[Elecraft] Contesting; history?

[ray satel]

Hi all

Talking of contest stations...  Am I right in assuming that most / all 
"contests" are concerned with the maximum number of contacts and then some 
kind of modifiers based on the location of those contacts? Either inclusive 
or exclusive.

Can anyone offer an explanation as how (or why) contests evolved into the 
format that they have, rather than perhaps "The longest QSO scores the most 
points, chronologically or geographically.. " or indeed any other format?

TIA
73 Rolly







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