Good Evening,
The bands were not great but they were not bad either. 40 meters finally succumbed to QRN but I did manage a few check ins across the continent. Jay's KX1 out of Colorado has a very strong signal. He was blasing in on 20 meters at 599. Wonder what he feeds that thing? But he did mention a painful word on 20 m, taxes. This year I not only get to do my own I get to do Pat's as well. I will learn more forms and schedules I am sure. She was not a simple woman. Neither are her taxes! I may just break down and go to a professional to see how to do them. K4BEH, Pat is on the home stretch of his K2. Hopefully he will check in from Georgia with a brand new rig next week. Good luck on the build! I have been using my soldering iron lately but it is mostly for my robots than for radios. There is another rig on the bench though. It is small, light, QRP, and CW only. Should be fun for the QRP to the field contest in April. We may set up within the city limits of Portland in one of their parks to try this one. EQP was fun but I only participated for a few hours. I had to dig my truck out which cut into my radio time. I did try 80 meters at midnight and again at 3 AM but there were no takers to my CQs. The band was very, very quiet later on. I did try 15 meters yesterday but did not get up early enough to try it this morning. My last contact was at 0709z from Ruidoso, NM. That was K5OI running a K2 - #63. When I get some time I'll work on my log sheet and see how I did. It was fun to work Wayne twice and meet a few ECN regulars too. Maybe next year I'll get serious. I was running a string of them on 40 meters when I broke off for dinner. I guess my priorities are just skewed ;) Dinner was very good though. I think am re-learning how to cook for myself. On 14050 kHz at 2256 kHz: W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031 KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798 W1TF - Ty - GA - K1 - 1423 QNI #20! K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 N0BK - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646 QNI #55!! AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993 N1EA - David - MA - non Elecraft rig K5TE - Jay - CO - KX1 - 969 W0NTA - Dick - K2 - 1787 VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968 K1EV - Bill - CT - K2 - 2152 K6DGW - Fred - CA - K2 - 4398 K4WFM - Frank - FL - K2 - ?? Welcome to ECN On 7045 kHz at 0200z: WA5ZNU - Leigh - CA - K2 - 3121 QNI #10! K4BEH - Pat - GA - Still using his Ten Tec for another week. You'll enjoy the new K2! K5TE - Jay - CO - KX1 - 969 VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968 K6JPV - Dale - CA - K2 - 5345 Welcome to ECN N0BK - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646 W0NTA - Dick - K2 - 1787 QNI #65!! W1TF - Ty - GA - K1 - 1423 Very, very weak -- I hope I got this right. As ever, if there are any errors or additions to make in the above lists please write me. I'll make the corrections and post them here. If I could not hear you please try again next week. One never can tell how propagation will change over the course of a week. Thank you for the fun evening, 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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