Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

There have been a small handful of high latitude, Cycle 25 polarity spots show up.  Most haven't lasted long enough to get #'s assigned but it's a good sign.  All you ever want to know about the sun can be found at solarham.com 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

essage- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of kevinr Sent: Sunday, January 5, 2020 9:57 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report Good Evening,      I turned on the rig and found 20 meters filled with a roaring, windy sound.  Just a little QSB, on 40

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

://wrj-tech.com/ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of kevinr Sent: Sunday, January 5, 2020 9:57 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report Good Evening,    I turned on the rig and found 20 meters filled with a roaring, windy

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

I believe the article you’re referring to is here: https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1=24=12=2019 > On Jan 6, 2020, at 8:39 PM, Clay Autery wrote: > > ACTUALLY, I just read an article yesterday... don't remember where, that said

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

ACTUALLY, I just read an article yesterday... don't remember where, that said exactly that that they are noticing the poll reversal beginning, or beginning to begin  something like that...  __ Clay Autery, KY5G (318) 518-1389 On 01/06/20 19:15, Bill Johnson wrote:

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

le. > > 73, > Bill > K9YEQ > > https://wrj-tech.com/ > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > On Behalf Of kevinr > Sent: Sunday, January 5, 2020 9:57 PM > To: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report &

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report Good Evening,    I turned on the rig and found 20 meters filled with a roaring, windy sound.  Just a little QSB, on 40 meters it would be worse. The sun has thrown something at the earth.  Enough of it to cause impressive aurora.  One

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    I turned on the rig and found 20 meters filled with a roaring, windy sound.  Just a little QSB, on 40 meters it would be worse. The sun has thrown something at the earth.  Enough of it to cause impressive aurora.  One tiny sunspot can't be this strong; unless those of cycle

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    The sun broke through the clouds for a few minutes this week. However, the sunspots it's been hosting lately are too small for me to see.  Have to time the breaks in the clouds and walls of rain better.  On Christmas day we got a few new sunspots to break the long dry spell. 

Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer

craft" To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: 12/31/2019 2:58:52 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer Why not ask the author of CWSkimmer, Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA what his plans are? I would think he would be a central character in making CWSkimmer compatible with the K4. Wayne, N6KR, has already sa

Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer vs. i/q

A great analogy is from Keysight. In the lab I work in, scopes and RTSAs stream i/q. Keysight software named Vector Signal Analysis takes the i/q and can sometimes provide more capability in signal analysis than the stand alone gear itself. Tektronix does similar. Raw, binary i/q is all

Re: [Elecraft] CW

FWIW, I'd rather hear two signals willing to ragchew at 20 wpm than one contester at 40 wpm ;) Happy New Year to all! John K7FD > On Dec 31, 2019, at 12:17 PM, Frederick Dwight wrote: > > N6IET has some good insights. For sure some methods of learning code are > more efficient than others.

[Elecraft] CW

N6IET has some good insights. For sure some methods of learning code are more efficient than others. For example, sending letters at a high speed, but leaving more space, or not memorizing the letters from a chart. HOWEVER many of us did everything wrong and still progressed to high speeds

Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer

Why not ask the author of CWSkimmer, Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA what his plans are?  I would think he would be a central character in making CWSkimmer compatible with the K4.  Wayne, N6KR, has already said that K4 baseband I/Q signals would be provided over the ethernet which is all, I believe,

Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer

Amen Bob, I totally agree. With an API to the K4 and the I/Q output over the LAN, applications that are much better at what they do, can interface and get access to everything they need in the K4. I can't imagine community support or Elecraft support starting with the question: What hodgepodge

Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer

Thoughts on this.    I would expect the K4 to be a high performance product in both the on air performance and the communications interface performance.   I would not expect it to have any embedded applications as there are just to dang many;  CW ones, Digital, ones, Logging ones, and etc.  

Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer

: "Rich" To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: 12/31/2019 9:28:20 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer The RTTY skimmer would be nice, also! HNY Rich K3RWN On 12/30/2019 23:50 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: This is very much in the plan. Wayne On Dec 30, 2019, at 4:07 PM, E.H. Russ

Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer

OK, I am most likely late to the discussion... Yes, it would be nice to have all the software under the hood. But, I know I am going to need a computer for Fldigi, wsjt-x, and js8call. So I might as well add skimmer there (if I want it) too. I don't use skimmer now.  I like contests but I

Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer

The RTTY skimmer would be nice, also! HNY Rich K3RWN On 12/30/2019 23:50 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: This is very much in the plan. Wayne On Dec 30, 2019, at 4:07 PM, E.H. Russell wrote: As a developer very familiar with connecting SDR radios with CW Skimmer, the best hope for a

Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer

Hey, first things first.  Windows 10's market share among non-computer-scientists answers this question for me. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at , now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On

Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer

I would hope that any such app would be ported to Linux and macOS as well, and notnecessarily require Windows 10. 73, Brandy, N1HO On Monday, December 30, 2019, 11:52:01 PM EST, Wayne Burdick wrote: This is very much in the plan. Wayne > On Dec 30, 2019, at 4:07 PM, E.H. Russell

Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer

This is very much in the plan. Wayne > On Dec 30, 2019, at 4:07 PM, E.H. Russell wrote: > > As a developer very familiar with connecting SDR radios with CW Skimmer, the > best hope for a connection with the K4 is to stream the K4 IQ data to a PC > running Windows, and have a 3rd party app

Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer

to the K4 API. I'm hoping to be able to develop such an app. Thanks, 73 Ed w2rf -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 11:39 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer

Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer

- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: 30 December 2019 16:39 To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer The K4 has sufficient internal horsepower to run advanced software applications; that's one major reason

Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer

The K4 has sufficient internal horsepower to run advanced software applications; that's one major reason we included a general-purpose processor. However, all third party applications will require modification to run in the K4 environment, and they'll be vetting by our staff before being made

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Twenty meters was loud.  Filled both with noise and signals. However, some of the noise was S6 while the signals were at S7. Ken reported blizzard conditions with 15" of wet snow.  Hopefully his roof will last until the winds die down.  Forty meters was less noisy but the

Re: [Elecraft] CW skimmer

Morgan, The K4 (any version) will not run software apps like Skimmer, you will need to run that on your shack computer. While the K4 does contain a processor and a version of an operating system, it is used for dedicated K4 functions. I would compare it to my fileserver box which runs on a

[Elecraft] CW skimmer

Is one able to run CW skimmer on a K4. If so what model is best suited for this the K4 or K4d? Or should i use an RSP2 with out board computer dedicated to doing skimmer with the skimmer software? __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    It was good to see the sun again after a week of fog and rain.  It's back to fog and rain but a few hours of sun was enough.  I was surprised no one mentioned our solar Christmas present.  Two sunspots of the new cycle.  They are both gone now but they broke a month long

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

You must have all been on Christmas cheer to operate her. On 12/22/2019 6:39 PM, kevinr wrote: On 17050.5 kHz at 2200z: __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Santa will have to search for snow in most parts of the country.  I could get some by Wednesday but it won't last long. Even Ken in Fargo, ND reports mild winter winter weather.  Steve, in Georgia, is having weather much like mine: mild, gray, and very wet.  The river in the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    Eighty meters has a number of folks running with straight keys and bugs.  A few interesting sounding rigs out there too.  Whoops and squeaks and chirps.  Those ops can warm their fingers over glowing tubes.    Today was the first dry day all week, relatively speaking. The

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    I found that my antenna work has not been done in vain.  I was surprised at the cutoff between antennas though.  ND, MI, & IN were stronger on my lower antenna while IA and GA were much better on the higher one.  I will adjust the second antenna and see how that works next

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    The loggers are done, I need to set my alarm clock again. Once the torrential rains of winter have flattened out the ruts it will be fun to hike the forest again.  I expect by mid-summer some of the undergrowth will have come back.  I was startled by a grouse this morning so

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net errata and antenna changes

Good Afternoon,    Today was a good day to work on antennas.  Steady rain, dense fog, and light winds.  When I first raised this antenna I had few choices for where each leg could go.  After the recent thinning my options are much greater.  So I moved the leg which was at 300 degrees to point

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    On Friday I had a little time to check out the new landscape and re-place the antennas.  One leg of my primary antenna moved in direction but not elevation.  The other antenna had been broken during the logging operation but I did not have time to solder it.  About six feet

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,   It will have taken the loggers a little less than a month to thin my twenty acres.  The cutting and skidding is over, only the loading and trucking remains.  I am starting to see more elk sign all around the house.  Once the slash settles into the soil there will be many more

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    As I expected QSB was slow and moderate while the bands were quiet.  Forty meters was quite productive.  When I first called CQ I heard a howl for a few seconds and then a few letters at the tail end.  So I worked them and called again.  And again.  And again.  The second net

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    Depending on the timing there may be an accumulation of ice or snow tonight.  The power lines are buried for the last few miles but my antennas are exposed.  The new location has a younger tree holding the middle while the legs are mostly in the clear.  Both ends use hanging

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Or, perhaps, Beethoven… Schindler? James Forsman. K7BIE https://jrquark.smugmug.com/HamRadio On Nov 24, 2019, at 11:41 PM, kevinr wrote: Good Evening, I could not find an open space to run the twenty meter net. The forty meter net started when the CQWW contest faded away. There was QSB

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    I could not find an open space to run the twenty meter net. The forty meter net started when the CQWW contest faded away. There was QSB on everyone I worked.  Those farther east had slow waves.  KG7V is just across the Columbia River from me (and a little up the coast) had a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    The loggers have moved off to the west.  The beeping is deadened by the distance and by the dense fog.  I am also getting used to the floor vibrating.  Many truck loads of wood have driven off to Mist.  Some of the trees have not really grown in twenty years; it was hard to

[Elecraft] CW Sidetone recording.

I used the K3 recorder a lot when chasing a DX station in a pileup. I like to try and capture a recording of a succesful QSO. Is there a way to record my transmitted CW sidetone on the K3 recorder? Frank VO1HP __ Elecraft mailing list

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Sorry about spamming the Reflector earlier today.  I found the link to the Barko harvester was getting blocked by my ISP not Elecraft's.  I guess advertising forestry equipment built in Wisconsin doesn't sit well with an ISP in Oregon :)  Tomorrow the beeping recommences at

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement part three

   There was another short lived sunspot from cycle 25 this week. That's two in less than a month.  I sense a trend.  Maybe this spring we'll see a flowering of new spots. Please join us tomorrow on: 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday  (2 PM PST Sunday)  7047 kHz at z Monday  (4 PM PST Sunday)

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement part two

   A note on our Elecraft CW Net exchange.  Since it is a directed net I call for check ins then work each in order.  I send a signal report and pass control to the operator.  They send me a signal report and whatever it is they want to talk about and then pass control back to me.  Weather

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement part one

Good Evening,    Loggers moved in early Monday.  Today I am hearing the beeping like after a CW contest.  Each time the harvester moves forward or backward there are a series of blasts from the air-horn.  The logger told me it is fed directly from the hydraulic cooling system's air pumps. 

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Elecraft CW Net Announcement

It came into my inbox last night, so it did get posted. John, KC7DRI From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net on behalf of kevinr Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2019 10:59 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Fwd: Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement test SIX

is cutting is unmarketable he bucks it up for firewood.  There is no way I will ever be able to use it all.    A note on our Elecraft CW Net exchange.  Since it is a directed net I call for check ins then work each in order.  I send a signal report and pass control to the operator.  They send me

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement 4th attempt

is cutting is unmarketable he bucks it up for firewood.  There is no way I will ever be able to use it all.    A note on our Elecraft CW Net exchange.  Since it is a directed net I call for check ins then work each in order.  I send a signal report and pass control to the operator.  They send me

[Elecraft] Fwd: Elecraft CW Net Announcement

This message never got posted on the Elecraft reflector.  I sent it last night but it never showed up.    Kevin.  KD5ONS Forwarded Message Subject:Elecraft CW Net Announcement Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 20:28:53 -0800 From: kevinr To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

is cutting is unmarketable he bucks it up for firewood.  There is no way I will ever be able to use it all.    A note on our Elecraft CW Net exchange.  Since it is a directed net I call for check ins then work each in order.  I send a signal report and pass control to the operator.  They send me

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    QSB needs to have a metric associated with it.  Today it was slow and covered about 4 S units.  On some ops it was as deep but there was less variation.  The fluctuations were never fast enough to cut up characters so copy was easy enough.  On twenty meters reports were S6 at

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,   It was cool and sunny this week, perfect for splitting wood and marking the last property line.  Now it is foggy, wet, and cool. All that firewood makes a cozy fire.  The loggers have moved in some heavy equipment with more due on Monday.  For the next month I won't need to

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,   QSB was more intense this week.  S1 to S7 reports were common. There were also many contesters passing through.  I was able to find open frequencies though and held them, more or less, for each net.  Mostly mild weather with one report of snow.  From what I have read the fires

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    Remember the time change this week.  Both nets will start an hour earlier if you use your local time as a reference.  But if you use UTC to reckon time there is no change.  I tried this last year and it better fit the propagation than did the previous method where the local

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    QSB was very slow and not very deep; a little faster on forty meters.  Both bands were quiet, so quiet it wasn't easy to find anyone.    The smoke and fires are creating lots of problems in California.  Hopefully the recent cold front will reach them and slow the winds.  

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening, The time change is next week, November 3rd.  I'd just as soon they left it in either one place or the other and never changed it again.  This time of year it's difficult to tell if it's day or night anyway :)  However, there was a little sun this week.  The blue sky was visible

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Both bands were fairly quiet with little QSB.  It was nice to hear about sunshine when I was sitting in dense fog.  By the way I checked my stereo and found I had heard the CW signal when I was listening to 910 AM.  910 and 1817 kHz are related.  Now to check K7RAT's

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    I was listening to the ALCS game 6 on 750 AM.  It was loud but I kept hearing tones.  I thought I was imagining CW from the noise.  It wasn't repeated often enough to catch more than a character or two once or twice an inning.  Then in the 4th I got K7??T.  I put that into

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Conditions are holding at less than desirable.  QSB was less which normally means the sun is quiet.  The lack of signal strength enhanced that assessment.  Twenty meters was shorter this week.  Normally California is too close.  But Texas and Nevada on forty meters was a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    A cool week let me process more wood.  Four truck loads and I am only half done.  The woodpeckers enjoy when I peel off the outer layer of bark.  They find all sorts of tasty things to eat. A hungry gray jay found its way into the house and tried all of the windows to get

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    The cool weather has brought the mushrooms to life.  I hiked to the SE corner of my land and found many species ripening.  One area was carpeted with chanterelle mushrooms.  They were easy to spot now that the ferns are down; a bright gold against the brown background.  I

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Hi Kevin, A fun experiment. You were S3 at peaks with S3 urban noise. All I could pull out was your pattern. Sending my call to match your pattern. Ken, W0CZ, was only copy-able signal with 579 at peaks. Station on this end, K2 at 15W with Ground Plane 19 foot vertical. John KN5L On 9/29/19

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Twenty meters was more surprising than last week.  My first call got no response.  But the second one brought Roy, K6XK.  I called for more but again no response.  I should have known it would be tough.  I started the net on 14050 but had someone ask if the frequency was in

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    The seasons are progressing rapidly.  Only a few days into autumn with frost a day away.  Even though I have a few grasshopper tendencies mostly I'm an ant.  Multiple piles of wood just need to get to the house.  When the frost knocks down most of the ferns I can find them.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,   I had to move from the announced frequencies slightly to accommodate all of the contesters on both 20 and 40 meters.  Both bands had a lot of noise but the signals were clear.  Only a few stations were effected by QSB.  The sun angle is changing rapidly as summer departs and

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,   The summer has passed quickly; tomorrow will be the last nets of the season.  Conditions have been improving slightly over the last month.  A stream of solar wind is due on the 23rd, the first day of autumn.  That will help conditions for the rest of the week.    It has been

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Both nets had strong signals with limited QSB.  Some space noise with a little from thunder storms.  Brian checked in to the forty meter net with his KX2 at 10 watts on an AXE antenna.  He was very loud, occasionally I had to turn him down.  I enjoy hearing how all of you are

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    Autumn began this week.  Leaves started falling, animals changed behavior, and the spiders got very busy.  The bow hunters are also out in force.  Won't be long before the snow starts blowing.  Next week I plan to move a lot more of the large tree onto a wood pile next to the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Conditions were different from last week.  The noise was less and the QSB was almost gone.  All the signals I copied were pretty easy to copy.  The problem was those were the only stations I could hear at all.  There was a hint of a sunspot this week but that was not enough

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    It was a good week to split wood.  The deer path was disrupted when this tree came down.  Now they have to walk all the way around it.  It's sad.  So I'm busy giving them more options. Throwing the wood uphill gives me time to think.  More like not think.  Just keep splitting

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

On Behalf Of kevinr Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2019 7:34 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report Good Evening, My ears are still ringing and it has been over an hour since I got done with the second net. At the end I was trying to invent calls out of the noise

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of kevinr Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2019 7:34 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report Good Evening, My ears are still ringing and it has been over an hour since I got done with the second net. At the end I was trying

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    My ears are still ringing and it has been over an hour since I got done with the second net.  At the end I was trying to invent calls out of the noise.  A solar stream is hitting the earth right now causing lots of noise and QSB.  A few signals were ESP to S6. Luckily the ESP

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Announcement

Good Evening,    The bear berries are getting ripe.  That means the grouse will soon be out.  The hot weather in the middle of the week excited the spiders into a frenzy of orb spinning.  Always around face level.  Once you clear a trail you may have twenty minutes before there is a new one. 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Afternoon,    It got hot this week.  As the temperature rose to the mid 90s the humidity dropped from its summer normal of ~ 50% down to 20%. At the same time the wind rose from 5 mph to 25 mph.  I had never seen the fire danger sign increase by two steps in one day until this week. 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    I got to watch a logger fall a very large tree exactly where he said it would land.  He laid it down between two long rows of trees with only a few live limbs broken.  After he left I got out my long tape and a shorter one just in case.  Laying down made it much easier to

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Conditions lately have not been great.  QSB is constant which is an oxymoron.  The noise level is not very high but neither are the signal levels so it's a wash.  The sun continues its inactivity. I was not able to get to last week's net report so we'll start with that.  

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    It was a cool week so I spent my time inside working on plumbing.  I needed to find a tool so went to the shed where they're stored.  Then my eyes wandered to the shelves of books. Three bankers boxes of my Analog collection came in the house with me.  I began reading science

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    The fire danger has been very low this year.  I don't think we ever entered a true dry season.  Today it rained like it was the middle of November.  In about two weeks the tree which supports my main antenna has to come down.  I told them to drop it early in the week so I can

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Both nets had medium to deep QSB.  Reports of S3 to S7 were common.  QRN was in a steady hiss with a few crackles of summer storms on 40 meters.  Hopefully our pleading to the ion provider did not go in vain.  We may have to sacrifice a metaphor to propitiate it.   I have a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    Each time I walk the woods with another logger I learn a little more about the forest.  They estimate 25 loads of timber and I'll have it thinned.  Alder, cedar, fir, and hemlock.  The market for all of them is depressed but after thinning the rest recover quickly and grow

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening, Conditions were not good, abysmal comes to mind.  However, the day was not a total bust.  Two flocks of warblers are surrounding the flowering shrubs near the house.  The yellow warbler is fairly common, they got on my life list almost ten years ago.  But there was a new one

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good evening, Early August in Northern Wisconsin.  He awoke early, just before dawn.  He yawned his way to the dock as the sky became lighter and got in his canoe. Paddling out to the island in the middle of the lake he woke up. The mist was rising off the water and the loons were calling in

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net.......speed

Kevin, tnx for the reply. I fully understand the reasoning for closer spacing. I’ll try to checkin sometime when condx are a bit better, it was (349) copy through fast QSB and lots of summer QRN here at my place in GA. Tnx for the memory….worked Tom many times….was a great guy. :) 73, Tom

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net .....speed

…..what wpm do you run your net ? Thanks, Tom W4TMW --- Message: 15 Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 19:40:40 -0700 From: kevinr mailto:kev...@coho.net>> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net <mailto:elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement Pl

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net .....speed

Kevin…..what wpm do you run your net ? Thanks, Tom W4TMW --- Message: 15 Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 19:40:40 -0700 From: kevinr mailto:kev...@coho.net>> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net <mailto:elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Twenty meters was less noisy than forty.  QSB was deeper on the latter too.  Surprisingly everyone on 20 meters reported mild temperatures while on forty meters only two ops reported cooler temperatures.  One was hiding from tourists on a hillside near the Pacific.  The

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Thank you for the quick response. 73, Keith Wyatt KM6WIZ On Sat, 20 Jul 2019 22:44:15 -0700, you wrote: >Yes there is.  It is tomorrow morning on twenty meters.  Hang on while I >look it up. > >Here it is: > > >The Elecraft SSB Net meets on Sunday at 1800 UTC on or about 14.3035 MHz. >With

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

For those of us morse code disabled is there a SSB net for elecraft? On 7/20/2019 7:40 PM, kevinr wrote: ?? Good Evening, ?? The sun has finally pushed the clouds away.?? It got warm too. Huckleberries are going great as are the wild strawberries.?? I haven't seen the bear again but

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

    Good Evening,   The sun has finally pushed the clouds away.  It got warm too. Huckleberries are going great as are the wild strawberries.  I haven't seen the bear again but she would like them; there are even a few salmon berries left.  The coyotes started yipping at the moon last night

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Morning,     I spent an hour hiking the property with another set of loggers.  Three times in one week; I am getting my exercise. Today it was wet so we didn't break trail through the vine maple. Following in the elk paths was good enough to let them see the work to be done.  After this

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

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Good Evening,    Roy, K6XK, mentioned not having any earthquakes this week. During my formative years in Wisconsin I had never felt one.  Then in 1972 or '73 the New Madrid fault in Missouri let loose. Instead of working on chemistry problems I was reading Ambrose Bierce in my third floor

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    The sun almost developed a spot this week.  Its polarity was for the next cycle.  The solar flux index has been under 70 for quite some time.  But, like fishing, you just have to wait; and keep casting.    Weather remains unchanged from last week, cool and wet with a few

Re: [Elecraft] CW problem

John,Re:  "Anytime I change the mode from LSB or USB on any band to CW it starts to send a “dit” without stopping..."Take a look at the plug and jack.  Be sure there is no damage to the jack, and that none of the plug was left behind in the jack.  That happened to me once on a keyboard.  A part

Re: [Elecraft] CW problem

John, The recommended troubleshooting steps in cases like this is to remove everything from the K3 except the power cable and the coax to a dummy load. With that done, does the problem still appear - if so contact supp...@elecraft.com. If it does not appear, then plug things back in one at

Re: [Elecraft] CW problem

Good morning Do you have any external programs connected via CAT control? Mike va3mw Sent from my iPad > On Jul 5, 2019, at 6:58 AM, Roy Koeppe wrote: > > John, I think you may have won the Unique Problem Award with that one. Good > luck (sorry). > > Roy K6XK > > > I am trying to

Re: [Elecraft] CW problem

John, I think you may have won the Unique Problem Award with that one. Good luck (sorry). Roy K6XK I am trying to run down a CW transmit problem on my K3s. Anytime I change the mode from LSB or USB on any band to CW it starts to send a “dit” without stopping and I have to halt it by

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