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  • 01/16/2004 | N7MNY

    This is the one contest I try to never miss! There are not a lot of operators in Montana so was always happy to hear "thanks for MT" during the contest.I had a blast with low power and after the contest was over I promised myself to have a better homeb... Read More

  • 01/16/2004 | N0OA

    I had a blast. I did this on a whim. Drug out the ol' radio shack key.
    This is the same key that I learned on as a high school kid. I made ten Q's. It took about 19 hours of intermittant operating. But, I did get 9 different states in those 10 Q's.

    Th... Read More

  • 01/16/2004 | WB0TRA

    I couldn't find my straight key, so I got on using my Bencher paddles. Hopefully I can find the key for next year...

    I managed a single QSO with a new friend, KA0WWV, and we chatted for about 1/2 hour. Nice to hear the CW bands active on New Years Eve. Read More

  • Goldie the cat keeps our Heathkits purring - Karl Zuk N2KZ

    01/15/2004 | N2KZ

    In 1968, I built a Heathkit HW-16 and matching HG-10B VFO with my Dad looking over my shoulder. I would listen to it for hours trying to learn the code along with practicing with a buzzer key complete with a big D cell battery. I never was able to pass... Read More

  • 01/15/2004 | K6JEY

    Didn't get any boatanchors on but did use my old Signal Electric brass key and a TS930S/AT. The highlight was not only talking with K6KPH on two bands but copying their LF message on 426 khz. (KPH is a resurrected ship to shore station run by hams up n... Read More

  • 01/15/2004 | N2JJF

    What a great idea SKN is!!!
    I am an ex marine radio officer and never had a qso with any other ex R/O until SKN. Due to work constraints I only had time for 2 contacts
    and the first contact was with VE1ZF.He was an ex r/o and we had a wonderful 40 minu... Read More

  • SKN night feels like a night of making freinds instead of the barnstorming contesting.  Thanks all!

    01/14/2004 | N5VWN

    Really enjoy it this year. 2nd time I've done it and I felt like a drunk with that straight key. hi hi! Thanks to all the hams who came back to my 5 watt sloppy signal. KM6XO John nice qsl card guy, (he said mine was the first qsl he'd gotten in a ye... Read More

  • KD7SXZ, Roddney, QSOs with Club Member WA7IVO-Nick.

    01/14/2004 | W7OS

    W7OS is the call of the Antique Radio Museum of the Radio Club of Tacoma located in Tacoma, WA. www.w7dk.org

    Some of the "old radio buffs", Morel-W6LIX, Worth-W7WG, and Rich-AE7RW, got together and organized a gathering for Straight Key Night.

    The Rig... Read More

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