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01/17/2005 | N4SSD
Hello Ham Pals & Happy New Year!
Well ARRL's Straight Key Night (SKN) is over for 2005, but I sure had a great (challenging) time. First of all band conditions on Friday night were not conducive to QRP and I couldn't seem to get any answers to my CQs ... Read More -
01/17/2005 | WG1L
I enjoy SKN every year and try to make at least 2 or 3 contacts.
This year I made 3 contacts, 2 were very good, I was rather dissapointed in one as after I made the contact and gave my info to him, He did not come back to me. I called several times to ... Read More -
01/17/2005 | K3EAR
Once again as last year the crew chiefs WA1HHN & N3EMF of the South Mountain Contest Club elected to enter the September VHF Contest as a high power single operation. The man shown here at the "Helm" is none other than Pete Walters K9PW driving in from... Read More
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01/16/2005 | N7MQ
I was only able to operate for just under 10 hours, but had a great time. Newish to RTTY and each contest has one goal, to make more QSO's than prior outing in the same contest, and to spend most of my time running. Rely heavily on suggestions from w... Read More
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01/16/2005 | OO4ADZ
After the newyear with good intentions we entered this contest for tho say "hny" to the fellow rtty ers and to play with my station to extent my contest experiences.
I was not able to run a 24 hour period, I was restriced to abt 8 with good qso rates.
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01/15/2005 | KW3U
Enjoyed meeting many others with straight keys and vintage equipment.
Again this year, I used my Johnson adventurer and hq-180 rcvr, with
the large Kent key.
While all qso's were great, I liked hearing of Bart's wb2hek old
rigs, the ranger and sx1... Read More -
01/15/2005 | WB6CGJ
What a great way to start the New Year. My thanks to W1IBQ Jerry, W9PZT Rudy, W7FOX Fox, KE5AKL Mike, and W0WM Percy for spending New Years Eve and New Years Day with me SKN on the air. I hooked up the old TS 520 and the Straight Key for the occasion w... Read More
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01/15/2005 | OO4ADZ
I ran this contest on a limited time effort but I managed to have good rates. I think that the OO4 prefix added some punch to my signal.
The condx on 15 m where not good, but I had a pipeline on 20 m to the West Coast.
I was not qrv during our sunrise... Read More
