You forgot the 'fun' part Bill. The each contest then was 2 full weekends long.
SSCW 96 hours long...WOW...(the good old days)
MAL N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Turner
To: CQ-Contest@contesting.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 11:02 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Why SS is like it is
Some SS history for the newer ops: SS was originally conceived as a
message-handling exercise. That's why the unusually long exchange,
roughly in the form of a message header. The idea behind only one
contact per station instead of one per station per band is that once
the "message" is received, it isn't necessary to receive it again on
another band.
Once the background is known, the rule makes more sense. Changing the
rule would change the essential "flavor" of SS, IMO. Let it remain
unique.
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73, Bill W6WRT
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