[SECC] [SEDXC] PFFT! (Was: Texas QSO Party)

[ku8e at bellsouth.net]

JT,

The Texas QSO Party has been around for awhile and is probably in the top 5 of State QSO 
Parties. 

 From 1983 through 1985, TDXS (sponsor of the TQP) sponsored the 'Armadillo Runs' which, over three years, activated every county in the 5th call area. In 1986, they celebrated the Texas 
Sesquicentennial by sponsoring the Great Armadillo Run of 1986, where they attempted to 
activate every county in the USA over two weekends. I think this happened during the TQP 
weekend and it was a big deal back then....

 I don't know how long CQWW RTTY has been around but it was not really considered a major contest until recently. RTTY contesting has just taken off in the last few years. Before that not much 
of anyone really cared much about it except for the hardcore guys.

I will probably get out my RTTY interface and made a few contacts this weekend until I get 
bored. I have tried it and found it not to be very challenging. It's kind of like doing CW with a code 
reader...

73 and have fun... Jeff