[SADXA] Silent Key Night

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73&88,
Pink (not a ghost yet)

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> On Apr 1, 2016, at 11:09 AM, Ron Jones <K7RJ at COMCAST.NET> wrote:
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> Don’t know if this got sent correctly. If you get it twice, put it in the
> dead letter box.
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> Announcing a new on air operating event:  Silent Key Night
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> 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. 
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Score:
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> One point per silent key contact.
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> One half point for each “ghost contact” (That is where you think you worked
> them but weren’t really sure).
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> Bonus: 1000 bonus points for working The Old Man himself.
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> You qualify for a special certificate if you yourself are a silent key.
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> Doesn’t be a deadbeat; join the fun on Silent Key Night, where the bands
> will be alive.
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