[CQ-Contest] The March of Technology

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Wow, does that ring true. The paper dupe sheets were taped onto Manilla folders so they would maintain some form of shape. Spread out all over. Some for EU and some for JA/Asia. Used to have so many groups and it was hard to get the size right for the UB2s and all the old USSR groupings. Separate JA call areas too if you were a west coaster. 

Those pentel mechanical pencils were the cat's meow. 

DX Edges showed all the SST/SRT gray lines. Favorite bugs to send with. 

And the best goes on....

Jim N3BB

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark - N5OT <r-emails at n5ot.com>
>Sent: Aug 15, 2020 5:59 AM
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>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] The March of Technology
>
>The things we used to do.  Yes.  Wow.  Dupe sheets that took up all the 
>leftover space in front of the radios.  Pentel pencils revolutionized 
>the game at one time.  Had my first Pentel in CQWW CW 1975 at W6RTT.  
>Official CQ log sheets 40 QSOs to the side.
>
>DX Edge, man.   Geoff Watts' list.  Vibroplex all the way.  2 elements 
>on 40 and cookin' with gas.
>
>Blasts from pasts.
>
>73 - Mark N5OT
>
>
>On 8/14/2020 9:11 AM, Tony Osman wrote:
>>
>> I remember hand entering my CQWW 28Mhz log for 1978 into a Honeywell 
>> mini computer.  The IT guy at the factory I worked at in ZS, wrote a 
>> basic program to dupe check and then print out the log.  Took quite a 
>> few lunch hours to key that lot in - over 2200 Qs.  During contest, 
>> was dupechecking old fashion way - dupe sheet on shack table and 
>> logging by hand onto CQ log sheets.
>>
>> Tony -ve3rz (ex ZS6BNZ).
>>
>>
>> On 8/14/2020 6:46 AM, Mark - N5OT wrote:
>>> Great post, Art.  Obviously left everyone wordless.
>>> Mark N5OT
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/12/2020 12:15 PM, Art Boyars wrote:
>>>> "Why were there so many busted skimmer spots during WAE?"
>>>>
>>>> W2UP, August 2020
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "We fell way behind when our internet connection went down for six
>>>> hours [paraphrased
>>>> from memory]."
>>>>
>>>> W3LPL, circa 2010
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Trouble during the contest: ... At one point, all the Pentels ran 
>>>> out of
>>>> lead, and I had to log in ink while I refilled one with the other 
>>>> hand. For
>>>> you newer guys, this is the ancient analog of having to reboot."
>>>>
>>>> K3KU, on SS CW 2002
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Overall, computer logging might be beneficial for SS, but not for DX
>>>> contests. [paraphrased from memory, and maybe it was vice versa]"
>>>>
>>>> NCJ article evaluating new-fangled computer logging. It might have been
>>>> "Sweepstakes Computer Logging: Is it for You", Jan/Feb 1989, p.9.
>>>>
>>>> "Could a computer program that gave you a real-time 
>>>> red-light/green-light
>>>> for dupes give you an unbeatable advantage?"
>>>>
>>>> W3ZZ (SK) around the mid-1970's, when W4BVV (SK) would hand-enter 
>>>> the logs
>>>> from his M-M DX Test logs into a home-brew dupe checking program on a
>>>> main-frame
>>>> computer.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "QST QST QST 20 meters 20 meters...."
>>>>
>>>> W4BVV (SK) announcing a multiplier on the PVRC 2-meter spotting net, 
>>>> circa
>>>> 1970
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ain't technology wonderful!
>>>>
>>>> 73, Art K3KU
>>>>
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