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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 -
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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01/11/2020 | W4KDK
Made two contacts on 80 meters using a Navy Flameproof Straight Key. 73 Read More
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01/11/2020 | W7OS
Each year The W7OS Doc Clifford J Spike Antique Radio Museum of the Radio Club of Tacoma hosts a Straight Key Night New Years Eve Celebration for club members at the W7DK Clubhouse. The Antique Radio Museum sets up old rigs for CW operators to make s... Read More
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01/10/2020 | WB2AWQ
Been doing SKN for eons now, since its inception. Made 9 SKN QSOs, all using the same key and gear. The key was a recent acquisition of a Western Union Pole Changer key, made by Spies Electric, supposedly around 1886. It's certainly easily vintage ... Read More
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01/09/2020 | W1TS
This year I spent all my time on 40 meters as the conditions were good and there was plenty of activity. I even heard some very enthusiastic ops calling CQ SKN around 21:00 Z ! I primariy used my vintage Heathkits: DX-60-B, HG-10 VFO, and National NC... Read More
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01/09/2020 | HP1IBF
Hi: Thanks for another SKN event. Sorry this time the conditions where terrible down here this year. Used a german K64, new to my collection, and the black plastic Heathkit (El Cheapo) key. It was very pleasing to find Cam, HP1AC, with his great CW f... Read More
