[ADXA] CX 1980, 81 and 82 - W5JM (SK) and W5SJ

[Bill Priakos]

San,

You show a great memory, my friend.  If I may share a few thoughts in Tom, W5JM’s honor, just what CX was all about.  I had heard about CX and in the fall of 1979, Tom started adding to his extensive boat anchor collection and get them working.  January, 1980, we had our first effort, using radios born after 1945 (how old they were was a part of scoring) and qualified each setup with three QSO’s.  We scored over 3,000,000 points edging out a club in Atlanta.

Our goal was 10 million the next year – we scored 10,188,144 points and THEN the next year, putting on more and more radios, we scored 14, 326, 056 points.  I don’t have the logs, darn it, but taking this info from the narrative that Tom wrote.  Our total age of the radios in this effort was 1277 years…you can get an idea of just how many combinations we used in the effort. I don’t have the list of radio combos either, I am sorry to say.  But, suffice it to say that this old CW operator had an absolute ball making Q’s with rigs such as Comet Pro, HT9, NC101, FB7, Viking Ranger, Adventurer, Viking I, Viking II, SX100, S38, Lysco, Collins, Hammarlund, HRO7, HRO 60, etc., etc!  He had all of the rigs in shelves and as I qualified a set, he would be setting up the next pair!  WOW!  What a blast!

I miss my good friend, Dr. Raymond, W5JunkMan; he was a brilliant technician and loved the challenge of getting the total basket case receiver or transmitter WORKING!  I will never forget the fun we had with this old C--P, hi, hi!

73

Bill
W5SJ
Bill Priakos
10 Free Ferry Heights
Fort Smith, AR 72903
479.461.8368
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From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Sandy Hutson
Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 3:12 PM
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Subject: Re: [ADXA] Novice Rig Roundup ( vs Novice Roundup )

OK, think I have figured out now, the original NR Contest and the more recent NRR. The NR was what Joel alluded to by asking if anyone remembered the ARRL Novice Roundup contest. The “Rig Roundup” was a newer fun venture.

Years ago, Priakos and I participated with Doc W5 in Fort Smith in his annual venture to the “old equipment” contest. He had literally dozens of setups allowing him to make 3-4 times the QSOs with different rig setups than anyone in the USA. Every xmtr, rcvr and xcvr was old, think they had to be at least 25 years old, can’t remember the exact age rule. SJ may remember. Not sure if it was single op or not but doubt it since I made some QSOs and W5SJ made MANY QSOs even thru the night hours. Fun stuff for sure. Couple of rigs blew up but Doc fixed them and had them ready for the next year.
San  YY   Novice Roundup guy from 1959 for the 2 first weeks in February. Think 40 hours max total time limit.

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From: Sandy Hutson<mailto:k5yy1 at cox.net>
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Subject: Re: [ADXA] Novice Rig Roundrup

I spent time gg thru my first 5 logs and notice my first Novice Roundup was in Jan 31st-Feb 15th,  1959! I do NOT see a specific # I used or was assigned! What am I missing? I am not on the long list that Joel gave a link to showing callsigns registered over the years. I went thru the 1000+ calls and double checked AR and I am not listed!!

In the Novice Roundup I made 58 Qs in 26 sections and had a total of 1768 points. All QSOs were on 21mc! Worked all call areas and show where I QSL replied to 11 stations! My total hours spent were 14 1/3 I have written in my log. If anyone can find my NR #, let me know! TU.
San  K5YY

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From: w5zn at w5zn.org<mailto:w5zn at w5zn.org>
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Subject: [ADXA] Novice Rig Roundrup


How many of you remember ARRL's Novice Roundup contest?? This was an annual contest held in February aimed at Novices with the objective to provide an avenue for them to improve their code proficiency and pick up some new states. It originally ran for two weeks covering three weekends with a maximum of 40 hours operating time. Beginning with the 1972 event it was shortened to nine days and covered two weekends with a maximum operating time of 30 hours.

There is an annual event that began a few years ago to commemorate the original Novice license and equipment from that era called "Novice Rig Roundup". Details are at:

NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP<http://novicerigroundup.org/>

Dennis, W5RZ and I have membership numbers. There are no dues. Those of you who were here for our September 2019 meeting saw my original Novice rig, a Heath DX-60B transmitter and HR-10B receiver. Those have now been relocated to the operating desk so I can press them in to service occasionally. During my Novice days having your transmitter crystal controlled was mandatory. The HG-10B VFO I have is the original VFO I purchased once I upgraded to General.

If you were first licensed as a Novice, particularly during the highpoint in the Novice era in the 60's and early 70's check out the above link if for no other reason than to reminisce!

ZN








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