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01/02/2011 | AC7JW
Straight Key night 2011 may well have been the best of the last three years that I've participated in this event. I had 10 very enjoyable QSOs with stations across the United States and Canada, and all of them had nice fists. 80 m, 40 m, and 20 m wer... Read More
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01/02/2011 | K9VKY
Despite the terrible band conditions (including a rare January thunderstorm) and multiple vintage equipment failures, a grand time was had on SKN. Smoke was let out of two transmitters, one of which was the traditional PRC-1 Spy Radio used in previou... Read More
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01/02/2011 | KA6ROD
After a 20 year break, I came back to HAM radio about 6 months ago and am an avid CW person. No voice for me, just morse code. I had a great time on SKN, I had just recently repaired my old HW100 and was able to use it this time for SKN. Also used m... Read More
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01/02/2011 | WD9EWK
For the second year in a row, WD9EWK participated in Straight Key Night. As with 2010, WD9EWK was on the satellites. In the first 90 minutes of 2011 (UTC time), I logged 5 QSOs with 4 stations on 3 different satellites - AO-51, FO-29, and AO-7. I wa... Read More
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01/02/2011 | KA4JQZ/0
Had a great time as always. I worked 16 station on my HW-16 and HG10B VFO. The best and first QSO was with Ed (K5BOT) as he had the same rig. We talked until the bands did not want us to talk anymore. Thanks for SKN as it always renews my interest in H... Read More
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01/02/2011 | K8QMN
I had a most enjoyable time participating in Straight Key Night for the first time in quite a few years. This year, I placed the K8QMN Special Event Station on air for several hours, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Michigan, QMN CW Net. It wa... Read More
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01/02/2011 | N2KZ
Another great straight key night marking my 11th year on ham radio. Many unusual voices were heard using a wide variety of vintage gear. Most remarkable was how many new stations appeared apart from the usual gang of people heard most of the year on th... Read More
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01/02/2011 | WB8DQT
This year I wanted to team up my Swedish Pump key with a vintage transmitter, so built a basic two-tube design by Don Mix (W1TS) that appeared in the October 1968 issue of QST. I set the rig up for 4 watts output to stay within the QRP envelope and had... Read More