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  • Survivor SB-101

    01/05/2009 | VE7BGP

    This year I had a lot of fun participating in the SKN. I like a lot of other Hams I dug out my Vintage Heathkit SB-101 and hooked my newly acquired SpeedX hand Key surplus from the Canadian Military Base. The really nice and interesting QSO I had was a... Read More

  • 01/05/2009 | N2COP

    Three Dog Night was wrong: "One Is Not the Loneliest Number..." Like many people, New Year's Eve night and even New Year's Day had family and friends parading through our home for visits. It was 2300 UTC when I finally sat at my Ten-Tec Argonaut 516 ... Read More

  • 01/05/2009 | WD5AGO

    Again this year, we operated on 13cm during the Microwave portion of the ARRL EME contest. Very good conditions but lower NA activity, mainly due to late night moon passage. Made 22 random CW QSOs using the same set-up as last year, a 9 foot dish and... Read More

  • W0AAA

    01/05/2009 | W0AAA

    I've missed alot of SKN's over the years but I became hooked in 2005 after one very special QSO. You know the kind, where the stars align just right and something magical happens. It was my first SKN and I had made a few contacts and thought I would ... Read More

  • 01/05/2009 | K6KQV

    As always, the SKN was a great time. I heard many stations this year and some really good fists. I didn't hear too many bugs and I heard no cootie keys this yer. It was good to hear some of the classic gear on the air too. 73 and Happy New Year to ... Read More

  • 01/05/2009 | KI6VC

    Had a great time. Got a jump on my New Years resolution of More CW but then I had no choicemost of the activity was CW.

    Propagation was a wee bit better than last year (not hard to do) with a nice opening to the east coast.

    Since propagation was po... Read More

  • 01/05/2009 | W7MEW

    This was my first RTTY contest. I haven't spent much time operating this mode. It was exciting, I made contacts with Japan and Brazil, my first contact with ND, as yet unconfirmed, and with K1ZZ. Oh, and did I mention my modest Wyoming station genera... Read More

  • 01/05/2009 | KB1CJ

    It's a good thing I don't take my contesting seriously. Antenna Rotor froze due west, but my 20+ year old mini-beam has so little directivity on 20M it hardly mattered. On the other hand, it always helps to read the rules! I saw Jan. 3, and jumped t... Read More