[CQ-Contest] Memory ain't so good but...

[Zack Widup]

I think my first participation in this contest came after the day of
quotas. Please excuse me if this is a stupid question, but did the
quota mean you could only work that many stations maximum in that
country in the contest, or that you had to work at least that many
stations?

73, Zack W9SZ


On 3/30/13, David  Thompson <thompson at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Your memory is correct.  The ARRL Phone and CW were both 2 weekends one
> month apart.  You could work 96 hours.  I think I made it to 73 hours. For a
>
> number of years W/VE had quotas on DX of I think 5 per country (CW only).
>
> The ARRL SS was even more complicated.  2 weekends with a total of 73 hours.
>
> Single ops had a max of 40 hours so you had to choose your hours wisely.
> Plus you had to choose CW or Phone.
>
> Too young to remember the CQ Marathons of the 1940's.  Read about them in CQ
>
> when W9IOP (W2IOP) was editor.
>
> Einstein was asked his phone number and he told the inquirer to look it up
> in the phone book (another olmost obsolete publication).
>
> Dave K4JRB
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "bill" <bill at w9ol.com>
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 2:16 PM
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Memory ain't so good but...
>
>
>> Weren't one of the the big contests...way back when....two weekends each
>> for cw and ssb?
>> Seem to remember they being a month apart.
>>
>> But then don't ask me my phone number, I get it wrong 8 times out of 10.
>>
>>
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