I remember 3830 and the score exchanges after the contests as far back as 1975
just after I got my General. It grew exponentially in popularity over the next
1 – 2 years. At one point there were so many scores and breakdowns being given
that a de facto “net control” would take them with relays from the Midwest and
West coasts. On one occasion the propagation was so bad and the muf so low
that there was no groundwave and a W6 station actually took the scores from the
East coast! Often the score taking process would be 30 min to an hour and
guys would qsy off freq. to discuss them more specifically – much to the
delight of the pig farmers. :-)
It was THE place to be after the contest – the radio equivalent of the contest
club hospitality suites at the Admiral Benbow hotel.
73
Bob KQ2M
From: Dave via CQ-Contest
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 5:43 PM
To: cq-contest
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Origin of 3830 Score Reporting
>
>What's the origin of sharing claimed scores and "war stories" on 3830 kHz
>after a contest? When did it start? Who started it? Thanks.
>
Bruce,
Perhaps W3LPL or KR2Q could go back further than my recollection as
could others but: When I started doing M/M operations in the late 70's,
all the big MM and MS groups would get together on 3830 immediately
after the contest ended, and exchange numbers. It was obvious to me then
that this was not something new, but the expected end to a
fun/competitive weekend.
An excellent example of this was captured in the film "To Win the
World" which has been mentioned in this reflector on several occasions.
The exchange between N2AA and W2PV and (W3LPL edited out) operators at
the end of the flick was a live capture of their 3830 conversation as
soon as the tallying by hand of QSO's and Mults of written logs took
place and numbers computed on trusty HP pocket calculators, or scrawled
on a legal pad with a #2 pencil.
Looking forward to other replies.
Dave K2XR
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