Elecraft CW Net Announcement
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Good Evening,
Conditions are conspiring against us but let's see what happens once the RF hits the aether. First there is an X class flare zooming toward us due to smack the ionosphere sometime tomorrow afternoon. The initial effects allowed some interesting DX contacts to be made on 10 meters. Make hay while the sun shines folks 'cause the slower fraction of that flare will most likely create a little havoc. 20 meters may, just may, be really good but 40 will be worse than normal. That's not saying much because 40 has been less than happy recently. But one can never tell. I'll run on 40 as usual but if you can't hear me just trust that I am there. The second problem is more local to Oregon. We have conditions such that icing is occurring at 2000 feet. My antennas were 1 inch in diameter by 10 AM today but have since shrunk. Currently the freezing rain is back and my antennas are getting thick again. I have seen them at 2 inches in diameter before but I do not know either how long they can stay up nor how well they will radiate. I will update the list on whether the antennas are still up early tomorrow afternoon. Keep your appendages crossed and all will go well. Propagation will be good and the antennas will be adequate to the ice load. Please join us : Monday 0000z (Sunday 4pm PST) 14050 kHz Monday 0300z (Sunday 7pm PST) 7045 kHz Visit our web site: http://ecn.visionseer.com/ for net details. Thank you for the web space Dan. No special requirements or exchanges necessary on ECN just check in and see what happens. Thank you for your support, Kevin. KD5ONS -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.12 - Release Date: 1/14/2005 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
RE: Elecraft CW Net Announcement
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While I'm usually in my office on Sunday afternoon/evening and miss the
nets, I'd like to point out that cdx are great on 80 for the western US virtually every day this time of the year. With just a short (45 ft) doublet fed with open wire line, I consistently work all the states west of the Rockies with solid signals in the evenings at 100 watts out. And, believe me, with that <1/4 wave doublet my ERP is way below 100 w! It doesn't take a special antenna to work 1000 miles or so on 80 with a K2/100 as regularly as clockwork. Yeah, we seem to have missed our Christmas snow and had to settle for the ice storm instead. We're plenty well iced up here in town at 300 feet! Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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In reply to this post by Kevin Rock
Tried a couple of times to check in on 14.050 but no go.
When Tom, N0SS, first checked in he was 599. When it was turned back to him later in the net he was in the noise. Kevin..you were 579-599 at times I was hearing you via 2 paths...kind of a self-QRM. W0CZ and WU5X were both 599 here in NY as well. Will try again next week. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Rock" <[hidden email]> To: "Elecraft" <[hidden email]> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 12:40 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement > Good Evening, > Conditions are conspiring against us but let's see what happens once > the RF hits the aether. First there is an X class flare zooming toward us > due to smack the ionosphere sometime tomorrow afternoon. The initial > effects allowed some interesting DX contacts to be made on 10 meters. > Make hay while the sun shines folks 'cause the slower fraction of that > flare will most likely create a little havoc. 20 meters may, just may, be > really good but 40 will be worse than normal. That's not saying much > because 40 has been less than happy recently. But one can never tell. > I'll run on 40 as usual but if you can't hear me just trust that I am > there. > The second problem is more local to Oregon. We have conditions such > that icing is occurring at 2000 feet. My antennas were 1 inch in diameter > by 10 AM today but have since shrunk. Currently the freezing rain is back > and my antennas are getting thick again. I have seen them at 2 inches in > diameter before but I do not know either how long they can stay up nor how > well they will radiate. I will update the list on whether the antennas > are still up early tomorrow afternoon. Keep your appendages crossed and > all will go well. Propagation will be good and the antennas will be > adequate to the ice load. > > Please join us : > Monday 0000z (Sunday 4pm PST) 14050 kHz > Monday 0300z (Sunday 7pm PST) 7045 kHz > > Visit our web site: http://ecn.visionseer.com/ for net details. Thank you > for the web space Dan. > > No special requirements or exchanges necessary on ECN just check in and > see what happens. > Thank you for your support, > Kevin. KD5ONS > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.12 - Release Date: 1/14/2005 > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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