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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
01/04/2007 | W4YD

Although it took awhile to readjust my old Vibroplex bug, I enjoyed a few QSO's with Bill, W9ZN in Chicago; Paul, K1SEZ in Connecticut, and the SKCC special event station in my neck of the woods, K1Y/4. The OP for K1Y/4, Frank, is my nominee for best f... Read More
01/04/2007 | W8CBC

For my second SKN I warmed up the Apache and R392 as I had last year. I creaked the Apache's mode switch from AM to CW and tuned up in 80 metres a couple of hours early. W0TDH caught my ID and called so we had a pleasant chat. I found that my little... Read More
01/04/2007 | K1LGQ

I had visions of being a Novice again and it was a nice feeling. My straight key is and has always been my J-38 which I bought when I was 12 years old and love it. It was originally made by the Lionel Train Company for the U.S. government. Wow--did ... Read More
01/04/2007 | K1Y/0

I signed K1Y/0 with the Straight Key Century Club. Made nine contacts in the first two and a half hours. I worked Section, Region, and Area NTS nets with the call and my straight key. Boy, are they confused! Jim, N0JL Read More
01/04/2007 | W1FWB

Again I took part in SKN and enjoyed it very much. I have worked SKN for about 10 years now, but never put in my "Soapbox" comments.
It's good to hear all the operators who drag out their keys once a year and connect with the origins of Amateur Radio.... Read More