I checked in to the ECN today. Interesting! I will be checking in on a weekly basis. CW speed was a little fast for me, but it gives me practice to copy at higher speeds. My keying was not good today (some days I can't send CW for my life) so I commend NCS for copying me.
Mark Saunders, KJ7BS Glendale, AZ <><><><><><><><><> FISTS # 2972 Elecraft K2 S/N 539 <><><><><><><><><> If it aint fun, You aint doing it right. AZ ScQRPions -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Rock Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 7:44 PM To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 9th, 2005 Good Evening All, First off: Happy Thanksgiving to all you folks North of the Border! I was listening to the Aurora Net based out of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada a few days ago. They were happy to have me QNI from Oregon cross mode on the KX1 I've been loaned. Worked quite well but they did require a relay. Not sure if it was me or if it was the NCS not catching my fist but all was well after the relay. They wished me a Happy Thanksgiving too. Very friendly group those Canadians in 4, 5, 6 and 7 lands ;) I listened on the KX1 for almost an hour until they finished up. Then I moved on to another contact with the KX1 until Patricia came home. I did experience a bit of difficulty with the Elecraft paddle unit starting to work itself loose. Made sending a little more interesting than necessary. Any hints? I plugged my Code Warrior paddles in to finish the QSO then went to dinner. Tonight I was a few minutes late for the beginning of the net due to the party for our local 90 year old. I turned on the rig and took off my coat only to have Mr. Hammond call me. I asked if he could call the net as I found my reading glasses and followed along. It is pretty tough for me to see the radio or the paper with the glasses which I use to drive! Getting old and my eyes are changing fast. Astigmatism and far sightedness means I can't see with them or without them! But with a series of lenses I seem to get along fine. Especially on the computer at a fixed distance. Soldering is most annoying! The propagation was pretty good on this end but I did have a few folks mention QSB. Poor Roger was having problems with his paddles so his call sign came out as variations on a theme ;) The weakest station to check in today was Ray from North Carolina. His antenna choices are not as good as the ones he has at home so I had to dig a bit deeper. The slant four at the end kept coming out as FV. But I finally got enough K2HY to figure out who it was. Lastly I got Bruce, W0QQS, in MN who is bravely holding Winter at bay. He told me it is in ND now so Ken should be a bit chilly. However Ken is one who sits in the live nativity scenes and laughs at the snow ;) What a collection we all make! Thanks for the fun, guys! Gary thinks we may be doing something right. He wrote me a note two weeks ago when I mentioned the wall of sound in response to my first true CQ. I listen to other nets and try to emulate their bonhomie. Seems to have made a difference. At 2303z (sorry for being late guys) on 14050.36 kHz (the difference between Tom's and mine): N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008 W1TF - Ty - GA - K1 - 1423 QNI #10! VE1RGB - Gary - NS - K2 - 2519 K1EV - Bill - CT - K2 - 2152 QNI #55!! N7NLU - Karl - OR - K2 - 4227 FB sig Karl considering you are over the ridge from me ;) W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031 K3IDX - Roger - KX1 - 416 AK2B - Tom - NY - K2 - 4482 Also a fine signal into OR K4BEH - Pat - GA - his K2 #5061 is still a work in progress. Good luck on the build! K2HYD/4 - Ray - NC - KX1 - 608 KJ7BS - Mark - AZ - K2 - 439 W0QQS - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646 Thank you again for a job well done Mr. Hammond. Without you in the middle of the country my job becomes more difficult. Today we had great propagation in stark contrast to last week where it was tough to get Indiana and Forest Grove, Oregon on the list. As ever if there are any errors in the above listing please write with your corrections. 73 all, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.13/126 - Release Date: 10/9/2005 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
