Elecraft CW Net Report for February 26th and 27th, 2006

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    Two very good nets this evening.  Twenty meters was good but forty
meters was great.  More than once there was a wall of sound.  Hail signs
helped get a few out of the chaos.  CZ and SS for Ken and Tom was how they
got through earlier than others.  The two bands were not all that bad
tonight.  A little QSB and some QRN but not too much.
    Unfortunately my heavy work earlier in the day made me rather tired.  
Stiff, slippery fingers did not help my sending any.  Then when Wayne
checked in I just about lost it!  He kept telling me he would show up one
day but was always busy with his kids or with his gadget crafting.  Thanks
Wayne, this is the second time I've worked you now.  Don't be a stranger.  
Now that you have heard how we run things (loosely :) you know what to
expect.
    Oh, almost forgot (I have been on the phone for the last hour and a
half with an ECN regular) Ty checked in early on the 20 meter net followed
a few QNI later by Ken.  I asked Ken if he heard Ty and when the answer
was in the affirmative asked them to try a contact.  Well the jist of the
story is that Ty now has North Dakota in his log book.  Thank you for your
help Ken.
    Thirty-one check ins total for the evening is very nice.  Considering
we are at or near the bottom of the sunspot cycle I think we had very good
conditions.  I am not sure what it will be like in two or three years.  
The pileups are hard enough now!  What will happen then?  Only time will
tell.  May have to figure out a method to spread you all out by working up
or running split or calling by zone or some such.  We will cross that
bridge when needed by devising a plan of attack.  I am sure more than one
of you have ideas.  Good, tell me what I need to learn and I will learn it.

On to the lists.

    On 14049 kHz at 2257z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
W1TF - Ty - GA - K1 - 1423
AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993
N2HTT - Mike - NY - KX1 - 99
K4BEH - Pat - GA - Ten Tec   QNI #10!
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
K4TO - Dave - KY - K2 - 4117   Realigned rig with a stuck antenna :)
KB6NU - Dan - MI - KX1 - SN unknown
N6JW - John - CA - K2 - 3290
W0SZ - Steve - CO - K2 - 4088
N7NLU - Karl - OR - K2 - 4227
N5LDY - Ed - TX - ??    Flyby check in.
K5BGB - Rod - TX - K1 - 1785  QNI #5   Signal was weak so I am just
guessing on the rig.
VE3XL - Ric - ON - Ten Tec
WS4S - Conard - TN - K2 - 74   Shhh... Conard is slumming with us tonight
;)

    On 7045 kHz at 0200z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008    QNI #135!!!
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
K1EV - Bill - CT - K2 - 2152
K4TO - Dave - KY - K2 - 4117
W1EUY - Dave - MA - K2 - 744   QNI #10!
N0EHQ - Ed - IA - K2 - 4595
N0BK (ex W0QQS) - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646   One of these days I am going to
figure out your new call ;)
N6KR - Wayne - CA - K2 - 3000      Welcome to ECN :)
KT5E - Jay - CO - KX1 - 969
K3OOL - Craig - PA - K2 - 4790   QNI #5
W7MSX - Mike - WA - K2 - 4819
WB2SSB - Joe - NY - ??    Strange call for a CW op ;)
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798   QNI #35!!!
KV6K - Brian - CA - KX1 - 1270   Welcome to ECN

Thank you again for the fun time.  Next week we will try it again and see
who shows up.  As always if there are any errors in the above list write
me with the corrections and I'll post them here and fix the database.

Until next week,
    73,
       Kevin.   KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)
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