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01/14/2018 | W1TPB
I always look forward to SKN. The speed is slower and when conditions permit the QSOs are lengthy. I still find the old antique key is the best of them all. The bands were in fairly good shape and I was pleased to make it into my 85th year. I now ha... Read More
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01/13/2018 | K4RT
Lots of SKN activity Friday & Saturday, and good to hear many vintage transmitters and transceivers on air. I made five SKN contacts, each one interesting. My gear included a Heathkit DX-100B transmitter, National NC-173 receiver, and inverted-vee ant... Read More
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01/11/2018 | KG4UPO
Getting ready for the SKN event, I took my vintage Heathkit HW-16 out of the closet and dusted off the matching HG-10B VFO and old "Ham Key" straight key (you might remember the bright red plastic finger piece on this trusty key). It was an hour or... Read More
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01/10/2018 | NR2C
The bands were ho-hum but our club's enthusiasm really made it a fun weekend. While it was nice that it wasn't real close to New Year's Eve, it happened to fall on the day that the Buffalo Bills made it to the playoffs for the first time in 17 years so... Read More
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01/09/2018 | vo1na
Used the Marconi Radio Club of Newfoundland CH150 transceiver for SKN2018. It is adorned with commomorative currency: a 2k lire note from VE3XN and a pair of 2 quid coins from M0ADA and KV6LEE and half crown from G3LMD. Conditions not the best, but ... Read More
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01/09/2018 | vo1na
Used the Marconi Radio Club of Newfoundland CH150 transceiver for SKN2018. It is adorned with commomorative currency: a 2k lire note from VE3XN and a pair of 2 quid coins from M0ADA and KV6LEE and half crown from G3LMD. Conditions not the best, but ... Read More
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01/08/2018 | AD4TT
This is my first year ever doing the ARRL Ritty RU and it was totally by accident that I participated this year. Unfortunately for me I came down with the flu just before New Year’s Day so I have been confined to the house. As I was looking around the... Read More
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01/08/2018 | N8HWV
I've been trying to get my home station going for quite a while. The January 2018 Kids Day event gave me a reason to get at least a temporary antenna in the air, and get two of my boys involved with amature radio. I quickly discovered coax becomes ver... Read More
