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2018 ARRL Straight Key Night
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01/02/2018 | W1RO
Another fine SKN meeting up with some ole friends that are active on the traffic handling nets along with making new friends. As a retired U.S. Navy Radioman having operated CW from Ships and Aircraft it was a fun chat with anoher former radio communic... Read More
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01/02/2018 | WB9DLC
Another great Straight Key Night!! I had a total of about 15 great QSOs over the event. All were nice ragchews. I tried to stir up some local activity and only heard a few of my local friends. In the Fort Wayne area we have some renewed interest in... Read More
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01/02/2018 | HP1IBF
Thanks for another SKN event (this was my 15th year in a row). This year was a challenge between tree straight keys: J-45 (strapped to the leg), a Junker (German key) and a cheap plastic Heathkit straight key (El Cheapo). It was a real race; hi hi At ... Read More
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01/02/2018 | AA4Q
I tried to make one QSO per straight key. Spent most of Sunday evening on 40m, decent conditions and lots of activity, a few hours Monday morning, but the noise on 30m was terrible. 20m was better. Didn't manage to use every key in the collection, but ... Read More
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01/02/2018 | WB5HJV
As far as the Knight station, a ham two doors down had it for sale but every buyer wanted just a part of the station, he wanted to sell it complete. He said if he did not get a buyer for the complete station, it was mine to have. WOW! (back in 1969) 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 | KC2LMX
Once again, Straight Key Nite for 2018. Propagation at my location was far superior than the last two years, as I live in the North East. The farthest contact this year was in Slovenia,Europe. I was only transmitting with 25 watts into an inverted G5R... Read More
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01/02/2018 | WB8DQT
Another SKN come and gone and it was a good one. I stayed on 40 meters with my two-tube W1TS transmitter and my Swedish Pump straight key and managed to get on the air several times during the 24 hour event. My station total was 14 and no one was in a ... Read More