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  • 01/21/2005 | NK9R

    Except for a little logging during Field Day, I don't do CW contests. My 20 WPM just can't keep up with the blinding speed of most contests. I certainly wasn't planning on working the 160 CW contest. Imagine my suprise when I tuned around 160 during th... Read More

  • 01/19/2005 | K0HW

    This was my first entry in this contest as a single op. I had worked
    with the W0SD crew in 2002 and 2003. It was those sessions that introduced me to Writelog and the RTTY Roundup. I got the bug and have been into this contest stuff since, I had onl... Read More

  • Mighty 4 Watter

    01/19/2005 | W1AA

    SKN is a fun event, with time to pass more than a signal report. We were using the Marconi Radio Club Call W1AA. The transmitter was from an April 1956 CQ Magazine, the Mighty 4 Watter, a rebuild of our station from 1957. A single 50L6 tube puts out 2... Read More

  • 01/17/2005 | N4SSD

    Hello Ham Pals & Happy New Year!

    Well ARRL's Straight Key Night (SKN) is over for 2005, but I sure had a great (challenging) time. First of all band conditions on Friday night were not conducive to QRP and I couldn't seem to get any answers to my CQs ... Read More

  • WG1L Ham Shack

    01/17/2005 | WG1L

    I enjoy SKN every year and try to make at least 2 or 3 contacts.
    This year I made 3 contacts, 2 were very good, I was rather dissapointed in one as after I made the contact and gave my info to him, He did not come back to me. I called several times to ... Read More

  • K3EAR Sept VHF 04 Pete K9PW at the "Helm"

    01/17/2005 | K3EAR

    Once again as last year the crew chiefs WA1HHN & N3EMF of the South Mountain Contest Club elected to enter the September VHF Contest as a high power single operation. The man shown here at the "Helm" is none other than Pete Walters K9PW driving in from... Read More

  • 01/16/2005 | N7MQ

    I was only able to operate for just under 10 hours, but had a great time. Newish to RTTY and each contest has one goal, to make more QSO's than prior outing in the same contest, and to spend most of my time running. Rely heavily on suggestions from w... Read More

  • 01/16/2005 | OO4ADZ

    After the newyear with good intentions we entered this contest for tho say "hny" to the fellow rtty ers and to play with my station to extent my contest experiences.
    I was not able to run a 24 hour period, I was restriced to abt 8 with good qso rates.
    ... Read More

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