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01/21/2010 | K9SB
Just love SKN, It gives me an excuse to fire up my old novice rig.
Hallicrafters HT-40 (50watts out)with HA-5 VFO, Drake 2B receiver with
2BQ multiplier ,12 volt Dow key relay, 1/4 wave 40mtr vertical. For it's time that Drake 2B was a real good CW rec... Read More -
01/16/2010 | K3STX
Lots of fun, if I closed my eyes I could think it was 1978 again and I was scouring the Novice bands for QSOs. LOTS of activity, should be this way every night! I just got into restoring boat anchors, so this year used my "new" Hammarlund HQ-170A and H... Read More
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01/15/2010 | N1EP
Preparing for SKN 2010 motivated me to practice my CW and since I have noticed my skills slowly starting to improve. CW is now my favorite mode, even though I am still quite slow and novice with the mode.
I used a Bencher Straight Key with my Kenwoo... Read More -
01/15/2010 | G3LTF
I had a great time in this years contest with 181 QSOs on the five bands from 2m to 9cm. As I use a single 6m dish this means a lot of feed changing to be able to cover the three "continental" windows, but that's the challenge of multiband eme contesti... Read More
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01/13/2010 | W0SMY
A real nostalgia trip. I took the Heath HW8 off the shelf after twenty years and got it on the air. I hooked up my McElroy Stream Key (any of you old timer's remember that one?)and the J-38, as sweet a CW key as was evermade. I used it during my Arm... Read More
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01/13/2010 | AE5KA
My first CW QSO was made on SKN 2010. After licensing, I was determined to learn the code, but progress was slow and I gave it a break for 9 months. With SKN night approaching, I got back to it and got it down well enough to muddle through a QSO with W... Read More
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01/13/2010 | K3PX
SKN-2010 was an enjoyable event where I made 30 QSO's in 17 states and two Canadian provinces on 160, 80 and 40 meters with 7 different keys from my collection. My first key was a Danish made Amplidan #50713. The Amplidan is said to be a favorite of ma... Read More
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01/12/2010 | K1LNL
Enjoyed another year of SKN. This year I used my restored Collins S-Line barefoot with an old brass key.
73's
Carl Read More
