Elecraft CW Net Report for January 7th & 8th, 2007

[Kevin Rock]

Thank you Folks,
    It took some effort but we got 25 check ins tonight!  On forty meters  
the QSB was making life difficult but with a little help from my friends I  
worked cross-country to Florida!  WooHoo!  The twenty meter net ran for a  
little over an hour while the forty meter net took a little over 45  
minutes.  Forty took some timing though; one second an op would be up then  
they would be right back down again.  The middle of the country seemed to  
be most effected.  For some odd reason I was able to work Beaverton,  
Oregon.  N7NLU was easy copy plus he could hear me too.  Normally if I can  
copy him at all he cannot hear more than a few characters out of me.

    The lists =>

On 14050.5 kHz at 2256z:
K9DMV - Joe - TX - K2 - 5628
W1BPJ - Terry - CO - K1 - 1800   QNI #5!
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031      QNI #145!!!!
W7/G3XYS - Mark - UT - KX1 - 168
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K2 - 5345    QNI #10!
K3NVI - Dennis - PA - ?
K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422   QNI #35!!
VE6ITA - John - AB - K2 - 5384
K4GT - Jim - GA - K2 - 2015
KT5E - Jay - CO - K2 - 5037
K9DMV - Joe - TX - K2 - 5628
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
N0BK - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646

On 7045.5 kHz at 0157z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
W3MC - Mike - MD - K2 - 5568    Thank you for your QSP assistance!
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K2 - 5345
AE6GC - Jack - CA - Kx1 - 1403
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
N7NLU - Karl - OR - K2 - 4227    QNI #65!!!
KT5E - Jay - CO - K2 - 5037
ND0V - Greg - CO - K2 (I think) - 4411  FB on the KPA, you'll have fun  
when it is done.
KR4OW - Dave - FL - K2 - 4320
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
AC0BQ - Johhny - KS - KX1 - 1357
N0BK - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646

    Weather here has been changeable; even for Oregon ;)  Dry snow one day  
followed by wet snow the next.  Then we get drenched in rain.  When I got  
home Friday night it was at the perfect temperature for all of the rain to  
hit the snow in the trees and cause it to fall as big wads of slush.  In  
the thirty seconds or so it took for me to get my groceries, mail, and  
satchel picked up from the front seat I was drenched.  Luckily I could  
shake off some of the slush but most of it went right down my collar and  
chilled me pretty well.  Good thing Sam had blown on the fire to get it  
going a bit better before I came in or I'd be a Kevin-cicle still!
    My goal of working on circuits this winter has been thwarted.  But, I  
am making great progress on the software side of things.  Hopefully after  
I am finished with the project at work I can dive right back in and finish  
up another paying project while working in my new (and very recently  
re-remodled :) work area.
    I am hoping to find a local person with a mill.  If I cannot sell my  
downed timber for a decent price I do not want to burn it.  If I can goes  
shares with them and have a bunch of dimension lumber I can build a deck  
and a few other framed goodies next year.  Some of it is clear timber but  
the mills are in a down cycle.  I was advised to sell it as firewood.  
That would break my heart.  Good, clear Doug fir makes great dimensioned  
lumber.  I would also enjoy using the very wood which Pat and I had on the  
property to build something nice.  I think she would like that too.
    From the feel of things I think next week's nets may be even better  
than this evening's.  I would warm up a rig early to find a spot to catch  
my attention :)  I very much enjoy the howl of a single tone when I finish  
my QNI ? K.  I don't get much intelligible result from it but I like the  
sound!  Tom is much better at working the pileups than I am.  One day I  
may actually learn how to run a net.
    Thanks for the fun times,
       73,
          Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Station 5th Class)



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