[SCCC] FW: Ham Radio - when_giants_walked_the_bands.pdf

[Michael S. Mitchell]

This is a great slide show, but they have the history a little wrong. In the old days it was just multi operator. This could be single band or all band. Then came 1957 when the great W6RW reported the first multi operator multi transmitter effort and the first score over 1 million points. W6RW won the CQWW from the West Coast that year.

Then came 1958 when K2GL in order to compete with the great W6RW also went Multi Multi and was the first station to break the 2 million point barrier. K2GL won the CQWW for 1958.

Because of the keen competition between W6RW and K2GL the Multi Multi category was instituted for the 1959 CQWW.

Just wanted to set the history record straight!!!

Thanks for the bandwidth es 73 de Mike W6RW

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dennis Younker NE6I <NE6I at cox.net>
>Sent: Jun 6, 2016 8:29 PM
>To: sccc at contesting.com
>Subject: [SCCC] FW: Ham Radio - when_giants_walked_the_bands.pdf
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>In case you guys missed this on the CQ-Contest reflector...
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>  Wow! These were big contest stations in the 1960s and that time frame.
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>Slide 44 Is 5 elements on 40 meters at W6VSS, later K6UA Dale in Fallbrook.
>Other pics of his station follow later.
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>Slide 155 The N5AU antenna farm. Amazing. 
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>Side 144 Rohn 80? My gosh! Most hams install Rohn 25, 45 or in some cases,
>55 as their main tower. Rohn 80? Holy cow!
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>http://www.kkn.net/dayton2008/when_giants_walked_the_bands.pdf
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