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  • P40K/K6KO

    01/10/2009 | P40K

    Once again I was able to operate from the great station of Andy AE6Y/P49Y and John W6LD/P40L. Equipment used was ICOM 756PRO III and Alpha 86 amp at 1KW. Antennas consisted of a Force12 monobander at 50 feet and a Force12 C31XR at 40 feet.

    Didnt op... Read More

  • Denice "DA" Stoops, R/O aboard SS JEREMIAH O'BRIEN/KXCH

    01/09/2009 | K6KPH

    It was another great New Year's Eve at the Maritime Radio Historical Society. The tubes in the classic transmitters in Bolinas were glowing, ready to hurl the lightning skyward. At the receive site in Pt. Reyes the operators were ready and waiting fo... Read More

  • 01/09/2009 | N6KIX

    As usual, had a great time on SKN. Used a variety of straight keys,
    and my favorite QRS Bug, A Lightning Bug serial nr. 103836. Worked
    K6VRS, W6EO, VE7BGJ, AI6U, WB6RBJ, N7TOD, K7HZ, KB6FPW, KE7LKW,
    and KE6FIX. Most interesting QSO was with Fred, WB6R... Read More

  • Swan Astro 150

    01/07/2009 | W4YD

    Straight Key Night 2009 was a blast, as usual. My contacts were on 40 meters. The Band was in fair condition despite our being at the bottom of the sunspot cycle. John, K9EX, a QRP station in Texas, crossed the Gulf of Mexico with a 5/9 report here in ... Read More

  • 01/07/2009 | K0JW

    Another Great SKN! Lots of fun as usual, great using my old Drake 2B and 2NT coupled to my ol' J38. Couldn't resist firing up the Ten Tec Century 22 at 5 watts for some great QRP QSO's on 40 as well! Thanks for all the action, fellers, and see ya next ... Read More

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    01/07/2009 | K3PX

    SKN-2009 was another joyful event here at K3PX. I made 8 QSO's on 80 meters, 13 QSO's on 40 meters for a total of 21 QSO's in 12 states. I used several rigs and keys during the event. The transmitter was an old EICO 720 at 90 watts input, with a Hallic... Read More

  • WA1WPX Original Equipment delivered 4/1976.
Operated on 2009 Straight Key Night by Grandson W1UJ.

    01/07/2009 | W1UJ

    I had a blast during SKN 2009. This was actually my second one. 2008 I had 1 QSO.

    This year I fired up my grandmother's Yaesu FT-101EE that the original receipts show that she took delivery of this rig 2 days after my 2nd birthday, April 1976.

    I rem... Read More

  • Nobody cleans up for the RU like NT5TU!

    01/07/2009 | K5NZ

    We brought in a well dressed pro to help us out this year! NT5TU ex UA0OFF running em' on 15m. Read More

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