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2020 ARRL Straight Key Night
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01/02/2021 | KQ9J
Operated SKN with a re-creation of my 1972 Novice station - a Heathkit HW-16 and HG-10B VFO - and of course, a straight key! The contacts I made were all nice ragchew QSOs. Several were licensed in the early 1970's just like I was - and were using He... Read More
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04/02/2020 | Ka9p
Great fun as always. This year used a WW2 Vibroplex, BC348 with a bad crystal filter, and a pair of homebrew 1625s. Next year that filter will be fixed! 73 to the folks Iworked. Scott Ka9p Read More
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02/08/2020 | N2KZ
Very quiet and stable conditions in early evening and early morning. Stayed on 80 meters throughout - my very first band to operate on 20 years ago. Surprised how much smaller the band feels every year. With the voice allocation moving lower in frequen... Read More
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01/24/2020 | KW6G
This was the 19th straight year I have participated in SKN....What fun....I have improved my sending with a Bug tremendously over the past 5 years or so thanks to our Sunday Night CW nets here on the West Coast... This year I switched around between th... Read More
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01/23/2020 | AD4E
Enjoyed about half-a-dozen QSO's on 40 meters with the classic Drake 2-NT/2-C novice station running 75 watts DC input with half-wave dipole. c u next year, 73, steve in Tallahassee, FL, AD4E Read More
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01/21/2020 | NF1O
Straight Key Night 2020 NF1O At Nearfest I was given a Key for my collection by Dave K1KA. He was handling the equip from Glen Whitehouse, K1GW of Cushcraft fame. This was Glens Key. It was a very unusual key that had one s crew to adjust both the ... Read More
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01/18/2020 | ki0g
J-38 key used in 2020. Note the Shorting Lever or switch indicating it was intended for land line telegtaph use. Read More
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01/16/2020 | W2NTN
My Dad was the original W2NTN, and I requested his callsign when he became a silent key. My straight key for SKN 2020 is my Dad’s first key, which I believe is a Signal Electric Company key he used in approximately 1941. Gary N2OT and I who were orig... Read More
