[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    It was a good week.  Sunny and chilly, now wet and foggy.  On Wednesday I was out pruning when I saw a largish, white raptor ridge soaring past.  The next opening gave me more markings.  An elbow patch underneath the wing and little color.  It seemed familiar, accipter of Ore

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Both bands were weak and unproductive.  QSB was deeper on 20 than on 40 meters.  Noise was higher this week.  The web cams at the Geldingadalir volcano now have increased resolution and the sound is working.  The sub-woofers are moving the house as the lava flies.  I hope the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    The new fire station near Manning had a sign which read, "Warning, sunshine ahead."  After a long, gray winter the sunbreaks have become continuous.  Yesterday the daffodils started to open around 10 AM.  By noon they were fully open.  This is after five weeks of growth.  The

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Both bands had more QSB than I had expected.  There was more noise on 40 meters compared to 20.  There were only a few reports of snow.  Mostly sunny and warm was a common theme.  It was not very wet this winter, I hope the dry season does not bring too many fires.  Two years

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    I awoke to an inch of snow with more falling.  That lasted until mid-afternoon.  Then it started to hail followed by sleet and finally pellets of snow.  Lastly it started raining so the snow is gone.  Good day to watch the volcano in Iceland.  At least one of their web cams ha

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    There was more QSB than I had expected.  On twenty meters an operator would be strong one second and gone the next.  On forty meters there was more noise with less QSB.  I had to move downward to avoid the RTTY folks on forty.   On 14050.4 kHz at 2200z: W0CZ - Ken - ND NO

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    There have been a number of sunny days this week.  They are starting to form a pattern :)  I saw a few trilliums as I struggled through the thicket of hemlock along the southern edge of my land.  I did find a few places where the deer had made a path, but they are rather  shor

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Gusting winds have slowed enough to allow the snow to fall. Weather reports of 80 degrees with sunshine were appreciated. Spring takes a while to get here.  Twenty meters seemed noisy and weak.  Forty meters had less noise and less QSB.  Hopefully solar activity will increase

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    The rain has been falling less often.  Today there was sun for much of the day.  I followed the eastern edge of my property from corner pole to corner pole.  This was next to impossible before they thinned the forest.  Bright green moss dominated the scene. It is too early for

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Conditions were adequate to better.  QSB was deeper on 40 meters.  The band was changing quickly.  Signals ranged from S1 or less to S9, sometimes in the same sentence.  Spring is starting. Flowers are blooming ranked by elevation.  The daffodils are blooming down in Banks wh

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    It was a soggy, gray week.  The hummingbirds returned after a three week absence.  They told me exactly where the feeder should be located.  Today the sky cleared for an hour.  Long enough to see the moon.  The snout and fore-paws of the rabbit on the moon were showing.  Then

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Signals were fair to good on both bands.  They were quiet as well.  Quiet normally means weak propagation so I received more email than check ins.  Oh well, you never know until you try.  I almost missed both nets because I was busy listening to bird songs.  If I played the ri

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

A bit OT, and this is kinda like using a CW decoder, but the Cornell Lab of Ornithology has an phone app, BirdNet. which listens and will identify birds by their calls.  When started, it displays a waterfall display of sound, you drag brackets to surround the call in time, submit it, and it ide

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    The week began with wet weather.  Perfect for an net search to follow a hint by K0DTJ.  Brian mentioned the Merlin phone app, which helps you identify birds.  https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org Part of it is sound files.  Deeper digging got me to https://www.macaulaylibrary.org

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    As I had suspected the bands were not too good.  I was getting reports of QSB but experiencing none myself.  Noise was a little higher but signals were not.  I am not sure where twenty meters was landing since neither Ken nor Steve found me without repetitions.  I tried both

Re: [Elecraft] Late Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Cornell Labs puts out a really nice iPhone app called Merlin which includes regional databases, a search ladder to narrow down what you are trying to identify, photos and audio recordings and a brief description. We use it on hikes all the time to ID and try to call the birds we see. Great fun.

[Elecraft] Late Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Sorry for this being so late. I had sent it last night but from the wrong email account.  With Thunderbird you are not always sure from which account you are sending.  Oops. Good Evening, It is time to prepare for migration season.  I scan a few bird books to memorize identifying marks.  Bird

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Signals were fair to OK on twenty meters.  Steve had fast QSB but noise was low.  Forty meters changed from the first minute onward.  Signals were strong but everyone faded with time.   Some signs of spring but only those to the south had flowers. There are pockets of snow h

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,   We had a week of sunspots.  Solar flux is up slightly with some auroral activity.  The sun is also rising earlier and setting later.  Buds are forming on my lilacs.  The hummingbird left during the last few weeks of snow.  It is almost time for them to come back :)    I am a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Both bands were OK.  Twenty meters was quite active with DX contesters.  I had to move down to find a frequency.  Holding it was not easy.  QSB was mild on twenty meters, deeper on forty. Weather reports came in milder than last week.  Sun most places, it even came out here j

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    After two weeks a new sunspot has appeared.  We are also in a stream of solar wind.  Our ionosphere is being refreshed.  The auroral oval is strong at the moment.  Hopefully things will settle down a bit for tomorrow.  Noise levels are still fairly low maybe the signals will p

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Twenty meters was busy.  The RTTY folks were on 14050 and above.  The WES folks were below 14050.  I found a spot, and held it, from 2150z onward.  However, I only had one station find me. I did pick up a stray from New York while waiting to start the net.  Weather reports wer

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    Two of three storms has passed through.  Luckily, there was little freezing rain, but there was a moderate amount of snow.  A foot so far but nothing like what's going on south and east of me.  Skiing in the Cascades will be good.   I built a new computer recently.  I bought

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Twenty meters had a moderate level of noise with some QSB. Signals did drop to S2 or lower but copy was OK.  Forty meters had less noise at first, but by the end it grew louder.  There were a few digital contacts going on nearby.  Twenty moved on me, arriving at the East Coast

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,     Late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning I was awakened by a loud noise.  Then another.  It was a Barred Owl, right outside my window.  He kept it up for about thirty minutes, until he moved off and I fell back asleep.  They are regular visitors, as are Saw Whet owls. 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    My prediction of medium QSB came true.  I gave one report as S3 to S9 with a clear signal.  Noise was very light too.  But, both bands kept changing.  By the time I closed the first net everyone had disappeared.  On forty meters I started off strong then got weaker as time pas

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

On 2021-01-30 20:34:-0800, kevinr wrote: >� After reading many recommendations for the Sony MDR-7506 headphones I >bought a pair.� They came with an adapter for the plug to switch from >1/8" to 3/8".� That is not unusual, what is new is the way it connects.� >Instead of simply plugging on t

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    It snowed for much of the week.  The trees would fill with about four inches, their limbs would bend almost to the ground.  I saw a number of birds taking advantage of the cover during the heaviest snowfall.  Some perched, looking forlorn, while the others kept searching the

[Elecraft] CW Sidetone lost

Greetings to the List - I am scratching my head on this. Lately I've been using my new hearing aid interface as a headphone accessory for my K-3. It is a small box (Phonak brand) that plugs into the K-3 headphone jack, and transmits the audio to my hearing aids via bluetooth. Works great - I enjo

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening, Conditions were pretty good on both bands.  A little less noise on 40 meters with a little more QSB than on 20 meters.  Winter weather prevailed across the Northern tier of states.  My snow depth depends on the snow line.  If it is low I can get feet of snow in a few days.  But,

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    It was a good week.  I felt like the snail on the side of a well though.  Some successes, some failures but I am still on the side of the well.  I wonder what the snail feels like when he reaches the top and starts down the outside?  There was some sun shining into my well. 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Both bands were better than I had anticipated.  Low noise with mild QSB helped me copy better.  Rick commented after the first net that propagation was good for him to all of us.  The time change for the second net helped.  Signals got stronger for the first portion then bega

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    The sun has become more active.  There is one tiny sunspot with a group of them around the limb, ready to pounce.  The solar flux reading has yet to notice the new spots.  The auroral oval seems more pronounced.    Please notice a time change for the 40 meter net.  Signals st

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening, Both bands were surprisingly strong.  Low noise with little QSB was very pleasant.  I had to reduce my gain as each net went on. Cool weather everywhere which fits the season.  Most reported stay at home tasks which also fits.  I expect to leave the house later this week for the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    I saw a large ball of burning gas in the sky today.  Then I realized it was the sun.  How soon we forget.  This sight was buffered by the stiff wind and chilly temperatures.  Smells like snow.  Good day for a hike.  I took a path quite less taken, steep in fact.  I found elk s

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Conditions changed during both nets.  On twenty meters the noise kept growing until I could not hear anything.  On forty meters signal strength changed during a contact.  QSB was mild to medium on both nets which meant a few S0 reports.    Winter continues to be mild except

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    The year rang in with rain and fog.  I stepped outside to listen.  A minute later the local hummingbird buzzed my shoulder. He flew to a nearby branch and flashed his gorget at me.  Even on such a gray day it was very bright.  Resonance strikes again.    The sun's spots are

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Noise was low on both bands and QSB was moderate.  Some of you were surprisingly strong.  Forty meters was longer than twenty meters, reaching all the way into New Hampshire.  My weather was mild compared to most of you.  I heard snow, blizzard, wind and power outage.  Some of

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    I had sun for Christmas, what a change of pace.  Currently it is back to normal with fog and rain.  My lone hummingbird holdout is present at the feeder a few times a day.  I can't imagine what keeps him warm.    Solar flux is rising again - 88 sfu at the moment.  One of the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Conditions were good on both bands.  Lots of strong signals from the East.  QSB was slow and steady.  I was asked if I took rig information.  At that point I realized I knew what kind of rig each of you was running.  We used to exchange serial numbers before the K3 came along.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    I spent the last week at Gloom Central ™️.  Shortened days, foggy weather, with near continuous rain broken only by the occasional snow fall.  It is peaceful.  Gets me to clean the house and cook a lot.  It would be a good time to lay radials but I am weak.   The sun is more

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Subjects of the nets included: persistent but dry snow, router setup, conditions on the high bands, CUDA code, dry wells, skimming leaves from pools, and the elevation of my mountain home.  Never a dull moment.   On 14049.75 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI K6XK - Roy - IA

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    Snow line keeps moving either above me or below me.  I have had 2 inch flakes of snow falling while it is raining hard.  Then it all goes quiet as the snow prevails.  I have had as much as two inches of snow but for the moment there is less than an inch.    The sun is less s

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening, Puppy training, snow blowing, bird feeding, and weather covers the list of topics from the twenty meter net.  Right as I called NO8V the ferns started to move about twenty feet in front of me. A very sleepy doe woke up as I gave him a 539.  Then, as he was chatting, another doe w

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    Not much rain, a little sun, and a lot of wind.  What a week. The alders have been thinned.  The roads are covered with branches (trunks) up to six inches in diameter.  The rest will now grow faster.   The sun has had a string of active sunspot groups.  A few flares tossed s

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Conditions were pretty good on forty meters.  A little QSB but the band was quiet.  During the net I watched a loaf of bread rising on a heater next to me.  I could not be sure how long the net would last so I did not put it in the oven.  So it kept rising, and rising.  By the

Re: [Elecraft] CW bands hopping up through 10 m...

Maybe but with 100s of field activations under my belt this felt different!! I’m still routing for a spectacular cycle 25. Paul > On Nov 28, 2020, at 7:18 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > > On 11/28/2020 5:23 PM, PAUL GACEK via Elecraft wrote: >> lack of noise > > That probably had as much to do with

[Elecraft] 1/2 Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    It almost got sunny today, then a wall of fog passed over. Now the moon is partly visible above the fog.  This week I saw a group of deer browsing their way through that foggy day.  I did not know they ate sword fern.  Those stay green all winter, the other ferns feed the soi

Re: [Elecraft] CW bands hopping up through 10 m...

On 11/28/2020 5:23 PM, PAUL GACEK via Elecraft wrote: lack of noise That probably had as much to do with your SOTA QTH being noise-free and the antenna you were using as to propagation. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: ht

Re: [Elecraft] CW bands hopping up through 10 m...

Hi Wayne I did a couple of SOTA activations earlier today in the Eastern Sierras with my ever trusty KX2. I had some voice contacts on 17m to Hawaii and back east that were the best quality (clarity, lack of noise) that I have heard in ages. I hope Cycle 25 turns out to be a gem. Paul Gacek W

[Elecraft] CW bands hopping up through 10 m...

...due to both CQ WW and sunspots. Hearing lots of DX as well as stateside SOTA operators at the same time on 10 m. 20 and 15 m are blazing. Enjoy! Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecr

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    There was little noise on either band.  QSB was mild, except for those east of the Rockies on 40 meters.  There was a flutter on all of you.  Mostly it was reports of a chilly drizzle.  Wind too.  Cold wind.  Snow is in my forecast, sometimes I look forward to it.    I creat

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    It was a great morning.  Lots of sunshine with clear skies. The cool weather keeps the fog in the valleys and the mountain tops clear.  At night the fog dims the lights from towns nearby and the stars are bright.  I took a walk to check on the trees. It has grown too cold for

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Both bands were stronger than they were two weeks ago.  Less QSB on twenty while on forty meters had less on those farther west with a fast flutter on those to the east.  The sun angle seems about right for longer distance work on forty.  By the end of the second net it was da

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    It has been a wet, gray, and gloomy week.  So I completed my plumbing to do list.  The best part was not having to go to the hardware store to do so.  I had thought that was impossible. Today it has been very windy.  The trees are getting trimmed. Every minute or so there is

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Cancellation

Hello,    Due to the sweepstakes contest there will be no CW nets today.  Gives me time to do some serious fall cleaning.  I hope the solar flux remains high.  It is over 90 right now after years stuck at 70.  There is also a large sunspot group.  The new solar cycle has arrived.    See you

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Propagation is improving.  Signals have gotten better over the last month.  Less background hiss with milder QSB.  Parts of the country do have a rapid flutter, which doesn't help.  I copied the KB3 station as KB3UDR and KB3FDR but little else.   More dog training, winterizi

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    It was a good week for mushrooms.  Cool nights, cool, sunny days.  Many large, red amanita popping up.  A large group of sunspots popped up too.  Solar activity has been higher over the last few weeks.  SFU was at 85, today it's at 80.  There were some flares but none directed

[Elecraft] CW Hum on 20m

Hi, I noticed last night i have a raspy hum on CW and SSB when transmitting on 20m. The other bands seem to be fine. Has anyone else encountered this? I have searched the archive and another person experienced the same but I can't see if the operator found a solution. Cheers, Dave. -- Se

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Conditions were better than I had expected.  QSB was not too deep or fast.  Some noise but signals popped out easily.  I thought there would be more hissing noise from solar wind.  The cold which is passing over me is causing high winds to my south. Folks in California reporte

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    It was a cool, gray week.  I'm sure the last hummingbird has left.  A front moved through and the temperature is dropping.  I think it rose to 42 today.   Tomorrow night should drop to 23 degrees, with snow by morning.  The plants are in the house.  One good thing is the freez

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    QSB was mild today and signals were clear.  Both bands gave signals from all over; I did not work the same state twice in a row.  Florida was surprising but I have worked CT recently.  I think we are past the bottom of the solar cycle and working our way up the next one.  I ha

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    I took a walk today to find more wood.  After two weeks of rain the sunny weather coaxed out quite a few mushrooms.  The chanterelle population was high before the thinning.  I thought it would take a few more years before they came back.  The slash is rotting into the soil w

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Tune led

I have an idea which should work as an easy to build tune indicator. I have used an LM567 tone decoder (8 pin DIP) which costs $2.22 from Mouser electronics. The Mouser data sheet shows possible circuits. I use it to drive my telegraph sounders from off the air CW signals. I set mine up for

[Elecraft] CW Tune Led for Elecraft K2/K1

When Ron's CW Indicator kit became unavailable, I drew up a board in KiCad and had OshPark make some up.  The masking makes part placement a bit more critical than the original board.  But it does work fine. NJR has apparently stopped making the PLL decoder IC (NJM2211M)Both Mouser and Digikey

Re: [Elecraft] CW Tune Led for Elecraft K2/K1

Ron's (wb3aal) documentation for the CW tuning indicator is on the wayback machine. https://web.archive.org/web/20180109195848/http://www.wb3aal.com/Pages/K6XX/K6XXCWIndicatorKit.htm Richard - K4KRW __ Elecraft mailing list Home

Re: [Elecraft] CW Tune Led for Elecraft K2/K1

Geert, The kits that Ron WB3AAL (SK) offered were exactly the same kit as Tom Hammond N0SS (SK) offered. Tom passed the baton to Ron for the kits some long time ago (2015 or 2016). Ron added nothing, and in fact offered Tom's documentation for the instructions. One thing that Ron did add w

Re: [Elecraft] CW Tune Led for Elecraft K2/K1

On 15/10/2020 18:37, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote: someone out there still have the kit for CE Tune Led modification for the Elecraft K2 (or K1) ? Or any information where is possible to find it ? Last year, I found a kit offered by WB3AAL and I ordered. Unfortunately, I learned late

[Elecraft] CW Tune Led for Elecraft K2/K1

Hello, someone out there still have the kit for CE Tune Led modification for the Elecraft K2 (or K1) ? Or any information where is possible to find it ? Thanks a lot, Graziano IW2NOY / W2NOY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailm

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    QSB made life interesting.  It varied from slow waves running from S3 to S9 followed by faster rates as I copied farther west. By the time I landed in CO or TX the rate began chopping characters.  I had to ask W0LI for many repetitions.  Each element was being broken into dits

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    It was a good week to sleep with the windows open.  Cool breeze, some rain, and a few owls.  One night it was a single Saw Whet owl filing away for hours.  The next night started with two owls making generic owl noises.  Then one of them broke into the familiar Barred Owl cal

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,   I had noise from a storm north of me during the twenty meter net.  QSB was at medium which sometimes helped.  The forty meter net had stronger signals than last week with less noise.  There were folks in the CA contest above and below me.  It was hard to find an opening on twe

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    I have never seen a single elk.  They always appear in groups.  First three or four, and then more pop out of the background.  Unless they move it's hard to tell they are standing fifty feet away.  This week the wind was very light but coming toward me.  I saw a few out of pl

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Neither band was very noisy.  There were different types of QSB, sometimes simultaneously.  One of them was like the picket fencing you get on FM.  It made copy interesting.  Mild to warm fall weather was reported with a few antenna projects.  Smoke and then rain have prevent

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    I received over five inches of rain this week, the air is much fresher.  There is some solar activity: a sunspot, a G2 class storm, and higher flux readings.  It will be noisy but the signals may be stronger.  I expect QSB to be deep and rapid.  The nets will be entertaining.

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Actually, I use radians all the time. Probably one of the least recognized, but common, uses is in firearm scopes. My Falcon Optics M18+ 4-18-44 is mil/mil. WAY easier to scale than MOA. I have been metric for decades. Went that way in the 70s, and never looked back. Had to go to Canada to get m

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Conditions were a bit better on forty meters than they were on twenty.  QSB was faster there but signals were stronger.  Even though the sun is still blank forty meters bounced east of the Mississippi.  Weak and warbly, but copy was 50% or better.  There was more band noise. 

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

You didn't have to use gradians too?  Smoke has cleared here in NW NV for the last two or so days, SW winds will likely bring it back tomorrow. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 9/19/2020 9:22 PM, kevinr wrote: I spent the week writing some graphics code for a 3D engine

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    I went for a hike this afternoon.  The mist was hanging in the air.  It felt great to breath without smoke or ash in the air.  It has rained off and on for the last two days.  East of Portland they received over 2 inches.  Hopefully that held true farther south.  I noticed a l

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Signals were stronger than last week with less noise on both bands.  QSB was a little higher on forty meters.  Most of you reported very nice weather.  Even out west the weather is not too bad once you allow for all the smoke.  It certainly makes working outside difficult.  St

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    The wind switched direction on Tuesday to come out of the east.  Within an hour I could see the smoke flowing through the trees.  Then ash started falling.  Luckily the smoke did not smell like a local fire.  It was from a fire in the Gifford Pinchot Forest in Washington.  Th

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Conditions on both bands was OK.  Not a lot of noise, some QSB, signals were easy copy.  Weather reports varied, to put it mildly :)  Frost and snow along with smoke and 113 degree temperatures.  There will be a lot of wind with a temperature differential like that.  We are du

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening, Please join us on (or near): 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)  7047 kHz at 0045z Monday (5:45 PM PDT Sunday)    73,   Kevin. KD5ONS _ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listin

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Conditions were fair to OK on both bands.  Slow QSB on everyone on both bands.  There was a storm somewhere on 40 meters.  A steady grumble behind the code.  Everyone described cooler weather.  Even in California, but they're hoping for less smoke.  There are more fires in Or

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    It has been dropping into the 40s each night this week.  I almost started a fire in the woodstove. But, by noon it was back to 70 again.  I collected a lot of dry, bucked up wood and got my exercise.  Ten more truck loads and I'll be started.  While I was complaining to the ja

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Conditions were fair on both bands.  QSB was about three to four S units with a medium noise level on 20 m.  I expected summer storms but heard no lightning strikes.  Forty meters was more local with a smaller range of QSB.  As the days grow shorter I expect 0045z will work b

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    It cooled off and got wet the last few days.  Fire danger dropped considerably.  Too bad the rain can't move south a few hundred miles.  There are no sunspots today, but in a day or two a group will pass over the limb.  Autumn is starting a little early.  It is going to be a v

Re: [Elecraft] CW Sidetone and Line Out?

Wow thanks Bob. I thought I was going nuts and wasn't sure where the sidetone was coming from. Seems odd that the normal mon control doesn't affect this but I'm sure Elecraft had it's reasons. Thanks again, Dana On Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 4:35 PM Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote: > There's a special set

Re: [Elecraft] CW Sidetone and Line Out?

There's a special setting only documented in the K3 Firmware Release Notes as follows: * TX LINE OUT (MONITOR) LEVEL NOW ADJUSTABLE: In CONFIG:LIN OUT menu entry, tap '2' (REV switch) to set the "T=" level (TX monitor). Tap '2' again to return to

[Elecraft] CW Sidetone and Line Out?

I typically use a telephone connection for receive audio from my remote K3 as its one less dependence on the crummy internet I have. That broke today so I'm using audio over the Internet using DF3CB REMAUD program. My CW sidetone is loud no matter what I set "MON" too, and I've even experimented

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,     Conditions were different from last week.  More noise and less QSB on both bands.  Summer storms were quite active.  Some of you were behind walls of static, while others had the noise behind them.  Signals were strong, in the S5 to S9 range.  Contacts were along a northern p

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Yesterday during NAQP, 40M was approaching decent at 0045z. All the bands were between bad and awful though. Good luck. 73 Bill AE6JV On 8/15/20 at 11:27 PM, kev...@coho.net (kevinr) wrote:   Remember the time change for forty meters.  I'll be monitoring by 0030z but won't start calling until

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    Fire danger got very high today.  It will be hot again tomorrow.  The highway to Seaside and Astoria was pretty full yesterday.  Hopefully none of those campers will start a fire. Luckily most of the heat will be gone by Wednesday.  There were some foggy mornings last week so

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

I heard nothing on 40M. 20M was good and QSB was only 2 S-units or so.; K4TO On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 12:43 AM wrote: > Hello Kevin; > > Just saying thanks and I agree the QSB was crazy!!! > > I am wondering if you or others have tried to use APF on the Elecraft > radio to pull out weaker CW sig

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Hello Kevin; Just saying thanks and I agree the QSB was crazy!!! I am wondering if you or others have tried to use APF on the Elecraft radio to pull out weaker CW signals from the noise. I've tried it a few times on my KX3 but wonder if I am setting it up correctly. I'm not sure it would have

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,   Both bands had summer storm noise and QSB.  Signals were strong though and easy to copy.  The biggest problem was separating the calls out from one long howl.  I think I copied "howl TX9V" at one point which works out to K4TO, K6XK, and AB9V respectively.  Then I worked AK back

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    It has been well over a week since we have had a blank sun. Much better than the last year.  Maybe things are looking up. There was some radiation from a flare but no CME will arrive. Sunspot AR2770 is pointing at us so you never know.   There are some signs of fall.  A few

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

On 8/2/20 at 1:14 AM, kev...@coho.net (kevinr) wrote: Weather was cooler, except for inland California and Georgia.  I can't imagine either place without air conditioning. I remember teasing a friend from Georgia about air conditioning. She finally put her hands on her hips, looked me straigh

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,   Both bands had 4 S-unit QSB.  On twenty meters there was more noise on the inverted-V compared to the 1/4 wave vertical.  On forty meters the vertical had more noise.  The new antenna performed well bringing more signals out of the noise.    The time change for forty meters h

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

On 2020-08-01 19:39:-0700, kevinr wrote: >*MARVIN:* >I don�t think they�re very clever. There�s only one person as intelligent as >me within thirteen parsecs of here and that�s me. "I don�t think they�re very clever. There�s only one person as intelligent as I within thirteen parsecs of here, a

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