[CQ-Contest] ARRL SS in the past

[Dave Thompson]

The ARRL SS years ago was a two weekend affair and you had to pick the mode and the max of 40 hours out of 73 total allotted.

Virtually everyone ran 150 watts input or less as there was a multiplier for each QSO of 1.25 om CW and 1.5 on phone.

The message logged was like a ARRL message header with time logged as both sent and received plus all hand logged  this was before computer logging.  Sure is easier today.  Just wish most would run  say 100 watts out today.  With a decent antenna most of us could make almost as many Q's without the bandwidth of high power.

3 Dave K4JRB also K5MDX 1957 to 1973