Good Evening,
My K2's fan is still running so this is truly hot off the presses :) We worked through a bit of noise on 20 meters but a lot more on 40 meters. There were some truly weak signals. We did have a CME hit a glancing blow to the Earth but the noise was from thunderstorms and the weak signals were from odd paths. One station Tom caught while I was copying along may show our path was a bit longer than normal: OK1YNM. Last week I moved the net frequency a bit due to an SM station. This week we get a QNI from the Czech Republic! It grew hot here today but during the first net the shadows dropped on to my radio shack's window. That helped my keying since my arm was no longer sticking to the desk. I've tried papers to eliminate that problem but it only leads to my arm skidding around. Maybe a towel would work better. What do you folks use for a remedy? On to the lists => On 14050 kHz at 2253z: W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 43 N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008 N9IV - Russ - IN - K2 - 4650 VE6ITA - John - AB - K2 - 5384 KI8JM - Bob - OH - K2 - 3630 VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968 I did copy X1 though. Are you building a new one? OK1YNM - Broz - CZ WB2SSB - Joe - NY - K2 - 5047 KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798 N0BK - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646 W0SZ - Steve - CO - K2 - 4088 QNI #15! On 7045.50 kHz at 0200z: W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 43 K2VCO - Vic - CA - K2 - 709 QNI #5! W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031 N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 NK6A - Don - CA - ? - 227 VE6ITA - John - AB - K2 - 5384 Any fills or corrections are appreciated. Please send me an email with the information and I'll log it into my database. Another fun evening. Now I need to get my chores done and get off to bed. A long week is ahead of me but it should hold some fun too. I have volunteered for comms during our local airshow. The training meeting is on Wednesday evening. The day we volunteered to work (yes Pat and I both volunteered) is Saturday. I'll hopefully have recovered by net time the next day. Sunscreen, hat, hearing protection, HT with spare batteries, and plenty of water. I just need to remember to say something when I hit the PTT. Silly thing does not send my callsign automatically like my paddles do. I may need to write my callsign down so I remember how to say it too! Until next week stay well, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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