03/26/2009 | KC0EEP In my tenth year as a Ham, I finally got the hang of CW - the SKN night was my first event. I had no "novice station" to drag out of the closet, but instead, was hunting for an op that I had copied 2 months prior to the event - I hoped that now that I was on the air, that I could have a "for real" QSO with him. Turns out, my only qso of the evening was with N4XE, the very same 82 year old ham that I had copied doing a qso with someone else 2 months prior! Wow!!! I found him on the same frequency, using the very same clothespin key with homebrew dipole that he had spoken of in the prior qso. I treasure that, and sure do hope to participate in many more events like this one. -- KC0EEP