Good Evening Folks,
The twenty meter net had a little noise caused by a foreign station
jamming someone else. Next week I will move further afield. I will
announce the offset before I run the net but please look further from
14050 kHz than normal for ECN/20. I'll not be close to 14050 kHz if these
folks keep up their music broadcasts. Either higher or lower but I will
try to find a quieter frequency.
Forty meters was very nice in comparison. I simply had to fight a
little QSB and the normal thunderstorm caused QRN. Not a problem, I've
grown accustomed to that! I am not sure about Ron though. He is normally
much stronger here. A note to you folks who don't know our local
geography. Ron lives in Forest Grove. I live north of him about fifteen
miles but about 1600 feet higher in elevation. There are no intervening
mountains like there are for the folks in Hillsboro, Beaverton, Portland,
or Gresham. He should be strong to me via ground wave. I assume he was
using his KX1 but may be fiddling with antennas. Pete relayed him into me
from Southern California!! Ron may have been skipping right over my home
above Buxton. I'll await the rest of the story ;)
Sounds like most folks had a good weekend and their weather is cooler
than mine. I got a bunch of wood cut and stacked into my woodshed. If we
have a very mild winter I am ready. I'll double the amount of wood I've
got stacked to be prepared for a harsh one. The decked wood is in great
shape; now for me to reach that state! A few hours each day and it will
get done. Kevin the ant not Kevin the grasshopper.
Dinner was a couple of chorizo burritos. I was stuffed so I gave some
of the filling to Sam. He ate all I gave him. The green peppers, onions,
even the jalapenos were gone when I picked up his dish! I think he likes
the chorizo filling :) I'll keep him as fat as I can for another year
with this kind of dinner. I felt very relaxed after dinner so the second
net was more fun. The lack of jamming was a great pleasure but hearing
you all was best.
Please stop by whenever you have the time. Ric has me wanting to
travel. I'd love to go to Ontario and work on his hardwood floor. I've
done it before out of bird's eye maple so I have a little experience. I'm
not sure what type of wood he's using but it would be fun to put in
another hardwood floor. Mine came out of a church which had been
condemned for a bearing wall failure. We had only a week to take out the
pews and the floor before they knocked it down. I was exhausted by the
time we were done since we were working 18 hour days but we had quite a
few square feet of very nice wood on our hands. We sold most of it and I
put some in my living room in Wisconsin.
The lists ==>
On 14050.50 kHz at 2300z:
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 5138
W0SZ - Steve - CO - K2 - 4088
N8YO - Mike - MI - K2 - 5644 QNI #5!
KT5E - Jay - CO - K2 - 5037 QNI #20!!
WG7Y - Bob - WY - K1 - 2140
AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993 QNI #65!!
VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968
On 7045 kHz at 0200z:
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 5138
W0ESE - Bryan - MO - K2 - ? A fly by :)
AC7AC - Ron - OR - KX1 - 004 QNI #10!!
VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968
KT5E - Jay - CO - K2 - 5037
AE6GC - Jack - CA - KX1 - 1403
WI6O - John - CA - K1 - 922
K1EV - Bill - CT - K2 - 2152
If there are any errors or fills necessary please email me and I'll fix
the database. Now I'd better get the rest of my chores done so I can get
to bed. Tomorrow I'll not be up at 3 AM but rather a bit later. The IR
images came out great. Now to write reports and get the system in shape
for the second round of SBIR. We may even get a chance to rest a bit
before we do more field work. I'd like to get the system a bit more
refined and have the software in better shape. I am glad it worked so
well but there is much room for improvement. Hopefully we'll be granted
second round funding so that work can take place. Otherwise I'll have a
lot more time to work on my house and send out an updated version of my
resume ;) Either way Winter will happen so I'd better get ready.
Until next week: stay well,
73,
Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class)
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