to historians but of no business value to the publisher that I 
can think of.

Some brave volunteer with all the back issues of CQ, a good scanner, and 
some spare time, could scan contest-related articles from CQ and donate them 
to the Contest Wiki. I am sure said volunteer could borrow a complete set of 
the magazines from someone/somewhere if needed.

Too bad the arrl does not make National Contest Journal back issues 
available on line. My guess, and it's only a guess, is that Newington staff 
time is an issue, along with a perceived lack of demand for NCJ back issues.

Jim Cain
At The K1TN Superstation