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01/08/2008 | W4BKI
From: "J. Drewniany"
To:
Cc:
Subject: Straight Key Report
Date: Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:13 PM
While being licensed since 1969, this was my first straight key night. I worked 11 staions all on forty meters. My key was an MFG code practice oscill... Read More -
01/08/2008 | W0ANM
I haven't participated in SKN for many years. I made six QSO's, all great rag chews. I was using the Drake C-line and Windom. Conditions where pretty good and heard a lot of activity (almost like the old novice days). One fist stands out for me is Bo... Read More
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01/08/2008 | WB8DQT
New Year's Eve was filled with other obligations, but I did manage to get on the following day and work a few stations 40 meters using my Argonaut V at 5W to a trap dipole. DX ranged from the next town over to most of the mid-continent - not all that d... Read More
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01/07/2008 | AF2Z
It's Straight Key Night 2008 and once again the warm sound of hand-formed CW ripples across the ham bands...
This, my second SKN, was better than the first one last year, even if the propagation conditions were not: I netted six QSOs on New Year's Eve... Read More -
01/07/2008 | W1WIU
Due to family comitments,I only made 7 QSO's and meet 2 new SKCC members. In keeping with the spirit of SKN, I used the TS 520 and AMECO MK 4 key.
Thanks to W3CEI, Larry in PA; WB9DLC, Mike in IN with his crystal controled Heath Apache; N1EVO, Carl in... Read More -
01/07/2008 | K2A/3
This was my first SKN. 2007 was my first year operating CW. Outside of checking into my local ARES/RACES net and WPA Emergency net, I have not used a mic. I operated K2A/3. K2A is the special event call for the second anniversary of the Straight Ke... Read More
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01/07/2008 | N5ZM
RTTY Roundup N5ZM M/S LP
Our score is off from last year but we did better with our QSO total. We had a
few nice surprises during our CQ runs with calls from TA1DX, TR8CA, V73RY,
CN8IG, EA8OM and SV9CVY that stand out among the many others.
We had a ... Read More -
01/06/2008 | AE3A
Thanks for another great SKN! Running 20 watts from a Yaesu FT840 about 25 miles north of NYC, I achieved my goal of using each one of my 9 straight keys, including a J-37, J-38, Navy "flameproof", British WT 8 AMP, and Bulgarian, Soviet, and Chinese ... Read More
