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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BTW.. I forgot to mention. I was at that ARRL
Convention in Louisville, KY</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>back in the 1980's when the idea for the NAQP was
drafted by K8CC, K5ZD and others. There were a lot of W8/ W4 contesters there
along with a bunch who had come up from Texas that year - K5ZD, K5LZO , K5TM and
KZ5M (now K7BV) and others I can't remember. That was the heyday of the TDXS
(Texas DX Socirty) as a contesting club. Remember the Great Armadillo Run
?? . There was a contest suite at the convention and a big topic of
discussion was the ARRL CD Party, which had been just discontinued by
the ARRL. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The real reason for creating the NAQP
was to have a contest that would replace the CD parties. The NAQP was also
unique is that it was the only USA domestic contest where everyone could work
each other on all the bands - 160-10 meters (like the CD Party) The idea of
running 100 watts was just something that was written into the rules. It wasn't
the reason for creating the NAQP. I think the KW vs 100 watt debate even occured
back then. If I remember right the NAQP was run as a CW only contest for
many years before a SSB version was created. The SSB Sprint was also created
around the same time.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As far as I know there is not another domestic
contest that you can work everyone on all the bands. Plus there are NO
domestic contests that you can run a KW and work everyone on all the bands. You
can't count CQ WPX or IOTA because these are really DX
contests.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeff</FONT></DIV>
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