Tony Estep wrote > On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Bill W4ZV < > [email protected]
> > wrote: > > Yep, those were legendary days. I too made Novice DXCC, shortly after > Bill. > He was KN4RID in those days. I worked my 100th right after he got his, but > I stuck my cards in a drawer and didn't send them in for over a decade. > Finally I dug 'em out and got my DXCC certificate, issued under my novice > call, KN0LTB. It's still up on the wall.There was one other novice who did > it, but I can't remember who it was. Hi Tony. Sorry my linked story didn't mention that you received DXCC because at the time I wrote that article I didn't see it in late 50s QSTs. After checking later QSTs, there were actually 4 that made it: Call QST Total KN4RID Nov 58 102 KN4RID Oct 59 114 (an endorsement) KN1IVT May 60 100 KN0LTB Aug 67 102 WN8TND Sep 67 105 For Mark, another restriction was that we were limited to 21.100 and above, but many DX stations lower in the band would respond if you answered their CQs. My guess is this was because many were using military surplus RXs which did not have great resolution, so they sometimes answered even if you were way off their TX frequency. Those days were the golden years of DXing IMHO...no spotting, no lists, no mega-expeditions and the key to success was lots and lots of tuning the bands and listening. 73, Bill -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Solar-Cycle-tp7620505p7620616.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
