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01/09/2010 | KP4ED
I participated on this year's SKN encouraged by my friend Julio, NP3CW. I enjoyed my 1st sk contact after more than 12 yrs of my brain stroke, though not as proficient fist as it was mni years gone. I proppose to improve to demonstrate that fist can a... Read More
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01/08/2010 | LW3EX
Weird and bad conditions at this end of the line
Only made one QSO on 20m with N1EA, TU David. Managed to contact a few others on 15m but non SKN players.
HNY full of rare DXs!
Looking forward to the next...
73, Walt.- Read More -
01/08/2010 | W1TPB
This was another fun SKN. I had many great QSOs but the most memorable was with K4UK.
He was using a 'door hinge' key similar to the one in the QST SKN notice. Except his was painted green. He also had a great fist with that key. Attached is a photo o... Read More -
01/08/2010 | W4EIP
My company has a sales meeting and holiday party each year at this time. For the last few years, W4EIP (Arnie), WO4D (Orrin), KE4MMI (Johnny) and I have been just using this contest as an opportunity to get together and play Ham Radio a bit. This yea... Read More
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01/08/2010 | K4EME/AD4TJ
The K4EME/AD4TJ team report: This year K4EME's 432 operation was assisted by KR4V and W4TJ. The Oct. leg was about average with 15 Q's and 13 M's collected. The 1st night of the Dec. leg found weak signals; high winds of the day before had misaligned t... Read More
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01/08/2010 | IK1UWL
My first 2m EME qsos were in the 2002 ARRL EME Contest, multi-op because I needed help with cw. In that same year JT44 was born, and I quickly switched to digital EME, with its much greater capabilities. Non contest operation was based on the use of th... Read More
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01/07/2010 | N5LUL
Had a great time once again during SKN. Made contact with the following: WQ0P, WA5ETK, WB4YXD, and K5BZH. This year I used my original Novice station, a HeathKit DX-60B and HR-10B, clean "one-owner" rigs I built in 1975 and '76. The only thing changed ... Read More
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01/07/2010 | WD9EWK
This was the first time I worked Straight Key Night. I wanted to try this via satellite, so I found a pass on AO-7 that I could get on. I used my portable all-mode satellite station: two Yaesu FT-817NDs, Elk Antennas handheld 2m/70cm log periodic ant... Read More
