[WriteLog] [RTTY] First RTTY Contest

[Charles]

Hisami,
 I have all the volumes , 1953 - 1982. Lot of good reading. I recall
getting them from my friend Bill, K5YG.
I think the first test was a little earlier than what has been posted.
Any one wanting CD copies let me know. I will check first to make sure I
can burn them.
Or perhaps they can be posted on, all volumes, on someone else's web
site if anyone is interested.
If not I will send the original ones.
Interesting to note contest time started at midnight on a Thursday.
The first DX rtty contest contact might have been with  JA8AF from w6ith
on 15meters.
The last phrase of the write-up in the journal report still holds true
today
"BOY THIS IS FUN!"
73
Charles/kk5oq

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Hi Wayne

It is very interesting. 
but www.rjcdroms.com cannot access. 

Would Someone yield me a copy or CD? 

73 Hisami

>FYI: Gleaned from the pages of the the RTTY Journal, (which I might 
>that every issue is available on a 9 volume cd set from RJCDROMS.com):

>The FCC authorized HF RTTY on January 1, 1953, also the date of the 
>first issue on "RTTY". The oldest RTTY HF Contest is the "RTTY 
>Sweepstakes" that was announced in the September 1953 issue of "RTTY". 
>The contest was held October 31, November 1 1953, with 10 stations 
>submitting logs and Frank White, W3PYW, winning with 40 qso's and 11 
>states for a winning score of 440 points.
>
>The present CQWW DX RTTY Contest was started by Dale Sinner and "The 
>RTTY Journal", in partnership with Wayne Green and the "73 Magazine" in

>February 1986. (also covered in "The RTTY Journal"). After several 
>years of association with 73, the contest was moved to its present fall

>season in partnership with CQ Magzine in 1988. All info is covered in 
>the 1986/1988 issues of "The RTTY Journal".
>
>All the other contests which came into being prior to 2003 are covered 
>in depth in "The RTTY Journal"
>
>
>Wayne, k7wm at arrl.net
>
>
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