Thank you Folks,
It took some effort but we got 25 check ins tonight! On forty meters
the QSB was making life difficult but with a little help from my friends I
worked cross-country to Florida! WooHoo! The twenty meter net ran for a
little over an hour while the forty meter net took a little over 45
minutes. Forty took some timing though; one second an op would be up then
they would be right back down again. The middle of the country seemed to
be most effected. For some odd reason I was able to work Beaverton,
Oregon. N7NLU was easy copy plus he could hear me too. Normally if I can
copy him at all he cannot hear more than a few characters out of me.
The lists =>
On 14050.5 kHz at 2256z:
K9DMV - Joe - TX - K2 - 5628
W1BPJ - Terry - CO - K1 - 1800 QNI #5!
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031 QNI #145!!!!
W7/G3XYS - Mark - UT - KX1 - 168
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K2 - 5345 QNI #10!
K3NVI - Dennis - PA - ?
K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 QNI #35!!
VE6ITA - John - AB - K2 - 5384
K4GT - Jim - GA - K2 - 2015
KT5E - Jay - CO - K2 - 5037
K9DMV - Joe - TX - K2 - 5628
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
N0BK - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646
On 7045.5 kHz at 0157z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
W3MC - Mike - MD - K2 - 5568 Thank you for your QSP assistance!
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K2 - 5345
AE6GC - Jack - CA - Kx1 - 1403
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
N7NLU - Karl - OR - K2 - 4227 QNI #65!!!
KT5E - Jay - CO - K2 - 5037
ND0V - Greg - CO - K2 (I think) - 4411 FB on the KPA, you'll have fun
when it is done.
KR4OW - Dave - FL - K2 - 4320
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
AC0BQ - Johhny - KS - KX1 - 1357
N0BK - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646
Weather here has been changeable; even for Oregon ;) Dry snow one day
followed by wet snow the next. Then we get drenched in rain. When I got
home Friday night it was at the perfect temperature for all of the rain to
hit the snow in the trees and cause it to fall as big wads of slush. In
the thirty seconds or so it took for me to get my groceries, mail, and
satchel picked up from the front seat I was drenched. Luckily I could
shake off some of the slush but most of it went right down my collar and
chilled me pretty well. Good thing Sam had blown on the fire to get it
going a bit better before I came in or I'd be a Kevin-cicle still!
My goal of working on circuits this winter has been thwarted. But, I
am making great progress on the software side of things. Hopefully after
I am finished with the project at work I can dive right back in and finish
up another paying project while working in my new (and very recently
re-remodled :) work area.
I am hoping to find a local person with a mill. If I cannot sell my
downed timber for a decent price I do not want to burn it. If I can goes
shares with them and have a bunch of dimension lumber I can build a deck
and a few other framed goodies next year. Some of it is clear timber but
the mills are in a down cycle. I was advised to sell it as firewood.
That would break my heart. Good, clear Doug fir makes great dimensioned
lumber. I would also enjoy using the very wood which Pat and I had on the
property to build something nice. I think she would like that too.
From the feel of things I think next week's nets may be even better
than this evening's. I would warm up a rig early to find a spot to catch
my attention :) I very much enjoy the howl of a single tone when I finish
my QNI ? K. I don't get much intelligible result from it but I like the
sound! Tom is much better at working the pileups than I am. One day I
may actually learn how to run a net.
Thanks for the fun times,
73,
Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Station 5th Class)
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