Good Evening, ECOM operations ceased as of 0000 PST today. The infrastructure of the coast from Lincoln City to Astoria is allowing folks to take care of themselves and communicate via their normal means. Washington is still a mess but I was not involved with their ECOM efforts so I am not familiar with all that occurred up there. I can only describe the part of the elephant I felt. Tonight the twenty meter net went very well. However, who pulled the plug on forty? After I worked W6ZH there was a long lull until I worked a local station. I shut down at 0330z after working a few more. I was not expecting propagation to be so poor after last week's session. From the notes I am getting from N0SS he is having some lousy weather. Hopefully he will not lose his beam. The dipole is half down from ice but the rest may go tomorrow. He said worse is on the way. As long as he doesn't have that tower crashing down it won't be TOO bad. Ten minutes into the forty meter net I was tempted to see if my antennas were still up! Weather here is 20 degrees with light snow and no wind. More light snow is on the way but then later in the week it will rain. I may be in Tom's shoes by late in the week. However, I don't have all that expensive aluminum to replace.
The lists => On 14050 kHz at 2300z: W6ZH - Pete - CA - K1 - 553 QNI #80!!!! W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031 W0JFR - John - CO - K2 - 4507 AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993 QNI #130!!!! KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798 K1THP - Dave - CT - K2 - 3942 W1BPJ - Terry - CO - K1 - 1800 KT5E - Jay - CO - K2 - 5037 NO8V - John - MI - ? W0SZW - Keith - IA - ? W7KPL - Jerry - AZ - ? KJ7BS - Mark - AZ - K2 - 539 KD5PZO - Pat - OR - K4 - 001 On 7045 kHz at 0300z: W6ZH - Pete - CA - K1 - 553 AA7YW - Dick - WA - FT-890 KT5E - Jay - CO - K2 - 5037 N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 KD5PZO - Pat - OR - K4 - 001 The A to B mods on my rig made a large difference in its ease of operation. I had a lot more gain than I was used to over the years. Most of the first net was run with the gain at 11 o'clock. I did move it once but then lowered it once again. I opened the filters from 500 Hz to 1800 Hz near the end of the first net and found two stations nearby. I could hear nothing from them while I was on net frequency. The audio filter sounds different though. I am not sure what was changed in it by the A to B mods. Maybe you all can tell me. Tomorrow I am off for a hike in the woods. The local logging companies will provide a fir tree for me. I decided I don't want a domestic tree this year. I'll cut a wild (well, hybrid Doug fir) instead. They have more character: kind of like Charlie Brown's tree :) I think it will look nice on the dining room table once I am done with it. Besides hiking a few miles with a domestic tree is a lot of work! Until next week stay warm and dry, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) _______________________________________________ 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