[GreenKeys] Straight Keyboard Night

[Jeff Stai]

I ran the idea past a few of my RTTY mentors to see if they had anything to
add.

They universally thought it was a great idea - and they all suggested that
it run concurrent to Straight Key Night (Jan 1st 0000-2359 UTC). Since one
of them is with the ARRL I would take that as an endorsement. ;)

And they suggested the name in the subject line.

I'm checking to see if the ship has sailed for a QST announcement (but I
think it has).

Also I revisited the wording a little:

- Get on the air with the oldest equipment you can scrape together. Real
heavy metal Teletypes to be sure, but if that isn't available: hardware
modems, VT100 terminals, pre-Windows computers, etc. And vacuum tubes. ;)
And maybe fire up that boatanchor rig that never gets enough air time.

- Please no brag tapes/files. Please no pre-recorded messages. Have a real
conversation by hand typing it keyboard to keyboard. If you are slow we'll
happily wait. (A CQ macro is okay but you would have better bragging rights
if you hand typed that too.)

- But even if you don't have any old equipment, do get on the air and have
some fun QSOs the old fashioned way!

73 jeff wk6i

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