[Elecraft] BUG NIGHT

[EricJ]

I'll be there with my Speed-X key, Drake 2-NT and 2-B. I'll be rock-bound
since I haven't been able to find a VFO that costs less than the transmitter
itself, but I did it 48 years ago, I can stand it for one night.

Hmmm, I wonder if I could throttle back the K1 and use it as a 40m VFO. In
the 60's, I used to work QRP with my Meissner Signal Shifter (an appropriate
name if I ever heard one) loaded directly into an antenna. 

Eric
KE6US
www.ke6us.com 

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From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Darwin, Keith
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 12:05 PM
To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] BUG NIGHT

SKN - I thought it stood for "Straight Key Night".

I suppose there's room for bugs & such but to me that is getting away from
the "make CW with no crutches" thought.  It DOES work into the nostalgia of
the evening though so if you're there with your old bug, I'll do my best to
work you :-)

I can't wait!  I've recently re-discovered how much fun a straight key is.
I've been using it almost as much as my paddles.

SKN - I can't wait!!!

- Keith -

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Indy
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 2:41 PM
To: foc_members at yahoogroups.com; elecraft at mailman.qth.net;
Key-Folks at googlegroups.com
Subject: [Elecraft] BUG NIGHT

New Year's Eve is traditionally is a time to review the year past, and wax
nostalgic.  For some years amateur radio ops have dusted off their straight
key and put it on the air.  But what about other, perhaps more challenging
antique keys of historic and nostalgic value?

Semi-automatic keys, bugs, have also been coming out of hiding on this
night.  Each year more and more have participated in SKN (Silent Key
Night) with these keys.  Last year such rare pieces were heard as: a Dow
Universal Rotary bug, a 1936 McElroy bug, a Vibroplex Upright, a Speed-X
501, a Vibroplex Midget, a Vibroplex Double Lever, a blue Blue Racer from
1917, a right-angle bug known as a Codetrol, a Melehan Variant.

There are no "rules," no limitations, no points, no exchanges.  Just have
fun sharing stories about the history of and how you came by your nostalgic
key.  No need to worry about your fist, we are all just doing what we can
honoring something from our past.

Hope to hear you, and best wishes for your new year!

Fred - KT5X
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