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    02/07/2022 | W1WV

     Happy New Year! This was my first official SKN in a very long time after missing several years. I decided to leave the classic boatanchor rigs alone and fire up my old homebrew 2-tube 6L6 transmitter xtal bound to 3.550 and 7.055. With about 10 watts ... Read More

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    01/11/2022 | kw3u

    had a lotta fun using my johnson adventurer and knight T-60 with xtals rx was the drake 2b, didnt have time to use the globe scout 65 but use these rigs almost daily with an assortment of straight keys. the key this year was the speedx built into an aw... Read More

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    01/09/2022 | N2KZ

     At the beginning of SKN 2022, I listened carefully to hear activity on the bands. The real action was on 80 meters between 3525 and 3600 kHz. Lots of slow key sending in a great variety of voices. 7025 to about 7065 kHz was oddly pretty quiet with jus... Read More

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    01/07/2022 | W1TPB

     I enjoyed another Straight Key Night. I was on Straight Key Night at the start of my 80th new year and  this time I made the start of my 90th year bringing it in on Straight Key Night! I used my 100 year old key but I think it's older than that now. A... Read More

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    01/05/2022 | HK3CQ

     It was a pleasure to participate. Many years triying to be on the air for SKN but always a vacations travel. Altough a few contacts, it was very nice to use my old Bendix flameproof MT-11B with my old FT 901DM and 50 watts. Attached my SKN operating p... Read More

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    01/03/2022 | W1TS

     Enjoyed another SKN and used my 1946 station: a Meissner Signal Shifter running 25 watts input and a National HRO receiver. My key was a J-38. It was good to hear many vintage stations as well and a variey of keys. Conditions seemed very good and lots... Read More

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    01/02/2022 | AA0QZ

     SKN is my favorite event, next to the amateur/military cross band test. I used an FT-891, OCF dipole, and J-38 straight key. I stayed on 40 meters. Happy New Year to all. Read More

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    01/02/2022 | N6KZ

    Operated this year's SKN on 20 and 40 Meters, in the SKCC frequencies, where most of the activity seemed to be.  Band conditions were pretty good.  Used my 1944 Vibroplex Blue Racer Standard bug, with an extra weight to slow it down.  Made 65 QSOs, whi... Read More

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