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  • 01/06/2003 | W2JRF

    This was the first SKN I participated in. My goal was to make a contact using my J-38 key from when I was a kid. I had a lot of fun making that contact too! Happy New Year! Read More

  • 01/06/2003 | N1NB

    Really enjoy this contest. Very happy with my results - the only meaningful
    measure for me is comparison to previous year... same operating time, 129 more QSOs,
    26K more points. Almost all increase came on 80M&40M. A lot due to better mix
    of CQing vs ... Read More

  • 01/06/2003 | KL7WP

    Conditions were not that great, but propagation normally is quite difficult in the northern latitudes this time of the year. Over the pole was next to impossible and signals from Europe were just too weak. But still managed over 200 QSOs with 50 watts ... Read More

  • 01/06/2003 | WA8KAN

    More contacts this year than ever. Can't wait until next Rtty Roundup. Read More

  • What a way to wake up... and, yes... those are big, fat raindrops hitting the water.

    01/05/2003 | K6OM

    This was our second 160 contest, and it was more fun than the first! Our contest QTH was at Bodega Bay, California, made famous by the Hitchcock move "The Birds".

    We had everything up and running the night before the contest, only to awaken Friday mor... Read More

  • 01/05/2003 | NJ3K

    To who ever thought up Straight Key Night, I say thank you and if I could I would buy you a beer. I only made 5 QSO's but all were great. My total time for these 5 QSO's was 96 minutes. Not going to win any contests but really had a great chat with one... Read More

  • The primary CW rig is homebrew parallel 1625's with command set VFO and Collins 51S-1.

    01/05/2003 | W7FOX

    I thoroughly enjoyed this year's SKN after replacing a 54 year old 6ac7 that blew out minutes before 0000Z. W5TNX was using a crystal controlled 80 meter ARC-5, identical to my novice rig in 1964. His ironic comment that we were having a 2-way vacuum... Read More

  • 01/05/2003 | K4JPN

    Had a lot of fun working on and off over New Years Eve and Day. I worked 12 stations with my old Navy Flame Proof key and an old Lafayette Radio key, both which I have owned since I was KN1VKW and later K1VKW, now I am K4JPN.

    Kind of fun to work Dan, ... Read More

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