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    01/03/2011 | W0SZP

    Had a wonderful SKN! 20 Meters was crowded, worked the SKCC club call, then hit 15 meters. Sounded like I was the only one on the band except for a few others. Easily worked the four corners of the lower 48 in addition to Panama on 15 using a J-38 made... Read More

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    01/03/2011 | AE3A

    Another year, another enjoyable Straight Key Night!  Had time for about 2-3 hours on the air New Year's Eve, and used my venerable Lionel J-38.  Other equipment: Yaesu FT-840 to an inverted vee.  This is one of my favorite events of the year, and I loo... Read More

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    01/03/2011 | AC7JW

    Straight Key night 2011 may well have been my favorite yet. The 80 m, 40 m, and 20 m bands were full of CW signals, and I never have to call very long before someone responded. I had 10 very enjoyable QSO's with stations across the United States and Ca... Read More

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    01/03/2011 | HP1IBF

      Thanks to all for another wonderful SKN. ¡My J-38 was alive this New Year`s Eve!. Although the band was a little noisy down here I had a chance to grab few but very enjoyable QSOs that made me proud with the honor of being the first HP to some operat... Read More

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    01/02/2011 | AC7JW

      Straight Key night 2011 may well have been the best of the last three years that I've participated in this event. I had 10 very enjoyable QSOs with stations across the United States and Canada, and all of them had nice fists. 80 m, 40 m, and 20 m wer... Read More

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    01/02/2011 | K9VKY

    Despite the terrible band conditions (including a rare January thunderstorm) and multiple vintage equipment failures, a grand time was had on SKN.   Smoke was let out of two transmitters, one of which was the traditional PRC-1 Spy Radio used in previou... Read More

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    01/02/2011 | KA6ROD

    After a 20 year break, I came back to HAM radio about 6 months ago and am an avid CW person.  No voice for me, just morse code.  I had a great time on SKN, I had just recently repaired my old HW100 and was able to use it this time for SKN.  Also used m... Read More

  • 01/02/2011 | WD9EWK

    For the second year in a row, WD9EWK participated in Straight Key Night.  As with 2010, WD9EWK was on the satellites.  In the first 90 minutes of 2011 (UTC time), I logged 5 QSOs with 4 stations on 3 different satellites - AO-51, FO-29, and AO-7.  I wa... Read More

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