Not in my experience, Mike. I did a fair bit of DX-chasing and contesting in the 60's and, on contest days, the bands were wall-to-wall signals. True, the scores weren't as high as today, but we were logging with pencil and paper can actually talking or using the key to transmit and our ears to copy.
DXCC was a real challenge that made the certificate a prized possession. For many Hams it took years, sometimes decades, to achieve DXCC because one had to catch a station by tuning around. Of course, QST and other magazines published the operating schedules for various DX-peditions but it still took some careful listening to find them. I'm not disparaging today's Hams with their computers and internet support, but I take issue with the idea that contacts weren't readily available. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Prior to cluster and RBN we would just be listening to band noise and no callers.......... :) Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
