01/09/2007 | WD5ABC I only had time for 4 QSOs but SKN was enjoyable, as always. I used my J-37 from the 60s, I broke out the bug but decided not to subject anybody to my poor fist. I'm not too bad on a key but lousy on a bug, too many years on a keyer, I guess. I heard a lot of the SKCC guys on the air (I'm SKCC #12), it's great to get some "back to basics" operation going on the bands. In the 70s when I was a novice, I could recognize a few friends by their "fist" but these days everybody sounds the same. It's nice to hear the straight keys and bugs when you can hear the individuality of each hams own fist instead of their keyers or computers.

73,
Kerry, SKCC #12 -- WD5ABC