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2004 ARRL Straight Key Night

01/02/2004 | VE3WMB I only managed to make it on the air for 3 SKN QSOs but I had a lot of fun.
I used my Elecraft K1 at 5 watts and a Swedish Army Key that was given to me by some Swedish friends as a gift.

There were a few stations operating at 20 wpm who sounded like W1AW code practice, then there was the rest of use who don't normally use a straight key struggling along at 10 or 15wpm generating lots of choppy sounding code ;-) .

I only wish this event happened more than once per year.

Michael -- VE3WMB


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