[CQ-Contest] CQ-Contest Digest, Vol 110, Issue 42

Steve aa4v at bellsouth.net
Sun Feb 26 12:11:51 PST 2012


Re JA3ODC....I was one of the ops at VP2KC in '79 when Masa did it. It was on 15 meters and it was done almost entirely in Japanese (and handwritten logs done by the operator himself).
It was unbelievable.

Steve AA4V

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On Feb 26, 2012, at 10:00 AM, cq-contest-request at contesting.com wrote:

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>   3. Run rates back in the day (George Cutsogeorge)
>   4. Re: Run rates back in the day (V.Shevtsov)
>   5. Re: Run rates back in the day (David  Thompson)
>   6. 2012 NAQP RTTY - February - All 3830 Claimed Scores    26Feb2012
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:40:07 -0800
> From: w7dra at juno.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Run rates back in the day
> To: w5gn at mxg.com
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> W4KFC?, W9IOP?, KH6IJ?
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> mike w7dra
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> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:29:12 -0000
> From: <john at kk9a.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Run rates back in the day
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
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> Back in 1979  JA3ODC had a 480 / hour rate in CQWW SSB.  I don't believe 
> anyone has ever exceeded this rate, although N5TJ tied it in the 2004 CQ WW 
> SSB.
> 
> John KK9A / P40A
> 
> 
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> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Run rates back in the day
> From: Ktfrog007 at aol.com
> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:45:50 -0500 (EST)
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> Hi,
> 
> I have a question for old time contesters.  Before the Internet,  packet
> radio, DX clusters and skimmers, what were typical CW and SSB contest 
> running
> rates?  I imagine they must have been much less than current  ones.
> 
> 73,
> Kermit, AB1J 
> 
> 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:27:23 -0800
> From: George Cutsogeorge <george.w2vjn at gmail.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Run rates back in the day
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> In the mid to late 60s I had a rate meter in the center console of my
> station.  It incremented each time I sent the QSL msg.  The full scale was
> based on 50 qsos/hr and it reset each 15 minutes to zero.  It was a good
> incentive to watch while operating.  There was  a QST cover with big
> headlines ?40 QSOs per hour for 48 hours? after Vic Clark won the SS again
> one year.  Later, I redesigned it to go to 100.
> 
> George W2VJN
> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:54:51 +0400
> From: "V.Shevtsov" <valery.shevtsov at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Run rates back in the day
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> In same 1979 year I have in CQWW SSB 220 qso/hour  with JA on 15 m
> I remember that exactly because it was my own all time record. 
> 
> Larry
> 
> RW4WZ
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
>> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of john at kk9a.com
>> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 1:29 AM
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>> Cc: Ktfrog007 at aol.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Run rates back in the day
>> 
>> Back in 1979  JA3ODC had a 480 / hour rate in CQWW SSB.  I 
>> don't believe anyone has ever exceeded this rate, although 
>> N5TJ tied it in the 2004 CQ WW SSB.
>> 
>> John KK9A / P40A
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Run rates back in the day
>> From: Ktfrog007 at aol.com
>> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:45:50 -0500 (EST)
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>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have a question for old time contesters.  Before the 
>> Internet,  packet radio, DX clusters and skimmers, what were 
>> typical CW and SSB contest running rates?  I imagine they 
>> must have been much less than current  ones.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Kermit, AB1J 
>> 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 01:02:21 -0500
> From: "David  Thompson" <thompson at mindspring.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Run rates back in the day
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
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> I was fortunate to operate the ARRL SS from a rare state (MS).  I got to run 
> from the start.
> 
> 1958   821 QSOs  40 hours  20.5 Q/Hr (My first contest  3rd High Nationally.
> 
> 1959   980 QSOs  40 hours   24.5 Q/HR.  High Phone score
> 
> 1962   1301 QSOs  40 hours  32.5 Q/HR  SSB helped and 2nd Nationally 3rd 
> Overall (CW and Phone).
> 
> 1963  1006 QSOs in limited 26 hour operating. 38.6 Q/HR.  90% SSB.  This did 
> prove that 1000 QSOs were possible in a 24 hour period.
> 
> Our Club won 3A on Field Day 3 times between 1959 and 1970.  I recall we had 
> several runs of 50 per hour and set the goal of a minimum od 20 per hour 
> when the band was open.
> 
> DX Contests was mainly S&P until about 1967.  I sent K1AR QSOs made by me as 
> USA winner and 5A1TW (now N2AA) for the 1962 Cq WW.
> seldom did either hit 20 Q/HR.  John reported this in his CQ Contest Column. 
> I do remember my first real run of JA's in 1967.  I was working them right 
> over the top of the W6RW Multi on 15.  One hour was 140 and the second hit 
> 170 and would have been higher if the band had not started closing.
> 
> As late as 1971 I made 1350 QSOs in 73 hours in the ARRL DX.  This averages 
> 18.5 with a couple of runs at 70 per hour.
> 
> There was a lot less activity for Dx Contests until the 1980's.  Even the 
> East Coast Multi's had numerous low hours especially in the 1960's.  Dave 
> K2GM (SK) told me that at K2GL he could have several hours on 10 of less 
> than 10 QSOs per hour.  Even with the dominate signal on a band from the USA 
> you often had to scratch for QSOs.
> 
> 73 Dave K4JRB   Ex K5MDX
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:21:43 -0800 (PST)
> From: n7wa at arrl.net
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] 2012 NAQP RTTY - February - All 3830 Claimed
>    Scores    26Feb2012
> To: CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> Message-ID: <20120226172143.BE4FB1928749 at b4h.net>
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> 2012 NAQP RTTY - February - All 3830 Claimed Scores 26Feb2012
> 
> NOTE: This list is NOT a list of submitted logs received by the contest sponsor. It is based solely on the claimed scores posted to the 3830 reflector via the web forms available at the 3830 Score Web Page shown below.
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> Contest Station Database - http://conteststations.com/
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> 73 dink
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> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Call               QSOs Mults   hr      Score Club/Team
> All M/2 LP
> N0NI              1318   196    12    274,144 Iowa DX and Contest 
> NU2F(@W2FU)       1130   214    12    241,820 NCC
> WW4LL             1048   194    11    215,888 ACG
> N0TA               166    67   3.0     11,122 Grand Mesa
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Call               QSOs Mults   hr      Score Club/Team
> All Single Op HP
> W7RN(WK6I)         952   226    10    215,152 NCCC #1
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Call               QSOs Mults   hr      Score Club/Team
> All Single Op LP
> AA5AU              932   211   9.5    196,652 Louisiana Contest Cl
> AB5K              1010   194    10    195,940 CTDXCC
> W0LSD              973   201    10    195,573 Grand Mesa
> K6LL               779   219    10    170,601 SWACC #1
> AA3B               878   191    10    167,698 SWACC #1
> WA5ZUP             801   198    10    158,598 SWACC #1
> N9CK               831   186    10    154,566 SMC Team One
> N6RO               727   210    10    152,670 NCCC #3
> W7WW               713   206    10    146,878 SWACC #1
> NR5M               787   179    10    140,694 DFW Contest Group
> 
> K8IA               704   191    10    134,464 AOCC Gunslingers
> K2PO               697   183  9:41    132,430 WVDXC
> K7TQ               672   190    10    127,680 SDXA Team Klingon
> AI9T               703   171    10    120,213 SMC Team One
> NG7Z               660   182    10    120,120 Marks in Space
> WA7LNW             645   170    10    113,520 AOCC Gunslingers
> VA7ST              567   195   9.5    110,565 Aurora Busters
> N4BAA              608   177    10    107,616 YCCC
> V31RR(AA4NC)       608   172    10    107,616 PVRC
> VA7AM(@VE7SZ)      619   169    10    104,611 OrcaTypes
> 
> W2ORC(N2WK)        601   172    10    103,372 OCARC
> W7ZR               571   176    10    100,496 AOCC Gunslingers
> W0BR               658   148           97,384 FRC
> WS7I(@WA7LT)       530   181    10     95,930 SWACC #2
> AD4EB              601   155   7.5     93,155 TCG #1
> W1UJ               607   152   8.5     92,264 YCCC
> W7OM               524   172     9     90,128 Marks in Space
> K9NR               576   155    10     89,280 SMC Team One
> WT6P               511   169  8:50     88,403 AOCC Gunslingers
> AB4GG              574   151    10     86,674 TCG #1
> 
> NN6NN(W6XK)        472   183 08:23     86,376 NCCC
> WD0T(@KD0S)        543   158   8.0     85,794 
> VA7KO              523   162  9:45     85,772 OrcaTypes
> NT0F               583   147    10     85,701 
> K7IA               528   162  9:58     85,536 
> WB4YDL             540   145    10     82,080 TCG #1
> N3QE               516   149    10     81,012 PVRC #1
> VE3KI              475   167    10     79,325 CCO
> NX8G/5             542   143    10     77,506 Louisiana Contest Cl
> AA8R               518   147    10     76,146 
> 
> KF0UR              497   147    10     75,544 Grand Mesa
> K7HP               444   158    10     72,372 AOCC Bushwhackers
> KL7RA              488   141    10     71,248 
> K4FJ               471   151     9     71,121 PVRC
> N2NS               458   155  9:45     70,990 NCCC #2
> W4RK               469   142   9.5     70,819 TCG #1
> W1BYH              437   162    10     70,794 CTRI
> KB9UWU             516   134     9     69,144 SMC Team One
> K2DSL              450   153    10     68,850 Bergen Amateur Radio
> N1YX               463   146    10     67,598 YCCC
> 
> NR4M               479   135    10     66,511 PVRC
> W1ZD               430   149           64,070 AOCC Gunslingers
> N9LAH              451   139     8     62,689 Metro Mutz 2
> W4UK               442   140    10     61,880 SECC
> KS5A               380   151    10     60,420 AOCC Bushwhackers
> K1GU               436   138   8.2     60,168 TCG #2
> AB2ZY              429   136     9     59,492 
> W7WHY              368   146     8     55,568 WVDXC
> K0TG               423   130     8     54,990 MWA
> K3FIV              381   139     9     54,483 NCCC
> 
> KD7MSC             398   132           53,730 PDXRCC Diddlers
> AB1OD              370   134    10     52,170 YCCC
> W6WRT              361   144   7.6     51,984 
> N2BJ               404   128     9     51,712 SMC Team One
> VE2EBK             365   138           50,370 Contest Group du Que
> KL8DX              433   112     9     50,228 NCC
> N4KG               351   140  8:42     49,980 ACG
> K0YQ               355   135     8     47,925 
> W7LD               331   136    10     45,016 
> NB4M               350   121     6     44,800 TCG #3
> 
> K0IDT              358   117           44,750 
> KI7Y               314   138    10     43,332 WVDXC
> K8SM               335   125     7     43,215 
> VE7IO              343   113   8.5     39,778 OrcaTypes
> VA3PC              310   124     9     38,440 CCO
> W4BCG              306   125     8     38,250 TCG #2
> N2CU               296   126  5.75     37,296 NCC
> N2FF               307   117     7     35,919 Digi Owls
> WO6M               280   124           34,720 
> N3XL               292   114     8     33,288 PVRC #2
> 
> N7VEA              253   131           33,143 
> WB2RHM             255   123   8.5     31,365 Mecklenburg ARS
> W7VP               255   118   6.3     30,855 Redmond Contest Club
> K6LRN              254   121     6     30,734 NCCC #3
> W1PL               320    93    10     30,720 
> K7ZD               251   122   n/a     30,622 AOCC Bushwhackers
> NA2M               301   101           30,401 Digi Owls
> KS2G               267   107  5.75     28,569 Digi Owls
> KT7E               312    87           28,080 PDXRCC Diddlers
> KE7AUB             258   103  8.25     26,574 PDXRCC Diddlers
> 
> NM5M               260   102   9.5     26,520 DFW Contest Group
> W6NF               238   111  5:03     26,418 NCCC #2
> KU7Y               245   102    10     25,970 AOCC Bandits
> N0BUI              279    89           25,389 MWA
> WA6KEK             230   110     9     25,300 SCCC #1
> WA1DRQ             217   104 09:46     24,304 YCCC
> N6WIN              207   108   4.5     22,356 SCCC #2
> N2YBB              217    97     6     21,049 Digi Owls
> KN3A               189   101           19,846 AOCC Bandits
> K7MKL              242    78  4:40     18,876 NCCC #2
> 
> KC7V               180   101   8.5     18,180 Arizona Outlaws Cont
> NF4A               199    88   5,0     17,512 ACG
> N2MUN              185    92           17,390 Digi Owls
> W1TO               191    87  3:33     16,617 YCCC
> K6OK               175    93   9.8     16,450 NCCC #3
> N1JM               194    81           16,019 
> NJ1F               210    74     5     15,960 YCCC
> K4EDI              204    76           15,504 Bristol (TN/VA) ARC
> WB5TUF             173    81     3     14,013 TDXS
> KM6I               157    80     4     13,031 NCCC
> 
> W6RLL              148    87     3     12,876 Arizona Outlaws Cont
> K4IQJ              163    75     4     12,225 ACG
> NA2U               140    79  6:26     11,340 AOCC Bandits
> KV7DX(AA7V)        135    76     3     10,260 AOCC Bushwhackers
> WL7BDO             144    63     6      9,072 
> WB6JJJ             130    61            7,930 NCCC
> WT6K               133    59   5.5      7,847 NCCC
> VE3XAT             122    59            7,198 CCO
> W0RO               117    57     5      6,669 Grand Mesa
> WB9WOZ             109    56     6      6,104 
> 
> W1UE               100    56  1.67      5,600 YCCC
> AL1G               117    47  4:00      5,499 
> WO7V                92    52     2      5,244 WVDXC
> AE1T               114    44            5,016 YCCC
> KF7IUH              81    57            4,779 AOCC Bandits
> K6ST                80    57     6      4,560 NCCC #3
> AA5VU               75    53    PT      3,975 CTDXCC
> KH6GMP             100    35    12      3,500 
> VE6SQ               85    33   2.2      2,805 
> KD9MS               70    33   1.5      2,450 SMC
> 
> KU5B(@NX5M)         66    29     1      1,914 CTDXCC
> NX5M                41    23     1        984 CTDXCC
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Call               QSOs Mults   hr      Score Club/Team
> All Single Op QRP
> VA3DF              306   119    10     36,414 CCO
> K7ZS               263   110     8     28,930 PDXRCC Diddlers
> VE3HG              165    90           14,850 CCO
> K2YG                77    46            3,542 
> 
> 
> Operators:
> N0NI         N0AC,N0NI,N0XR,NU0Q
> NU2F         K0SM,N2ZN
> WW4LL        K9MUG,KK4DAN,N4LR,WW4LL
> 
> 
> Teams:
> 
> AOCC Bandits:
>  KU7Y                 25,970
>  KN3A                 19,846
>  NA2U                 11,340
>  KF7IUH                4,779
>  Team Total:          61,935
> 
> AOCC Bushwhackers:
>  K7HP                 72,372
>  KS5A                 60,420
>  K7ZD                 30,622
>  KV7DX(AA7V)          10,260
>  Team Total:         173,674
> 
> AOCC Gunslingers:
>  K8IA                134,464
>  WA7LNW              113,520
>  W7ZR                100,496
>  WT6P                 88,403
>  W1ZD                 64,070
>  Team Total:         500,953
> 
> Aurora Busters:
>  VA7ST               110,565
>  Team Total:         110,565
> 
> Bristol (TN/VA) ARC:
>  K4EDI                15,504
>  Team Total:          15,504
> 
> DFW Contest Group:
>  NR5M                140,694
>  NM5M                 26,520
>  Team Total:         167,214
> 
> Digi Owls:
>  N2FF                 35,919
>  NA2M                 30,401
>  KS2G                 28,569
>  N2YBB                21,049
>  N2MUN                17,390
>  Team Total:         133,328
> 
> Louisiana Contest Club:
>  AA5AU               196,652
>  NX8G/5               77,506
>  Team Total:         274,158
> 
> Marks in Space:
>  NG7Z                120,120
>  W7OM                 90,128
>  Team Total:         210,248
> 
> Metro Mutz 2:
>  N9LAH                62,689
>  Team Total:          62,689
> 
> NCCC #1:
>  W7RN(WK6I)          215,152
>  Team Total:         215,152
> 
> NCCC #2:
>  N2NS                 70,990
>  W6NF                 26,418
>  K7MKL                18,876
>  Team Total:         116,284
> 
> NCCC #3:
>  N6RO                152,670
>  K6LRN                30,734
>  K6OK                 16,450
>  K6ST                  4,560
>  Team Total:         204,414
> 
> OCARC:
>  W2ORC(N2WK)         103,372
>  Team Total:         103,372
> 
> OrcaTypes:
>  VA7AM(@VE7SZ)       104,611
>  VA7KO                85,772
>  VE7IO                39,778
>  Team Total:         230,161
> 
> PDXRCC Diddlers:
>  KD7MSC               53,730
>  K7ZS                 28,930
>  KT7E                 28,080
>  KE7AUB               26,574
>  Team Total:         137,314
> 
> PVRC #1:
>  N3QE                 81,012
>  Team Total:          81,012
> 
> PVRC #2:
>  N3XL                 33,288
>  Team Total:          33,288
> 
> SCCC #1:
>  WA6KEK               25,300
>  Team Total:          25,300
> 
> SCCC #2:
>  N6WIN                22,356
>  Team Total:          22,356
> 
> SDXA Team Klingon:
>  K7TQ                127,680
>  Team Total:         127,680
> 
> SMC Team One:
>  N9CK                154,566
>  AI9T                120,213
>  K9NR                 89,280
>  KB9UWU               69,144
>  N2BJ                 51,712
>  Team Total:         484,915
> 
> SWACC #1:
>  K6LL                170,601
>  AA3B                167,698
>  WA5ZUP              158,598
>  W7WW                146,878
>  Team Total:         643,775
> 
> SWACC #2:
>  WS7I(@WA7LT)         95,930
>  Team Total:          95,930
> 
> TCG #1:
>  AD4EB                93,155
>  AB4GG                86,674
>  WB4YDL               82,080
>  W4RK                 70,819
>  Team Total:         332,728
> 
> TCG #2:
>  K1GU                 60,168
>  W4BCG                38,250
>  Team Total:          98,418
> 
> TCG #3:
>  NB4M                 44,800
>  Team Total:          44,800
> 
> 
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