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01/12/2011 | N5VU

I love RTTY. I started RTTY three years ago and have participated in the Roundup each year. My second years score was better than the first one and this years score was well on its way to besting my previous years score. I was prepared. I new where ... Read More
01/11/2011 | K7VY

SKN night certainly a friendly group, much like my old Novice days. I made sever QSO's and was like visiting old friends. Good fists too! My key is an old Navy J-38 with some rust on it! Power of the old Corsair was about 40 Watts to a dipole. 73, Ga... Read More
01/11/2011 | K4KHV

Thanks to ARRL for having a straight key night. I have participated over the last several years and enjoyed every minute. I worked 5 stations this year with an average of 30 minutes per QSO. Met a lot of nice folks, some just as rusty on code as me. H... Read More
01/11/2011 | N1IMW

Super event ! Never worked a RTTY contest before and it was a blast. Thanks to all who helped me out giving me a second chance on some botched QSO’s ! Can’t wait until next Year !! N1IMW Read More
01/10/2011 | K3Y/KL7

I was looking foward to SKN and what better way to bring in the New Year then to operate as K3Y/KL7 for the SKCC Club! I made 60 contacts contacting SK'ers in 28 states and 2 Canadian Provinces during my shift and I had a blast! The Straight Key Cent... Read More
01/10/2011 | KI0KM

My time on SKN 2011 was limited, but I managed to make 5 contacts. The conditions weren't the best, but I did hear plenty of stations so some of my time was spent just listening, where I heard an interesting variety of rigs and keys used. Since it w... Read More
01/09/2011 | K8UC

For the 3rd year in a row I used a key made from a McDonald's coffee cup lid. Last year I made a weight from a piece of 2-1/2 pipe coupling that fits down oner the lid. This sure helped. The contacts for the key are made from brass shim stock. There... Read More
01/08/2011 | KB8TL

I worked a whopping 8 stations. Excuse: was in the midst of writing and debugging controller code for my homebrew transmitter (DDS VFO + 6CL6 + 6146 + PIC microprocessor). I used an 80 year old Lightning bug for a key, had fun. A little bit of everyth... Read More