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2020 ARRL Straight Key Night

01/16/2020 | W2NTN

My Dad was the original W2NTN, and I requested his callsign when he became a silent key.  My straight key for SKN 2020 is my Dad’s first key, which I believe is a Signal Electric Company key he used in approximately 1941.  Gary N2OT and I who were originally licensed together as WN2EPP and WN2EPQ, thought it would be fun to start the new decade with a SKN contact with each other.  It was a challenge, but Gary dug my weak signal from our old tiny breadboard one transistor QRP oscillator transmitter, out of the noise on 80 meters.  The setup, including a very old crystal which is bigger in its FT-171-B holder than the transmitter, is shown in the photo.  The IC-746PRO in the background served as my receiver, and my sidetone monitor.  Happy New Year from N2OT and W2NTN!

-- W2NTN


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