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Find members by call or SKCC number: Advanced Search SKCC Home Founded, January 2006 22,469 members strong as of 24-May-2020 Help keep SKCC free: Getting Started: Join SKCC Membership certificate Update your member info Membership roster Individual member info Operating frequencies CW Beginner's Corner Morse "Elmers" SKCC Key Policy Remote Station Guideline SKCC Community: SKCC on Groups.io SKCC Sked Page SKCC on Facebook SKCC on Twitter SKCC Forum -- Activities: CW Novice Day -- K3Y 2020 Celebration Monthly Brag Straight Key Night High Band Operating Two-hour SK Eurosprint Two-hour SK Sprint QSO Party Slow Speed Saunter Weekend Sprintathon Awards: Centurion -- Centurion Rules Certificate Roster Tribune Rules Certificate Roster Senator Rules Certificate Roster Canadian Maple Rules Certificate Yellow Maple Roster Orange Maple Roster Red Maple Roster Gold Maple Roster DXQ/DXC Rules DX-Q Roster DX-C Roster PFX Rules Certificate Roster QRP x 1/x 2 Rules Certificate QRP x 1 Roster QRP x 2 Roster QRP Miles per Watt Rules Certificate Roster Ragchew Rules Certificate Roster Triple Key Rules Certificate Roster WAC Rules Certificate Roster WAS Rules Certificate Roster WAS-C Rules Certificate Roster WAS-T Rules Certificate Roster WAS-S Rules Certificate Roster Marathon Award SKCC Hall of Fame SKCC Honor Roll SKCC Service Award Member Services: Event Calendar QSL Bureau SKCC Skimmer download Learning Center Files and Downloads Link Library Club History Newsletter Members' Blog Roll: KB1WOD's Blog WB4IUY's Blog Hotel Tango November W0EA's Blog W2LJ's Blog WA4FAT's Blog KB9BVN's Blog From the Key of NM5PS Club Contacts: Email the SKCC board Leadership/support team Group and Forum help The SKCC Gang is at Hamvention 2019. If you are there, please stop by and sign our guest log. Updates will posted Here . end of hamvention event save -- The Straight Key Century Club is the most active group of mechanical-key Morse code radiotelegraph operators in the world. Founded in January 2006, we have thousands of members around the globe. Here's how it works: -- Apply for free membership. (Open to licensed amateur radio operators only.) -- Make HF radio contacts using any of the three early original types of manual telegraph keys: Straight Key, Bug and Cootie. -- Gain on-air experience in sending and receiving by swapping numbers with other members; enter Club sponsored sprints, contests and special events; rag chew; earn activity & achievement awards; access our online resources, newsletter, forums and chat. Please see the description of mechanical key types and participation guidelines here . To receive an SKCC number, click on the Join SKCC link at left. If you are helping someone who wants to join but doesn't use email, you can download a snail-mail application here . K3Y 2020 Has ended. We are still uploading the last few logs! To date, we have had a total of 39,547 Contacts. Visit the K3y Homepage for more information! The Winners are in! Congratulations to Derek, KJ4BQS SKCC 20999. He submitted the winning QSL design, Entry #3, for the 2020 K3Y QSL. Derek also claimed the seonnd place with Entry #1 Entries #28 and #32 are our Third and Fourth place finishers respectively. Both were submitted by Chus, EA1AOQ Nr.14515T Rounding out the Top Five is Entry #13 Submitted by Gary, VE3DZP Nr.14702T. Please see our K3Y QSL page for design Winners! The 14th annual SKCC anniversary on-air event will start on January 2nd, directly following Straight Key Night. The K3Y QSL card submission window has closed. Please take the time to vote on your favorite card. K3Y QSL voting page Drew - AF2Z K3Y Planning Group -- The March 2020 Newsletter Issue Has Been Posted! Please take some time to check it out. It can be found here. 73, Ted — K8AQM/VE9AQM SKCC —1629S The CWops Award for Advancing the Art of CW CWops is pleased to announce that it is now accepting nominations for this prestigious award for the year 2020. The purpose of the award is to recognize individuals, groups, or organizations that have made the greatest contribution(s) toward advancing the art or practice of radio communications by Morse code. Criteria Candidates for the award may be one or more of the following: * Authors of publications related to CW * CW recruiters, trainers, mentors, coaches and instructors * Public advocates of CW * Organizers of CW activities * Designers and inventors who advance the art or practice of CW * Other contributors to the art or practice of CW Note: The award is not limited to amateur radio operators or their organizations. Nomination Nominations may be made by anybody (not limited to CWops members). Nominations should be emailed to awards@cwops.org with a copy to secretary@cwops.org . In order to be considered, a nomination must be received by March 18, 2020 and include: * Name(s) and call sign(s) (if applicable) of nominee(s), and complete contact information including their postal address(es), email address(es), and telephone number(s). * A detailed explanation supporting nominee qualifications according to the above criteria. * Name, telephone number, email address, and call sign (if applicable) of the person submitting the nomination. Presentation of Award A plaque will be presented at the Dayton Hamvention. If the recipients are not present, it will be sent to them. New Entry Category for WES submissions The SKCC Board has approved a “Multi Operator” category for submission entries to the WES scoring submission web form. All “Multi Operator” stations please use that category for posting your WES results. The “Multi Operator” category can be found as a selection in the result box called “Power Level” which has QRPp - 1W or Less, QRP - 5W or Less, QRO - 100W or Less, QRO+ - Over 100W and now Multi - Operator. This new category will allow the club/contest station members of the SKCC to see their results separate from all the other WES submissions. What's New... Our Newest Members! SKCC Skimmer download link added Under the "Member Services" section to the left. If you have not used the skimmer while chasing awards, you are missing out. Those last few contacts are always hard to find. SKCC's Monthly Operating Events Monthly Straight Key Night SKCC Straight Key Night (SKN) occurs from 0000 - 2359 UTC on the first day of each month. It is not a contest, so there is no need to submit logs. But it is a good opportunity to work toward the club's achievement awards. The operating event, the club's first, was inspired by the ARRL's annual Straight Key Night. The SKCC's founders wanted to have Straight Key Night every month -- a good way to bring members together on the air on a regular basis. The tradition continues! Monthly Slow Speed Saunter: Occurs on the first day of each month from 0000 - 23:59. This is not a contest. The goal is to work slow speed operators @ 12 wpm or less. Please QRS. Visit the Slow Speed Saunter Home Page for details. Straight Key Sprint-Europe: Thursday, 02-April-2020, from 1900 - 2100 UTC with 15 minutes added on each end for QRS exchanges. The Monthly SKCC Euro-Sprint (SKS-E) occurs on the first Thursday of the month. The event time varies according to British Summer Time (BST). BST details can be found here TimeAndDate.com Visit the SKSE Home Page for sprint details. Weekend Sprintathon: From 11-April-2020 @ 12:00 UTC to 12-April - 23:59 UTC The Monthly Weekend Sprintathon (WES) occurs on the Saturday following the 6th of each month @1200 through 2359 the next day (A total of 36 hours). Visit the WES Home Page for details. Straight Key Sprint: Wednesday, 25-March-2020, from 0000 - 0200 UTC The Monthly Straight Key Sprint (SKS) occurs on the fourth Wednesday of the month and runs from 0000-0200 UTC. This means Tuesday evening in the US. Visit the SKS Home Page for sprint details. Are you new to CW? Then check out our CW Beginner's Corner page. It has plenty of basic information about CW operations that will help turn those first CW QSOs from jitters to joy. If y...