Elecraft CW Net Report for March 4th & 5th, 2007

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    That was a good time.  I am feeling the effects of a woodstove too  
warm, a very good dinner, and not enough sleep from the night before.  By  
the time I was finishing up the roll call I could not get AB9V sent  
correctly.  Sorry Mike!  But as I was writing up the lists and filling the  
database I noticed Mike has a KX1 which would probably fit into his carry  
on luggage for his trip to Florida.  Mike, you are in luck, you can check  
in for the next two weeks from the beach :)  I have heard salt water  
grounds are the very best kind.  Now to find an umbrella drink with a very  
tall pole.  That can hold your vertical wire in place and you can lay a  
counter poise into either the Gulf or the Atlantic.  I don't think they  
will mind.
    QSB was the rule on almost every contact tonight.  But I do believe  
Scott had it the worst.  Minnesota seems to be sucking the RF right out of  
the aether for the last few weeks.  Where are Paul Bunyan and Babe when  
you need them?  Did they move to the Pacific Northwest?  Maybe if you  
start a bonfire under the wires of your antenna the RF won't fall on the  
ground in frozen hertz.

    Before I am shot for bad punning: on to the lists =>

On 14050 kHz at 2255z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K2 - 5345
VE7ZWA - Dale - BC - K1 - 1759
W3MC - Mike - MD - K2 - 5568
AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993
N5BZ - BZ - LA - K2 - 5884      QNI #5!
W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767
WB3AAL - Ron - PA - K2 - 1392
W1BPJ - Terry - CO - K1 - 1800
K1EV - Bill - CT - K2 - 2152    QNI #80!!!
UA0CH - Ivan - RS - ?

On 7045.50 kHz at 0155z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767   QNI #10!!
K1THP - Dave - CT - K2 - 3942
K4GT - Jim - GA - K2 - 2015
WB3AAL - Ron - PA - K2 - 1392
N5BZ - BZ - LA - K2 - 5884
W3MC - Mike - MD - K2 - 5568
WA7BOC - Roger - WA - K2 - 755
K0NEB - Joe - NE - KX1 - 1493
K2HYD - Ray - NC - KX1 - 608
AK2B - Tom - NY - K2 - 4482
VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968
WD4LST - Pete - FL - K2 - 5813
NM7N - Karl - OR - K2 - 4227
NK6A - Don - CA - K2 - 1217
K3OOL - Craig - PA - K2 - 4790
WB8RTJ - Jim - OH - K2 - 5886
W6WXZ - Jack - CA - Kenwood
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138
AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993

    If you would have asked me earlier in the week if we could have done  
this well I don't think I would have agreed.  Pretty good numbers for the  
bottom of the solar cycle with a solar stream disrupting our ionosphere.  
There was some SSB QRM on 40 meters but nowhere near as bad as expected.  
When it got too bad I passed to Tom and he ran the eastern folks for me.  
As always if there are any errors (there may be a few because I am about  
to fall nose first into the keyboard) please email me and I'll fix the  
database.

Thank you folks, it is truly fun to work you all,
    73,
        Kevin.  KD5ONS (Net Control 5th Class)

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