[GreenKeys] Greenkeys Night

[jgras at att.net]

That would be great to see how many we could get out there with 850 Hz and 
mechanical equipment.

Jim Gras
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Haynes" <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>
To: "John D. Kopke" <jdkopke at cablespeed.com>
Cc: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Greenkeys Night


> Well it looks like we have a cheerleader for an RTTY get-together on
> Jan 1.
>
> A long time ago I was promoting a Green Key Night (pun on the ARRL
> Straight Key Night) for 20 February, that being the anniversary of
> the FCC granting hams the privilege of using FSK on the HF bands.
> And the same non-rules, not a contest, no logs, just get on the air
> and have fun, but use 850 Hz shift and mechanical TTY equipment if
> you can.
>
> An obvious problem with that date is that it is on a different day of
> the week every year, where a weekend is a lot better suited to an
> operating event.  Maybe I should have made it a weekend nearest the
> 20th of February.  As it turned out I always felt like Linus going
> door to door before Halloween telling people about the Great Pumpkin -
> most of the people I encountered on the air had no idea what Green
> Key Night was about.  So after a few years I lost interest and quit
> promoting it.
>
> So maybe 1 January will work better, even if it doesn't have the
> historical significance.
>
> Jim W6JVE
>
>
>
> jhhaynes at earthlink dot net
>
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