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01/05/2007 | WB5QVN

What a great event! I operated SKN using a vintage Drake Novice set-up (50W Xtal controlled 2-NT xmtr and a 2-C Rcvr) before getting lazy and firing-up the FT-990. Also did some SKN mail-reading on my National HRO. Used an old straight key liberated a... Read More
01/05/2007 | WG1L

I prepared myself ahead of time this year, I got out the Morse Machine a couple weeks ahead of SKN and did a lot of practice so that I would not be as bad as I was a couple years ago with a very rusty fist at that time. I made 6 good SKN contacts this ... Read More
01/05/2007 | WA0HQQ

There were lots of great stories told during SKN and I'm guilty of spending more time listening and enjoying them than making QSO's. The amount of activity was amazing! Read More
01/05/2007 | NI9Y

This is the best SKN ever. There was actually QRM on the narrow 80 meter CW band for a change. And it lasted all night and even during he daylight hours.
The rig this SKN was a Heathkit AT-1 running 10 watts output with a 3.546 crystal. My antenna... Read More
01/05/2007 | AB8KS

SKN 2007 what a blast. This was my second SKN, last year was fun but I felt like a Duck out of water with a Key.
Right after the 06 SKN, I found a group Called the Straight Key Century Club or SKCC, I started Having Qsos with the SKCC members and soon ... Read More
01/05/2007 | N5PHT

Thanks for another great SKN. At the last moment I realized that I had no operational straight key. So, I turned my paddle over on its side and adjusted the rig for 'straight key' and it worked fine! Picture enclosed. I only got got operate a short ... Read More
01/04/2007 | AE3A

Had another blast during SKN 2007!
This was my 4th straight SKN, after a long period of inactivity. The station is pretty simple, but I've managed to collect several straight keys now over the past few years, including four used for this SKN: a Nye Sp... Read More
01/04/2007 | KE0A/KP2

This was the second year I have worked straight key night. Though I worked from a remote location last year, my home state of North Dakota, I worked from an even more remote location this year, St. Croix on the US Virgin Islands. I enjoyed all the cont... Read More