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kevinr@coho.net

Elecraft CW Net options

Good Evening,

A winter storm came on shore sometime last Sunday. By Monday night
there was another 20" on snow on the ground. It was also bending many
of my trees almost to the ground. That night a number of trees exploded
under the weight; twenty foot sections of their trunks turning into
shrapnel. Branches breaking under the load of snow and ice also kept me
awake. The next morning I found both of my doublets broken. The 14 ga
THHN had parted in the middle where a branch had gone through it.
Currently each of the three guy lines is under an inch or two of ice.
Hopefully the coming thaw will let me repair them. One interesting
note: the broken trees failed from their compressed side toward the side
under tension.

Now for the net options: you can appoint a temporary NCS and carry
on or we can postpone the nets until I can repair the antennas. This
should be by next Sunday. Since each doublet failed in the middle of a
leg the repair will be easy once I can free the guy lines.

73 & Stay Warm,

Kevin. KD5ONS

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Kenneth Christiansen

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Hi Kevin and the group

I tried to call the ECN tonight. At 23:00 on 14.050 and again on at 02:00 on 7.045. I did not hear any answers although I do have a high noise background living in the City. My P3 said -110 on 20 and -105 on 40. I was running 500 watts from my K line to my Hy-Tower Vertical on both bands.

On 40 I did have a QSO with N6BS after I gave up on the net.

I hope you get your storm damaged antenna back up again for next week.

73 and good luck getting your antenna fixed.

Ken W0CZ
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> On Jan 14, 2017, at 10:02 PM, "[hidden email]" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Good Evening,
>
> A winter storm came on shore sometime last Sunday. By Monday night there was another 20" on snow on the ground. It was also bending many of my trees almost to the ground. That night a number of trees exploded under the weight; twenty foot sections of their trunks turning into shrapnel. Branches breaking under the load of snow and ice also kept me awake. The next morning I found both of my doublets broken. The 14 ga THHN had parted in the middle where a branch had gone through it. Currently each of the three guy lines is under an inch or two of ice. Hopefully the coming thaw will let me repair them. One interesting note: the broken trees failed from their compressed side toward the side under tension.
>
> Now for the net options: you can appoint a temporary NCS and carry on or we can postpone the nets until I can repair the antennas. This should be by next Sunday. Since each doublet failed in the middle of a leg the repair will be easy once I can free the guy lines.
>
> 73 & Stay Warm,
>
> Kevin. KD5ONS
>
>
>
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Brian Hunt

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I gave a listen at 0200z on 40 meters and heard Ken, W0CZ, calling CQ ECN. I called him a few times but he wasn't hearing me. Thanks, Ken for taking the helm. Sorry I couldn't reach up there to the frozen north.

Kevin- Good luck on your antenna repair.

73,
Brian, K0DTJ
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kevinr@coho.net

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Thanks guys! I appreciate the help. Once I get the upper guy line out
of its mini-glacier I'll drop the broken end. The guy on the center
tree should be unfrozen by then too. I am used to fixing antennas in
the rain; snow just makes it take a little longer. (Apologies to the
Sea Bees :)

73,

Kevin. KD5ONS

On 1/15/2017 6:36 PM, Brian Hunt wrote:

> I gave a listen at 0200z on 40 meters and heard Ken, W0CZ, calling CQ ECN. I called him a few times but he wasn't hearing me. Thanks, Ken for taking the helm. Sorry I couldn't reach up there to the frozen north.
>
> Kevin- Good luck on your antenna repair.
>
> 73,
> Brian, K0DTJ
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Dave, W8OV

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Ken,

I can nearly always hear you check in, even when I can't hear Kevin.
But tonight we had guests and I couldn't make it. But you are always
audible in north Texas.

73, Dave W8OV

On 2017-01-15 20:31, Kenneth Christiansen wrote:

> Hi Kevin and the group
>
> I tried to call the ECN tonight. At 23:00 on 14.050 and again on at 02:00 on 7.045. I did not hear any answers although I do have a high noise background living in the City. My P3 said -110 on 20 and -105 on 40. I was running 500 watts from my K line to my Hy-Tower Vertical on both bands.
>
> On 40 I did have a QSO with N6BS after I gave up on the net.
>
> I hope you get your storm damaged antenna back up again for next week.
>
> 73 and good luck getting your antenna fixed.
>
> Ken W0CZ
> [hidden email]
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jan 14, 2017, at 10:02 PM, "[hidden email]" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Good Evening,
>>
>> A winter storm came on shore sometime last Sunday. By Monday night there was another 20" on snow on the ground. It was also bending many of my trees almost to the ground. That night a number of trees exploded under the weight; twenty foot sections of their trunks turning into shrapnel. Branches breaking under the load of snow and ice also kept me awake. The next morning I found both of my doublets broken. The 14 ga THHN had parted in the middle where a branch had gone through it. Currently each of the three guy lines is under an inch or two of ice. Hopefully the coming thaw will let me repair them. One interesting note: the broken trees failed from their compressed side toward the side under tension.
>>
>> Now for the net options: you can appoint a temporary NCS and carry on or we can postpone the nets until I can repair the antennas. This should be by next Sunday. Since each doublet failed in the middle of a leg the repair will be easy once I can free the guy lines.
>>
>> 73 & Stay Warm,
>>
>> Kevin. KD5ONS
>>
>>
>>
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Kenneth Christiansen

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Hi Brian

Sorry for the alligator operation. I usually do not call with the 500 watts but turn it on during a QSO if needed. My noise was low last night for being in my location but it is never low compared to camping. I thought I might have heard something but could not see it on the P3 or even be sure it was not just noise ringing in my ears.1

Let's hope Kevin is back on next week and the bands get better again.

Ken. W0CZ
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> On Jan 15, 2017, at 8:36 PM, Brian Hunt <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I gave a listen at 0200z on 40 meters and heard Ken, W0CZ, calling CQ ECN. I called him a few times but he wasn't hearing me. Thanks, Ken for taking the helm. Sorry I couldn't reach up there to the frozen north.
>
> Kevin- Good luck on your antenna repair.
>
> 73,
> Brian, K0DTJ
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