[SADXA] Silent Key Night

[Ron Jones]

Don’t know if this got sent correctly. If you get it twice, put it in the
dead letter box.

 

 

 

Announcing a new on air operating event:  Silent Key Night

 

Beginning midnight, April 1 till the bands are dead will be an opportunity
to resurrect those long lost contacts and reconnect to the old timers who
have gone QRT.  In the spirit of ham radio let’s get on the air and see how
many of the old timers we can raise. 

Use any mode or medium such as CW, Phone, or séance.  You may want to use an
antenna that has a strong vertical signal and point the antenna up toward
the heavens, or, depending on which silent key operator you work, you may
want the reverse radiation pattern.

 

If you hear a distant, ghostly sound, it may be an E-LDE (Extremely Long
Delayed Echo) or may possibly be one of the old time silent key operators
buried in a pileup.  This may be the perfect excuse you need to try to
resurrect one of your dead rigs.

 

Don’t pass away an opportunity to operate from a unique location such as a
local morgue, or in a field such as in a cemetery. But plan ahead. If your
batteries die, this will indeed be a grave situation.

 

Score:

One point per silent key contact.

One half point for each “ghost contact” (That is where you think you worked
them but weren’t really sure).

Bonus: 1000 bonus points for working The Old Man himself.

You qualify for a special certificate if you yourself are a silent key.

 

Doesn’t be a deadbeat; join the fun on Silent Key Night, where the bands
will be alive.