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  • 01/20/2020 | K2DRH

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    01/19/2020 | N2YTF/P

    Life left me little time to contest, but I did manage to get playtime from about 2PM tp 5PM EST Sunday afternoon. With such little time my setup was cut down a bit. I setup at SOTA summit W2/NJ-009 with a 2m and 6m beam connected to a 706MKIIG and then... Read More

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    01/18/2020 | ki0g

     J-38 key used in 2020.  Note the Shorting Lever or switch indicating it was intended for land line telegtaph use. Read More

  • 01/16/2020 | W2ROO

      This was a first for W2ROO and W2NTN.  We operated the ARRL Roundup multi-op QRP using the W2ROO station in WNY, using only FT8.  We used a combination of local operation by Jamie while he was at his home QTH, and since he had air travel during the e... Read More

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    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 orig... Read More

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    01/16/2020 | KW4RM

     Straight Key Night is my event of the year. I no longer send QSL cards unless asked, except SKN and I QSL 100%, it's just what I do and this is when I do it. I like to use my Viking 2 xmtr and my Hammarlund HQ-170 rcvr, but this year I was so sick I c... Read More

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    01/12/2020 | WB0CNK

    KØODF was a call sign I hadn't heard since my High School days in Nebraska.
    Lynn, from Chadron, NE, told me about his days as a train dispatcher, and he knew a Train Agent as well as other folks from my home town of O'neill, NE.      I instantly recall... Read More

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    01/11/2020 | K9VKY

    Yet another SKN has come and gone, and the smell of warmed mildew and beeswax continues to permeate the shack.  In addition to the traditional PRC-1 spy radio set, the Collins 32V3, 75A3, and a replica 1929 TNT transmitter excited the ether.   The brea... Read More

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