[CQ-Contest] Early DX'ing and contesting

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Bill Leonard's "The Battle of the Hams" is available on line here: 


http://www.si.com/vault/issue/41748/65/2 


73 
Frank 
W3LPL 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Dave Thompson" <thompson at mindspring.com> 
To: cq-contest at contesting.com 
Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 12:48:19 PM 
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Early DX'ing and contesting 


Bill Leonard W2SKE (SK) wrote an article for Sports Illustrated in 1958 about operating multi multi at K2GL. I have a printed copy. I seem to recall it may be on the K8CX web site. If there is an article about giants walking the bands I would like to have it. 
73 Dave K4JRB 

-----Original Message----- 
>From: Tom Haavisto <kamham69 at gmail.com> 
>Sent: Jun 6, 2016 2:29 PM 
>To: Tom Osborne <w7why at frontier.com> 
>Cc: CQ Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com> 
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Early DX'ing and contesting 
> 
>I don't seem to be able to find it on the WWROF site, but there was a 
>webniar of "When the Giants Walked the Bands", or something close to that. 
> 
>It was about the early days of multi-multi contesting. 
> 
>Paper logs, pencils, people smoking in the shack... Hand keying all CW... 
>All from days gone by. 
> 
>Tom - VE3CX 
> 
> 
>On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Tom Osborne <w7why at frontier.com> wrote: 
> 
>> Past CQ-Contest magazines had some articles about early contesting and 
>> DX'ing history written by Jan Perkins. It had some really interesting 
>> stuff. 
>> 
>> Are there any books out there on the history of early day contesting and 
>> DX'ing. I read 200 Meters and Down and it was a pretty good read. 
>> 
>> I would like to read some stories about how they contested and did it back 
>> in the day. 
>> 
>> Thanks and 73 
>> Tom W7WHY 
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