[GreenKeys] Straight Keyboard Night

[Jeff Stai]

If we need any other info for the decision... there is also a CW contest in
Europe concurrent with SKN, in about the same time frame:

https://www.agcw.de/index.php/en/contests-and-cw-activities/happy-new-year-contest

I think we can also co-exist? 73 jeff wk6i

On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 9:52 AM Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:

> 1. I like Green Key Night better too. That was just a floated idea.
> However, not everyone who would participate would know where that comes
> from, and might think more in terms of solar power etc. ;) I bet one of you
> could write up a short intro paragraph on why it's called Green Key Night.
>
> 2. Ouch, I forgot about SARTG. However, it is only 3 hours of the 24, and
> getting everyone on for GKN might make for more SARTG activity. "Between
> 0800 and 1100 go play in the SKN or join in the fun of the SARTG New Years
> RTTY Contest." I also observe that 0800-1100 is when most of us in the US
> are in bed sleeping off whatever we did to ourselves prior to midnight. And
> the exchange for the SARTG contest is kind of in tune with GKN: name and
> "happy new year" in your language.
>
> - jeff wk6i
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 8:10 PM <hwhall at compuserve.com> wrote:
>
>> Ditto.  I don't know why it would be a good idea to run two events on the
>> same nights, events where many of the potential participants (i.e., vintage
>> hardware fans) might be forced to choose one over the other, making both
>> more anemic than necessary.
>>
>> Wayne
>> WB4OGM
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: WA3FRP via GreenKeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
>> To: Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com>
>> Cc: greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Sun, Oct 28, 2018 7:32 pm
>> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Straight Keyboard Night
>>
>> Jeff,
>>
>> Please reconsider the date of the proposed event.  SARTG has a long
>> running event on 1 January every year.
>>
>> Thanks 73
>>
>> Russ WA3FRP
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Oct 28, 2018, at 7:47 PM, Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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