[CQ-Contest] Origin of 3830 Score Reporting

[Bob Shohet, KQ2M]

I remember 3830 and the score exchanges after the contests as far back as 1975 just after I got my General.  It grew exponentially in popularity over the next 1 – 2 years. At one point there were so many scores and breakdowns being given that a de facto “net control” would take them with relays from the Midwest and West coasts.  On one occasion the propagation was so bad and the muf so low that there was no groundwave and a W6 station actually took the scores from the East coast!   Often the score taking process would be 30 min to an hour and guys would qsy off freq. to discuss them more specifically – much to the delight of the pig farmers.  :-)

It was THE place to be after the contest – the radio equivalent of the contest club hospitality suites at the Admiral Benbow hotel.

73

Bob  KQ2M




From: Dave via CQ-Contest 
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 5:43 PM
To: cq-contest 
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Origin of 3830 Score Reporting



>
>What's the origin of sharing claimed scores and "war stories" on 3830 kHz after a contest? When did it start? Who started it? Thanks.
>
     Bruce,

      Perhaps W3LPL or KR2Q could go back further than my recollection as 
could others but: When I started doing M/M operations in the late 70's, 
all the big MM and MS groups would get together on 3830 immediately 
after the contest ended, and exchange numbers. It was obvious to me then 
that this was not something new, but the expected end to a 
fun/competitive weekend.

     An excellent example of this was captured in the film "To Win the 
World" which has been mentioned in this reflector on several occasions. 
The exchange between N2AA and W2PV and (W3LPL edited out) operators at 
the end of the flick was a live capture of their 3830 conversation as 
soon as the tallying by hand of QSO's and Mults of written logs took 
place and numbers computed on trusty HP pocket calculators, or scrawled 
on a legal pad with a #2 pencil.

     Looking forward to other replies.

Dave K2XR


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