Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 25th & 26th, 2007
Kevin Rock wrote: Good Evening, Forty meters was much more RF friendly than 20 meters today. I received a number of reports of prospective QNIs going begging since there was either no one there or they could not hear the NCS. Space weather or no, something was very strange yesterday at 2300Z. I heard exactly no one QNI to the net. Right at net time, an S5 very QRS station did a QRL? on 14050.6 and twice I told him "yes," however he didn't hear me I guess and began calling CQ. Tuned around the net freq for about a half-hour but nil. I'm sure the tribander was at least semi-OK since the phone band was filled with the great bedlam of CQ WPX SSB. Oh well, I guess that's why they call it "The Magic of Wireless." Rigger/tree guy comes out today to climb my tower, fix broken low band antenna, and set up rigging for an experimental Marconi-T. Wind is coming up so not sure if it'll be save to climb the one steel and one organic towers. 73 Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2007 CQP Oct 6-7 - www.cqp.org ___ 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] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 25th & 26th, 2007
Good Evening, Forty meters was much more RF friendly than 20 meters today. I received a number of reports of prospective QNIs going begging since there was either no one there or they could not hear the NCS. In this case there was only one NCS: me, way out in Oregon. I read on Space Weather that we are entering a solar stream but not quite sure when that started. Twenty meters had a background hiss which was fairly strong. Forty meters was transmitting a spring thunderstorm quite nicely. Reports of QSB were also wide spread. But, this is why we get on the air. If we did not at least try we would never know what works and what does not. To all the folks thanking me for running the net you are very welcome. I get a big kick out of hearing all of you and digging as deep as I can hear to put you in the log. After two nets on Sunday I buzz for a few days with the happy glow it gives me. Pat would chuckle at me when I told her of all the folks from here and there who talked with me. She made sure I had the net times set aside so I could continue. Now that she is gone I keep running the nets both for her and for me. I think they are a good thing. Because of them I have met a great many very nice people. On to the lists => On 14050 kHz at 2300z: KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798 K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 K3JHT - John - PA - ? K4GT - Jim - GA - K2 - 2015 NN8K - Sonny - WV - K1 - 380 N3AO - Carter - VA - K2 - 678 On 7045.50 kHz at 0159z: W6ZH - Pete - CA - KX1 - 85 K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 QNI #45!!! VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968 KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798 N0FU - Bill - CA - Kenwood K4GT - Jim - GA - K2 - 2015 AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993 QNI #95 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031 W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767 K0RS - Larry - CO - K2 - 2072 N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 W1BPJ - Terry - CO - K1 - 1800 WA3UCR - Bill - PA - K2 - 4716 As ever, if there are any fills or corrections you would like made in these records please email me and I will fix the database. I hope you all have a good week this week and have some nice spring weather. I am looking forward to at least one day of sun but cannot plan on much more than that given Oregon's capricious weather. I think the daffodils may just open this week if the temperatures stay in the 50s. We shall see. Thank you, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Station 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
