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2009 ARRL Straight Key Night
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01/02/2010 | K7FME
WORKED ONLY A COUPLE OF HOURS AND ALL ON 40 METERS. THIS IS THE MOST ENJOYABLE EVENT OF THE YEAR, VERY CASUAL AND BRINGS OUT SO MANY OPS. I RAN A MARK-V AT ONLY 30 WATTS FOR ALL CONTACTS INTO A 40M GROUND PLANE ANT. (FITS MY CC&R SITUATION).STRIGHT KEY... Read More
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01/02/2010 | WB0CNK
Fired up the OLD NOVICE RIG again this year for SKN-2009.
It came to life and helped warm the shack during cold midwest temperatures.
The transmitter,(built in 1970) from one of Lew McCoy's 1957 QST articles. Parts from: An old Wurlitzer Juke Box, "El... Read More -
01/01/2010 | KA3LOC
SKN 2010 was a fun as always. Only worked a few stations with my FT-817 QRP & G5RV at 55ft, but had fun. Ric KA3LOC SKCC 660T, Lansing, KS Read More
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01/01/2010 | N2COP
Two classic winter events on the same day! Straight Key Night (SKN) and the NHL's annual Winter Classic. Here is Bill, N2COP, with his Kent straight key and Yaesu FT-817D trying to make QSOs and watch the game between the Boston Bruins and the Philad... Read More
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03/26/2009 | KC0EEP
In my tenth year as a Ham, I finally got the hang of CW - the SKN night was my first event. I had no "novice station" to drag out of the closet, but instead, was hunting for an op that I had copied 2 months prior to the event - I hoped that now that I... Read More
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01/31/2009 | K6TY/0
Braving breezy, 16 degree Fahrenheit weather, I managed to erect a simple end-fed wire over the second story deck at my mother-in-law's Saint Louis home well after dark on New Year's Eve. I used the Icom 730 of my wife, KB0QJJ, her Lionel J-38 straigh... Read More
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01/31/2009 | JR0EFE/1
This was the first time to participate in SKN. In recent years CW QSOs via satellites are becoming popular in JA and neighboring Asian countries. Thanks to AMSAT, they opened their satellite, AO-51, for CW operations by switching to CW/FM mode for SKN.... Read More
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01/30/2009 | NI6B / P
Packed my Junkers key, FT817, and the HFp portable antenna and hiked up to the East Peak of Mt. Tam (a few miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge) for some portable QRP SKN operating fun. Had a great time! The bay area was socked in fog but at 2571 feet... Read More
