01/06/2006 | N1FZ My XYL Dorothy es I wany to wish everyone A happy and great New Year! -Ham radio, a great hobby es SKN, what agreat way to start 2006.-I made 5 SKN qso's of no great length each but exchanged all the important info. and the fellowship of other cw op's is priceless.-I qso'd with: N3FES Brian @ Wierton, W.V. running a Heath HW101 with a Gap verticle ant. WA8JKG Jon @ Columbus, OH. running 3 watts with an old Ten-Tec Powermite qrp rig es J37 key- Next years SKN Jon's going to run a Knight T60 xmtr.with his loop ant. in the attic.N4XML Bob @ S.C. using an Icom IC7800 es Hygain tower ant. es 1KW.power-He almost bent my "S" meter!W6LFB Jim @ Denton, TX. a short qso, he had to qrt.WA4GZN Joe @ Ft. Walton Beach, FL. he has an Icom rig with a Hamkey key. ALL contacts were on 40M. My rig is a 30 yr. old Ten-Tec Triton 4 es a Nathaniel Baldwin circa.1900 key with an inverted "V" ant. 73 es see you next SKN- N1FZ Fred @ Springfield, OH. -- N1FZ