Good Evening, Twenty meters was going well until I closed the Tom. He went from decent copy to ESP in seconds. In an email to confirm a serial number he told me the very same thing. The band cut off quite sharply. Forty meters, on the other hand, did not so much cut off as never turn on. It was tough going. I got to use the memory keyer on automatic for about ten minutes while I listened. Lots of QRN but very few signals. I did check in Pete on 7045.5 kHz but then got hammered by someone who obviously could not hear me at all. I slid up to .66 and kept going. Thanks for following along with me. Today was cold but only some of the snow is still here. Mostly it rained hard and I stayed next to the fire. Right now it is toasty. This morning I found the fire had hung in the middle of the night so it was 55 in here. Getting the house warm again takes hours. Sometimes the logs just don't self feed properly and the fire goes out. It is nothing to get the remaining charcoal going but the massive thermal sink of the house takes quite a bit of heat to get warm again. I close off many rooms but the main area is large enough that getting warm again can take a while. So I cook something in the oven and do the laundry. The extra heat helps the fire along.
On to the lists => On 14050.5 kHz at 0000z: W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138 ** QNI # 210 ** W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767 AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 N0SS - Tom - MO - K3 - 008 VE7XF - Ralph - BC - K3 - 1823 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642 W6HP - Steve - CA - K3 - 365 QNI # 5! W6BK - Dave - CA - K2 - 4910 AE6IC - Fred - CA - K3 - 2241 K9ZTV - Kent - MO - K3 - 21 W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139 On 7045.66 kHz at 0200z: W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138 AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 K7ZLB - Clarence - AZ I am thinking I should not have changed the two nets with the time change from Daylight Savings Time. Hmmm... I will monitor the two bands at the earlier times. This may help both nets become more active but who can tell? As ever, if there are any errors please email me with the corrections. Until next week stay well and stay warm, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) - ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html