When I was 17 years old and living in Euclid, Ohio I dabbled in
contesting and worked this K8MR guy on all the bands in the CD Parties.
It turned out he was a neighbor of mine on the east side of Cleveland
and lived just a few miles away. We eventually met in person and he took
a naive teenager under his wings and helped me fix things I broke and
pretty much was a mentor to me. If it wasn't for the CD Parities and
working him on the air I might've never met him, joined the Mad River
Radio Club and have become so hooked on contesting. Even though we've
gone our own ways living in different parts of the country we've been
friends for over 40 years.
Jeff KU8E
On 5/16/2021 01:13 PM, donovanf@erols.com wrote:
Hi Dave,
I remember K5MDX well from the 1960s CD Parties.
Just one example, can you find my CW and phone scores?
http://p1k.arrl.org/pubs_archive/49207
The operating skill in CD Parties was like no other contest.
The January 1962 was my first CW CD Party score over 100K,
a milestone in the development of any CW contester
60 years ago.
73
Frank
W3LPL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
To: donovanf@erols.com
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2021 4:47:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Last CD Party?
Frank,
Entered several CD parties as K5MDX years ago. They were fun.
73 Dave K4JRB
-----Original Message-----
From: donovanf@erols.com
Sent: May 16, 2021 11:52 AM
To: CQ-Contest Reflector
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Last CD Party?
The 20 hour July Open CD Party was replaced by the IARU Radio Sport
Championship in 1977
http://p1k.arrl.org/pubs_archive/69752
The ten hour April Open CD party was replaced by the Poisson d'Avril
contest
73
Frank
W3LPL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Shoppa"
To: "CQ-Contest Reflector"
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2021 2:15:04 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Last CD Party?
Did the CD Parties continue up until 1991 when the NAQP's started, or was
there a gap?
Tim N3QE
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