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Contest Soapbox
2017 ARRL Straight Key Night
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01/03/2018 | KB8TL
I didn't have much time to participate in this fun event but managed about a dozen contacts. My vote for best straight key fist goes to Ed, WA9BBN and best bug operator Dick, WA5CAV. Used a homebrew xmtr, 1963 Vibroplex Original and Drake R-4B. Read More
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01/02/2018 | WB5HJV
Not many contacts - but each one was interesting! Used my 1972 Novice station KnightKit T-60 transmitter and R-100A receiver using an OCF dipole. Key was a recent gift from Charles, NA5A, a Signal Electric model M-100 just like the one I used back in ... Read More
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01/02/2018 | ka2pbo
I have been licensed for 35 years and this was my first SKN. Only had time for a few QSOs but it was great hearing all the boat anchors on the air Read More
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02/01/2017 | K6TY
Tuning around 40 m, I noted many more stations using bugs than in prior SKNs. When I mentioned this to Mike, AI8Z, with whom I had a long and pleasant QSO, he, too, agreed that this year the band was rife with bugs. Read More
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01/19/2017 | WA9STI
It was fun to participate in another SKN using a Heathkit HW-8 with a J-45 key on a leg clamp to a CB amplifier. When I wrote in last year’s Soapbox about my 2016 SKN, I mentioned that I only operated for an hour in the evening because I had to get ... Read More
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01/12/2017 | W1FP
Another great SKN, although the 80 & 40 meter bands were so long at night Sunday evening that I could not work my buddy K1WPO, 200 miles away. I did work others though , including local friend WA1TEO. I used a KX3 rather than boat anchor gear this ye... Read More
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01/10/2017 | W1TPB
I always look forward to SKN. I used my old navy key again. Approx. 100 Years old. Conitions were good and the QSOs were interesting as usual. I've been a ham 66yrs and now at 84 I am operating from a senior complex station, W1LPH Looking forward to n... Read More
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01/10/2017 | KD2KEH
Straight Key night 2017 -- KD2KEH, Ken Knox, Buffalo, NY I’m a new Ham – licensed in January 2016. Well, I’m sort of a new ham. I was a Novice Ham in 1972 for a little while. You remember - one single tube, crystal, home brew transmitter with a Heath... Read More