I was very pleased and want to express my heartfelt thanks to all
of the operators who threw caution to the wind and operated with a
straight key or vintage bug on both the early and late nets
tonight. It was a very small but meaningful gesture to show some
camaraderie and pay homage to CW operators of the past. CW lives!
Let's give some thought to perhaps one SKN session per month, or
perhaps even per week, throughout 2025. We might even attract some
SKCC participation on the net. I would be happy to offer my Friday
early net as a SKN net session on a weekly or monthly basis, as
long as it didn't drive participation down. We can't afford that.
Is there any interest in this?
And, as long as we're on the subject of keys..., let's keep all
of our friends who've passed in recent years and become Silent
Keys. Their memories should live on in our collective minds.
Tom W8MK
On 12/31/2024 5:07 PM, Mike WB8DTT via
groups.io wrote:
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I also have a Speed-X straight key but tonight I'll
use a J-37. I gave a J-38 to a new local licensee to encourage
him to learn Morse. (I bought it at a swap years ago for $1.) I
also have a Vibroplex bug and an Electronic Specialties bug but
my skill is wanting. K8LJG has some nice keys. Mike
On Tue, Dec 31, 2024, 3:34 PM
Tom Hammond W8MK via <thammond=
[email protected]>
wrote:
Greetings,
On the eve of the celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the
QMN Section
Traffic Net, I am going to conduct the early session tonight
using my
first key - a Speed X straight key. There were no electronic
keyers in
1935, so I challenge each of you to operate with a straight
key or bug
tonight. I did this a number of years ago when my NCS duties
fell on New
Years Eve. I had fun with it then and I hope you enjoy
listening to my
rusty old fist tonight. Coincidentally, I used a straight key
exclusively back in the mid-late 1970's when I first joined
the ranks of
QMN.
I know it's short notice. I had to dig out my key from a box
buried in
storage. Hopefully some of you will be "game" to have some
fun.
See you on QMN!
Tom W8MK
Mike WB8DTT