Elecraft CW Net Announcement
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Good Evening,
A chilly wet week began the rainy season. Quite early this year but the forecast is for little sun and more rain. Luckily it doesn't get too wet to work outside and the cool temperatures are good for cutting wood. Great exercise once your body becomes acclimated to the abuse. I should be able to move my fingers much better tomorrow. Propagation over the week had a lot of QSB just like last Sunday. The sun angle is changing rapidly as are the hours of daylight. Last week's nets had propagation moving quickly. One minute a certain area was very strong and the next second they were gone. Power levels meant little. If the conditions were right at that moment it worked. Otherwise there was just noise. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP <relay> help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday 0100z (Sunday 6 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - Elecraft CW Net Report for August 26th & 27th, 2013 On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 K1EV - Bill - CT - ? AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 W7RIP - Rip - MT - K3 K6MGO - Bill - CA - K3 - 5181 On 7045 kHz 0100z: N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139 WI6O - John - CA - K1 - 922 N0AR - Scott - MN - KX3 - 3941 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 - ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Hi all,
Do CW nets operate similar to SSB nets? I would like to learn how. I checked into a couple, but I think I was out of order. They graciously worked me in, but I think I was not going by the working format. I listened, but am not good enough at CW to be sure I am doing things correct. Thanks, Leroy AB7CE -----Original Message----- Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP <relay> help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday 0100z (Sunday 6 PM PDT) 7045 kHz ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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On 8/31/2013 10:50 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
> Hi all, > Do CW nets operate similar to SSB nets? I would like to > learn how. > I checked into a couple, but I think I was out of order. They graciously > worked me in, but I think I was not going by the working format. > I listened, but am not good enough at CW to be sure I am doing things > correct. They vary greatly. Kevin's ECN on Sun is semi-conversational. You send some part of your call ... typically a couple of short letters ... he will respond with the same thing and you send your call. He acknowledges you and most folks send a short transmission about conditions, wx, new rig, new antenna -- whatever, Kevin answers and you sign off and he goes on to the next one. Some are the same people all the time, they tend to be *very* conversational, no formal "I talk, you talk," and can sometimes be a bit hard to enter since everyone knows everyone, usually by their fist and signal. Stations ID every 10 min [we all hope :-)] but the back and forth conversation proceeds much faster than that. NTS traffic nets are quite a bit more formal. If you're going to try out your local section net [probably on 80m in the evening], download the QN signals from ARRL, and get a copy of Int'l Q-signals if you don't have them. Assuming I have 2 messages, one for the net manager [WB6UZX] and one for Texas, I will check into No Cal Net [NCS in lower case, me in upper]: ncn qni qtc? [DASH] [dash] K6DGW QNI QTC 1 UZX 1 RN6 NCS will acknowledge and send "as" [wait] RN6 is the 6th Regional Net where all traffic bound outside of California goes. At some point, if Steve checks in, NCS send me up or down 3KHz to pass the traffic to UZX. Someone on the net will be checking into RN6, NCS will send me to him to pass my tfc to TX. After, I come back to the net freq, check back in with QRU, and NCS will send something like "r qru qnx ge" for "Roger, net has nothing for you, you're excused, good evening," or something like that. On NTS nets, I run at 20WPM period. Some run much faster, I think it's a shame, NTS is still alive but sometimes it seems like it's on life support. If we want new folks in, running a net at 28WPM [lower contest speed] is stupid. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 - www.cqp.org PS: A lot of NTS traffic these days is generated automagically from the FCC database: "Congrats on your new license," "Congrats on renewing your license," "Your license expired, please renew, we need you." Rarely is the text actually sent, everyone has downloaded the various texts, generally keyed on the originator's call and message check, and the delivering station just fills it in. I QTA [cancel as if not sent] the third example above, there are lots of reasons why someone hasn't renewed, a big one is death. This is not a message the widow [or widower but most hams are male] wants to hear and not one I want to deliver. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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