[CQ-Contest] Origin of 3830 Score Reporting

[Richard DiDonna]

I wasn’t active until the late 1980s in the world of contesting but concur with what KQ2M has said.  3830 was definitely the place to be after a contest and, yes, a lot of side bars took place on 3827 and 3833.

Since 3830 (the email reflector) and the web version have taken form hold, often the 3830 conversation was limited to KC1XX W3LPL and K3LR.  Sometimes other multis like K1TTT or others would check in but it was usually just the big east M/Ms.  perhaps NR4M will join as he has developed a formidable station.

I can guarantee you that a lot of ops time into 3830 to hear the scores - even those of us who have just come off 44 or 48 hours of SOAB or M/S operating.  While hearing the band breakdowns of the teams at Frank’s place or Tom’s place is awe inspiring, knowing that their ops were wowed or frustrated by conditions validates what we experienced in our own operations.

IIRC I remember one year where Frank was giddy because his team did 5 Band DXCC in one weekend “the hard way” (ie, DXCC on 160 - 15 but not 10).  Must have been CQWW CW in 2010 or so.  

73 Rich NN3W

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> On Mar 19, 2019, at 10:22 AM, Jeff Clarke <ku8e at ku8e.com> wrote:
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> The good old pig farmers! Those were the days...Jeff Clarkeku8e at ku8e.com 
> -------- Original message --------From: "Bob Shohet, KQ2M" <kq2m at kq2m.com> Date: 3/18/19  7:09 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: Dave <k2xr at ptd.net>, cq-contest <cq-contest at contesting.com> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Origin of 3830 Score Reporting 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.73Bob  KQ2MFrom: Dave via CQ-Contest Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 5:43 PMTo: 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_______________________________________________CQ-Contest mailing listCQ-Contest at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest_______________________________________________CQ-Contest mailing listCQ-Contest at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
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