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01/06/2008 | N9AKF

This was my second SKN and it was a blast! I was operating QRP with my Sprint 3 and a home brew straight key.

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01/06/2008 | VE3LC

I really enjoyed participating in SKN 2008 with my Johnson Viking Ranger transmitter and Drake 2B receiver. I spent a couple of weeks cleaning up the old equipment for the event. I was especially in heaven when K1DC responded to my Chirpy CQ SKN with... Read More
01/06/2008 | WA0VQY

Had a great time once again. I managed to work sixteen stations with my J-38 doing the honors for the dits and dahs. On New Year's Day I had to work around phone calls coming into the shack from all the presidential campaigns crisscrossing our fine sta... Read More
01/06/2008 | KO6YG

Thanks again for such an enjoyable contest! Being slow at CW, it is so nice to be able to ragchew for as long as possible to gain proficiency at CW receiving and copying. Also, it was so nice for the other operators to QRS when I asked them if they w... Read More
01/06/2008 | W2RJJ

I think this was my 9th SKN, and, again, it was fantastic. Forty meters was wall-to-wall all New Year's eve and the next day, too. Pictured are me and the two keys I used: British Air Ministry 7373, and a standard Kent. I worked 15 stations in about ... Read More
01/05/2008 | AD6FR

I worked K6XZ Jim in Dansville, CA. He said he hadn't been on CW for many years but he did a fine job, I hope SKN was his comeback to the first digital mode. Looking forward to SKN 2008 but in the meantime I'm using my keyer. Read More
01/05/2008 | N2KZ

6pm Monday night: Driving home from work trying to strategize how to squeeze in SKN into the next 24 hours. 7pm: Contest begins and I'm having dinner. 8pm: Dinner over. Family starts to watch movie together. (Very impolite to leave.) 1015 pm: Tuck kids... Read More
01/05/2008 | NJ3K

SKN is always fun. Setting back and chatting with someone with the J-38 is a pleasure. (arm gets sore though) Reminds me a lot of my days as a novice, when I all I did was chat with others. Rig used was TX Kenwood 440, RX Drake R-4B. 73 to all and see ... Read More