This New Year’s weekend, there are some cool activities for CW and digi mode operators, that will definitely insure your social-distancing from pretty much everyone.
ARRLs traditional “Straight Key Night” starts Thursday night 12/31 at 7pm (0000 UTC Jan 1).
Besides using an old-school straight key, many ops lash together vintage gear for a bit of nostalgia.
info at: http://www.arrl.org/straight-key-night
From Amateur Radio Newsline:
AMSAT CW Activity Day 2021 New Year’s Day (UTC)
AMSAT CW Activity Day 2021, all day on Friday, January 1, 2021, starting at 0000 UTC (New Year’s Eve in North American time zones). Operate CW through any amateur radio satellite. Straight keys and semi-automatic keys (bugs) are encouraged. No logs are necessary, but AMSAT asks participants to post brief activity reports on the AMSAT bulletin board (AMSAT membership is not required). During this and all other satellite activity, use only the minimum power needed to complete contacts.
-Thanks to Ray Soifer, W2RS
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ARRL RTTY Roundup:
While all digi modes will be in play, it’s fun to take a break and go back to RTTY for a fun contest experience. If you do use FT 8 or FT 4, remember there are special settings that must be made for this contest so proper exchanges will be sent/received. Info in the WSJTX User Guide.
http://www.arrl.org/rtty-roundup
