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The Straight Key Century Club - a/k/a SKCC is the fastest growing group of straight key, morse code operators in the world. First organized in January of 2006 our membership has rapidly grown to include thousands of members from all corners of the globe.

• SKCC is open to any interested licensed radio amateur
• Membership is free
• SKCC numbers are issued for life. Once you get it, it's yours.
• Exchange SKCC numbers using a Straight Key, Bug or Side Swiper.

To Request a SKCC Number, send an email with 'SKCC # Request' as the subject.
Include: Your name, call, city and state and a brief description of why you're joining SKCC

Join the SKCC - FREE Membership number@skccgroup.com

What's New....

In January 2009, the SKCC will be celebrating our 3rd Anniversary with a month long special event using the callsign K3Y. Slot reservations are now being taken. Please contact your area coordinator to reserve a slot. Web pages for the event with more information can be found at:
www.skccgroup.com/k3y

K3Y Announcement from Jan Pieter Oelp, PA3CLQ, SKCC #2765.
This is to let you know that The Administation * of my country The Netherlands allow me to use the callsign PH6SKCC SKCC #5031 and PA3CLQ SKCC #2765 (both) during dd-mm-yyyy 01-01-2009 up to 28-01-2009.
I'm QRV on +/- QRM 1820kHz, or 3550kHz, 3566kHz (SSK), 7033kHz (SSK), 10120kHz, 14050kHz, 14055kHz (SSK), 21050kHz, 21055kHz (SSK) and 28050kHz.
See www.obriensweb.com/sked/ for DATE/TIME and QRG pse.

SKCC Sprint - SKS - Wednesday December 24th, 0000-0200z
For results and more information see www.skccgroup.com/sprint/sks/

Results of the 2008 SPAR home brew key contest have been posted
Find the article here: www.spar-hams.org/Roundtable/Roundtable-2008-12.pdf
Courtesy of The Society for the Preservation of Amateur Radio.

Bill NT9K receives SKCC Service Appreciation Plaque - Dec 2008
Find the article here: www.skccgroup.com/awards

Attention all SKCC members.
The SKCC projects team has declared that 7114 KHz is now the SKCC Elmer Frequency. We challenge our Elmers or any member that wants to help, to monitor that frequency whenever they can.

New CW operators need a safe haven where they can get on the air and not have to worry about making mistakes. Maybe for that first CW contact without the stress or fear of worrying about fouling up. The goal is to take away that fear, because WE DON'T CARE IF YOU MESS UP!

New: Novice Day - Every Friday 0000z to 2400z is now Novice Day on 7114 KHz. No contest, just a day set aside for the beginners, the slower ops or anyone that wants to help. The goal is to congregate our beginners and they can help each other. Also to increase activity on 40 meters above 7100 KHz.

January SKCC Centurion Now Available!
Volume 3, Issue 1 of the SKCC Centurion newsletter is now available for your reading pleasure.
If you would like the newsletter sent to you automatically each month, send a blank email message with the word "Subscribe" in the Subject line to The_SKCC_Centurion-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. This address is solely for the distribution of the newsletter. No posts are accepted.

SKCC Files Section.
Looking for SKCC related software? Download club related software free. Programs like W5ZR's SKCC Awards tracker or K2RFP's SKCC Sprint Logger. There are other programs to choose from and we hope the list continues to grow. If you are a software author and have club or cw related programs to contribute, please contact the webmaster@skccgroup.com.
See the files section at: www.skccgroup.com/files/

New SKCC Event Calendar Manager - Randy KB4QQJ
We have a new Manager for the SKCC event calendar. If you have a CW related event that might be of interest to the other skcc members, please contact Randy at kb4qqj@gmail.com.
Please, 24 hour notice is needed to guarantee a spot. The calendar is strictly UTC time based. The event calendar is located here: www.skccgroup.com/cgi-bin/calendar.pl

Changed Your Call Sign Recently?
Use the form on the Contacts page to notify SKCC if your call sign changes. The membership database will be updated with your new call sign info within 24hrs of notification.

Looking For A Sked?
Many SKCC'ers have asked for a simple, convenient way to make schedule arrangements with other members--without having to learn or install new software. So, Andy, K3UK, #1325 and Joe, N8FQ put their creative heads together and developed a simple, web-based scheduling utility for SKCC members.

No commands to learn, no mickey-mousing around with new software, the system simply asks you to provide some basic info about yourself and, whola, you get a list of all SKCC members looking for some cw fun! Can't get any easier than that! Nice job guys!
Goto the K3UK Sked page www.obriensweb.com/sked

SKCC Elmers
We've all faced the daunting task of firing-up the radio for that first CW contact. Now you can take that shaky, uncertain hand and turn it into a confident, firm fist with the help of our group of SKCC Morse Code Elmers. Simply go to the Elmers page; choose from the list of SKCC Elmers; send off an email requesting a sked and before you know it you'll be enjoying the thrill of sending and receiving solid CW. The SKCC Elmer Manager is Jeff K9JP.