RE: [amsat-bb] Query for OSCAR SKN Participants,

["Reicher, James" <JReicher@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John, I'm with you.  SKN stands for Straight Key Night.  Not
Semiautomatic Key Night. 

73 de N8AU, Jim in Raymore, MO

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From: owner-AMSAT-BB@amsat.org [mailto:owner-AMSAT-BB@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of John Mock
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:39 AM
To: w2rs@arrl.net
Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Query for OSCAR SKN Participants,

I think SKN should just be straight key.  If ARRL wants to hold a
mechanical
key night, that's fine; they should call it that.  We do lots of
innovation
here, so i think it's our duty to keep to tradition (for a change).

Furthermore, most folks can't send as fast with a straight key as with a
bug,
and therefore, SKN gives code neophytes a chance to get started in a new
mode
on the birds (which the ARRL 'innovation' might discourage).  CW is a
good
mode on the birds especially when conditions aren't favorable for voice
or
other modes.  I suspect that the kind of CW that would work well under
such
conditions would not be the super-fast kind...  I'm sure i won't be able
handle those kinds of contacts, and isn't this night seeking the 'best
fist'?

Let's keep SKN just for straight keys. 

			       -- KD6PAG


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