I’ve been looking forward to Straight Key Night for some time. My goal for this year was to make at least one QSO with each Key in the arsenal. And also get each functional rig on the air.

Using my FT-1000MP for most QSOs, I also got the newly acquired IC-7000, my two FT-900s, my IC-703,  an HB1B and a very old HW-8 on the air. Stealth antenna is a wire vertical in a tree (20m) or up a push up mast (40m).

My keys are:

·         A brass Radio Shack key

·         A NYE

·         My Novice Key, a plastic Radio Shack

·         A round Speed-X

·         A square Speed-X

·         Some unknown old Military key

·         A plastic base Speed-X

·         A Kent key

·         A Brown Brothers combination paddle/key

·         A tiny American Morse I built from a kit

·         A SKCC commemorative LTA key

·         Another brass Radio Shack key (mounted next to another brown brothers on a board for /m.

Best fist: W0YBS. most interesting QSO: WB5KSD.

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