12/29/2020

Members of the ARRL Headquarters staff will put W1AW on the air for Straight Key Night (SKN[1]). Set some time aside on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day to take part in this annual ARRL tradition.

SKN begins at 0000 UTC on January 1, 2021 (New Year's Eve in US time zones) and wraps up at 2359 UTC. Not a contest, SKN is dedicated to celebrating amateur radio's Morse code heritage. Bring out the brass, get on the air, and enjoy casual CW contacts, preferably using a straight key (hand key) or a semi-automatic key (bug). Activity traditionally centers on CW segments in the HF bands (W1AW will focus on 80, 40, and 20 meters).

Submit[2] your SKN list of stations contacted and your votes for "Best Fist" and "Most Interesting QSO" by January 31.


[1] http://www.arrl.org/straight-key-night
[2] mailto:smailto:straightkey@arrl.org

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