[CQ-Contest] Replacement for Novice Roundup?

[Idle-Tyme]

I'm one of them,

WN9SBD now WB9SBD when up graded to general. 

Rig = Heathkit DX-35 and one 40 meter xtal, with inverted VEE at 20 feet 
at the apex!  Recvr was two yes two generic AM only OLD home stereo 
sound systems that also had the AM Broadcast shortwave bands. You know 
what I mean Old radios in those days seemed like they all had shortwave 
also on them.

These two recievers, were both running and connected also to the antenna 
at the same time.  The better one receiver wise was tuned to my 
transmitter freq, and the other was probably 455 higher or lower or 
something for  it's leaky IF I'm assuming was strong enough to make a 
equivalent of a BFO so I could hear tones of the CW on the first better 
reciever.
But many times a signal was too strong and I had to copy the non toned 
signal.  little did I know that this sure made it easy to copy CW on 2 
meters during a aurora!

My wife also did NR ohh back in 1979 or very early 80's  I don't 
remember what year,  But she got an awesome BIG picture of her and our 
son at the operating position of our station,  she still has the same 
call KA9CHM.

The little boy eventually became KB9FGZ

Joe WB9SBD

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Tom Osborne wrote:
> The NR was a fun contest.
>
> I have some old QST's here that I have looked back through at the NR results 
> and have always wondered if any of those 2x3 callsign Novice winners are 
> still active in contesting with new calls.  Be interesting to see who they 
> are now.  73
> Tom W7WHY
>
>
>
>   
>> As a participant in the 1966 Novice Roundup (NR), I have always had a soft 
>> spot in my heart for that contest. I have been disappointed with the 
>> ARRL's decision to discontinue it, and although the level of 
>> novice/technician participation was pretty low at the end, they did little 
>> to replace it, despite promises to do so.
>>     
>
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