01/05/2006 | W9AVM Another memorable SKN Using my brass Western Electric key, I made
enjoyable chats with 17 others, ages ranging from 36 to 74 and ham
experience from 1-50 years. It was KB1IHO's first cw contact. There
were alot of good "fists" out there. The best I encountered was Pete,
NO2D. Perfect sending and spacing. A pleasure to copy. The most interesting chat was with Vern, W9STB. He said I was his first SKN
contact with his "new" rig, a Viking Adventurer that Santa left for him. When I asked where in the world Santa found such an item, he said: a few months ago he had mentioned to his wife that he wishes he still had his original rig, an Adventurer. His wife was able to find one on Ebay and Santa was able to surprise him. I'm hoping for a
long life for CW and from what I heard on SKN, CW is here to stay for
years to come. Waiting for the next one..........jim -- W9AVM