2021 ARRL Straight Key Night
2021 SKN was a lot of fun. I enjoyed 14 QSOs, 12 on 40-meters and 2 on 20-meters. I used my Elecraft K2 at 5-watts into a HyGain AV640 vertical. My key was an antique brass strap key that was made in the engineering shops at the University of Michigan. The original date and purpose for this key are unkown, but for something that has absolutely no adjustability, it has a remarkably good feel and created very little arm fatigue. I heard a number of fine fists but if I have to name just one it would be N5EEI. It was also a lot of fun to work so many people who were using "vintage" gear, i.e. stuff that I used to drool over in the QST ads when I was a new teenaged ham in 1970.
-- N8XMSBack







