Elecraft CW Net Report for February 3rd & 4th, 2008

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
   Another fine set of nets.  Until Pete mentioned there was a game about to start I had totally forgotten the event.  However, since Green Bay was not participating it could not be much of a game ;)  One of the teams is trying to beat the perfect record of the Miami Dolphins but I cannot remember their name.  Oh well, I'll not win one of those trivia contests.  Propagation was good though and we gathered a couple new folks.  When I looked up W0LK between nets I was impressed with his history.  Trouble is when I tried to relate to him my father's similar involvement I got 'tongue tied' so to speak and did not send at all well :(  
   It is still snowing and the weather folks predict even more will fall.  February has always been the longest month of the year.  When I lived in Wisconsin it would drag on and on.  Winter sports were beginning to pale and thoughts of spring were always in mind.  It was starting to get warmer (if you can call twenty below warm!) and the calendar said there was only another month left before the muddy season.  I have no idea what the ground hog had to say about things yesterday.  I'll have to look up the Wisconsin papers and see.  Punxsutawney Phil is not the prognosticator I favor.  Jimmy the Groundhog in Sun Prairie is the true predictor of spring!  
 
   On to the lists before I dig my hole any deeper =>

On 14050.5 kHz at 2300z:
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138
AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993
N0SS - Tom - MO - K3 - 008
AC5P - Mike - OK
K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422   QNI #80!!!
W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767
N7KRT - Jeff - NV - K2 - 5471
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
K2HYD - Ray - NC - KX1 - 608
NN8K - Sonny - WV - K1 - 380
K6DGW - Fred - CA - K2 - 4398
W0LK - Bob - AR - K2 - 1208
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798
N6KA - Don - CA - K2 - 1217

On 7045 kHz at 0100z:
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138
W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767
N0BK - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646
AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993   * QNI #145 *
K9ZTV - Kent - MO - K3 - 21      QNI #25!!
W0LK - Bob -AR - K2 - 1208
N7KRT - Jeff - NV - K2 - 5471
K5BGB - Rod - TX - K2 - 1126
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798
WB5BKL - Nick - TX - K2 - 231    QNI #5!

   Hopefully I got the new information correct.  There was QSB on some stations and wouldn't you know it but the two folks who tried giving me new information had it the worst.  As always just send the corrections to me and I'll fix things.  If anyone has a circuit for a linear amplifier for 2 meters I would like to examine it.  I need to convert a 300 mW signal to between 3 and 5 watts.  Hopefully there is someone who has solved this problem before.  I don't think I can do it in one stage (~12 dB) at that frequency but maybe in two it will be possible.  
   Until next week stay well,
      73,
         Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)

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