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Kevin Rock

Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,
I have had a busy week. I am also getting my exercise! The backyard
where the trees fell is now almost cleared of sawn and split wood. Much
of the brush has been stacked into separate burn piles and one of them is
now gas and ash. I was working on the last loads of wood when the rains
came back. Not heavy but enough to make me stop working. It was too
windy to restart the fires today so I missed a great opportunity. It
would have been nice to keep them burning while it was raining. But, the
weather will clear after tomorrow.
Early in the week I received a note about making my nets more
efficient. I asked for input and gained a some good advice. We will
reinstitute two of the methods we used a few years ago. First we will
call by zone number. I will start with 1, 2, and 3 to work the east coast
before propagation changes. Then ask for just the 4 calls. There are
quite a few of you and propagation seems to favor that area getting to me
directly. Next 8 and 9 are called. Subsequently we move across the
middle of the continent to gather in 0 and 5 lands. Lastly I'll have
someone east of me call 6 and 7 areas.
The next suggestion was to ask for 'hail' signs instead of entire call
signs. As an example: my call is KD5ONS so I could call either 'O' or
'ON'. Tom's call is N0SS; he normally uses 'SS' to get my attention. Use
of these shorter strings of characters is simply to cut down on the pileup
a little. By using a call by area scheme I hope to work each of you on
your first or second attempt. The procedure for the use of 'hail' signs
is this: I call for QNI from 0 and 5 for example, you will send 'X' or
'XY'. I'll gather a few of you and acknowledge 'X'. You then send your
entire call and we go from there.
To aid in gaining as much coverage as possible you may be asked to call
the net. It is really not as hard as I make it seem :( If you are loud
to me and in a different area of the country (Northeast, East, Southeast,
South, etc.) I will ask if you would like to call for check ins. You
simply call: "CQ ECN XY#ABC QNI ? K" and work them as they come. A number
of you have very fine signals and would be a great help gathering stations
who are weak to me. Since ECN works all over the continent and there are
many different power levels signal strength varies a great deal. We also
have operator skills ranging from many, many years on the air using CW to
those who are just starting out. I do not wish to scare (or bore) either
group.
I have been told of a football game tomorrow. Hopefully you can find a
little time away from the tube to get on the air. If the party is going
too strong for you to leave I will understand. I did watch a game while I
lived in Albuquerque before Pat moved down from Oregon. After that there
was no time for TV since we were both buried in school work and other
activities. Upon returning to Oregon we were back to where there is no
reception anyway so there was no point in turning it on. She would buy
the Sunday paper and I would read the Internet for my news.
From what I read about FYBO 15 and 20 meters were open today. I
listened on 15 meters and heard a number of folks running contacts.
Hopefully tomorrow's propagation will do well for those of you not
watching the Bears get killed (side note: I was born and raised in
Wisconsin during Vince Lombardi's heyday :) There were a lot fewer NFL
teams when I was a teen ager!

Review:
1. Call by area, 1, 2, & 3; 4; 8 & 9; 0 & 5; 6 & 7.
2. Hail signs
3. Assist as NCS

Please join us:

Sunday 2300z (Sunday 3 PM PST) 14050 kHz
Monday 0200z (Sunday 6 PM PST) 7045 kHz

Kevin. KD5ONS
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