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01/02/2008 | K3MD
Had limited time available to participate due to a cold and having to work on the first of 2008, but did get in around 8 contacts instead of my usual 20 or so. I have participated in SKN almost continuously since first licensed in 1963, and enjoy it v... Read More
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01/02/2008 | WA5MUF
SKN was a lot of fun! I especially enjoyed my QSO with W6BNB whose been a ham since the early 1930's. Nice to know that good ole' CW is STILL alive and well in 2008. A lot of great fists out there on the HF bands!
73, Bill Read More -
01/02/2008 | KB1LZH
SKN 2008
SKN is a special event for me. It reminds me how lucky I am to be able to operate a radio station and contact so many fine people around the world.
I had a number of good ragchews this year, and I think it is remarkable at how good all the co... Read More -
01/02/2008 | W1TS
Another SKN to add to the many I have participated in over the years and the pleasure never wanes. During my traditional lobster dinner, the 75A-3 and 6L6 XTAL controlled oscillator rig are warming up, and shortly after 7 P.M. I make my first SKN QSO. ... Read More
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01/02/2008 | W0LMS
Last year I put one in the log but this year I managed to get three long QSO's in the log.
The most interesting experience for me was W9FZ working me with one end of his Iambic Paddles he used as a straight key.
Thanks to all who heard me and worked me... Read More -
01/02/2008 | N5LUL
This was the 1st Straight-Key Night I had actually prepared in advance to operate using an older rig... a HeathKit HW-16. (Well, 35 years.... it's not "too" old yet). Had spent the previous week trying and succeeding to get the "chirp" out of it. I did... Read More
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01/02/2008 | W4ISI
YES I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY GUYS WHO WORKED SEAN W1AW ON SKN. I HAVE A J36 THAT I ACQUIRED FROM A ESTATE. MY FRIEND WB4PVT FOUND THIS
KEY SO I STARTED TRYING TO USE IT AGAIN. I LAUGHED AT MY STRUGGLE TO USE THE KEY S/N 111 NEVER BEEN USED BUT RECALLING... Read More -
01/02/2008 | WB6IYM
NIGHT OF THE TEN-TEC'S
Sound like a sci-fi movie from the 1950's? Well I use the term only to describe my results in this years SKN. Worked 15 stations -- 7 of them were running Ten-Tec gear! That, I thought was unusual. Talked with stations runnin... Read More
