[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-07-15 Thread kevinr
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

2019-07-14 Thread kevinr
Good Morning, Please join us on: 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS _ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-07-07 Thread kevinr
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

2019-07-07 Thread kevinr
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

2019-07-05 Thread rv6amark via Elecraft
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

2019-07-05 Thread Don Wilhelm
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

2019-07-05 Thread Michael Walker
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

2019-07-05 Thread Roy Koeppe
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

[Elecraft] CW problem

2019-07-04 Thread John and Rita Freitag via Elecraft
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 restoring the configuration. This does fix it until I try to switch to CW again; and then, the same story. I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-06-30 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Conditions were poor.  QSB was deep.  But the thunderstorm noise was not too bad.  I remember the bottom of the last cycle seemed interminable, this one compares to it.  At least the upward path is steeper than the backside.  Now to start seeing improvement.    The folks

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-06-29 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    The annual Field Day hiatus has passed.  It has been cool and wet.  But, then, it is not yet officially summer in Oregon.  For that you have to wait until after July 4th.  However, the loggers have been very active.  They're clearing the other side of the top of this

Re: [Elecraft] CW decode speed?

2019-06-24 Thread Frank Krozel
OK figured it out. After decoding signals (first step) then select TEXT DEC (0) then use “B” to select WPM CHK. Pretty cool. de Frank KG9H > On Jun 24, 2019, at 6:35 AM, Frank Krozel wrote: > > Looking for the instructions on how to indicate the speed of a received > station on my K3. >

[Elecraft] CW decode speed?

2019-06-24 Thread Frank Krozel
Looking for the instructions on how to indicate the speed of a received station on my K3. Looked in the K3 manual but cannot find the speed indicator. anyone? de Frank KG9H __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-06-16 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,   Twenty meters was interesting today.  Signals would appear for a few seconds and then be gone.  But normally they came back again and again.  Reports came in from Alaska to Connecticut, Iowa to California but the closest was from about 16 miles away.  Forest Grove, Oregon sits

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-06-15 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Solar conditions are little different than they have been for weeks.  We're due to enter another stream of ions which will keep us in business for a while.  I will continue switching between antennas to see how they compare.    I mentioned the black bear to my neighbor who

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-06-09 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    A few minutes after the second net I started dinner.  Then I walked out onto the deck.  I took a few steps when I heard the crack of a branch.  Deer don't do that.  I turned and saw a round black shape which ran like a bear.  Hmmm... black bear, cool.  Not very big but I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-06-08 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    It was cool but not very wet this week.  Good for all the hiking it takes to retrieve and rebuild an antenna.  It is a doublet with one leg a few inches shorter than the other.  A portable spar pole was not lowered as the loggers moved it around the mountain.  It was tall

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-06-02 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Conditions were poor.  Many thunderstorms left layers of noise.  QSB was ranging over 5 to 6 S units.  The ionosphere seems to be jumping if not active.   On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: K0DTJ - Brian - CA K4TO - Dave - KY K6XK - Roy - IA K4JPN - Steve - GA   On 7047.5 kHz

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-06-01 Thread kevinr
Good evening,    It has been a very pleasant week.  Mornings of fog rain and then the sun comes out for the rest of the day.  Plants are growing like crazy.  The biting flies are not too bad but the breeze certainly helps.  They just can't find me to eat me.    I checked both 20 and 40

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-05-25 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Writing that always gives me the chills; like Alfred is about to start his monologue.  My parents never should have let me stay up that late.  Scared me silly.  Be that as it may the week has progressed.  Cool, rainy, but pleasant.  K4 chatter remains high as does Elecraft's

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-05-19 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    The difference between propagation on twenty and forty meters was amazing.  Normally one predicts the other but not today. Twenty was pretty good while forty was not.  Both bands had strong QSB.  I gave more than one report of S0 to S6.  There were a few thunderstorms but

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-05-18 Thread kevinr
Good evening,    A chilly, rainy week is causing the fir and hemlock to expose new growth.  More shades of green than you can imagine.  The deer are taking advantage of it.  Lots of elk sign too.  Many new birds but most of them are passing through on their way north.  A red shafted flicker

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-05-12 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Conditions were a little noisy, weak, with moderate QSB.  I was hoping for better.  Weather, on the other hand, was great all over.  I plan to spend the week getting my fingers dirty planting seeds and starts.  The birds keep me company with an occasional hummingbird eyeing

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-05-11 Thread kevinr
Good evening,    A hot week caused the fire danger to spike.  The moisture is baking out of the ground, any wind can spread a spark.  Even so there was heavy logging higher up this mountain.  Luckily they didn't start falling trees until 4 AM.  As it dries out they start much earlier.   

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-05-05 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    QSB plus a roaring background made copy interesting.  But with a few repeats things went fine.  Outdoor activities were discussed with food prominent in some of them.  It was sunny here with enough wind to keep the few biting flies off my scent.  Some insects use infrared

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-05-04 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    A recycled sunspot is rising for another pass.  It rounded the limb with a bang sending a CME off into space.  Hopefully it will continue its activity and shoot something in our direction. Weather has been very pleasant.  The moist green palette is being replaced by a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-04-28 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Both bands had a medium level of QSB; but copy was OK on each of them.  Mostly tales of yard work but Dave was doing antenna work.  He had a much better signal than he did last week.  I had frost last night while Roy had some snow.  I remember skiing in Wisconsin on May 5th

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-04-27 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The last of the neotenous flowers are blooming before the alder close the canopy.  Hummingbirds have ceased gathering cobwebs from around my windows.  Bracken fern are growing rapidly; not yet unrolling but over a foot tall.  Yesterday they were only lumps pushing out of the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-04-21 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Twenty meters was noisy but open to the east.  QSB was deep so repetition was appreciated.  Forty meters was also noisy but QSB was deeper, cutting out whole words.  It was fun digging out all of you.  I did have one problem.  I thought I was copying noise. The signal was so

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-04-21 Thread kevinr
Good Morning,    Last week's sunspot is passing over the limb of the sun.  The rest of the surface is blank.  But twenty meters has a roaring sound to it.  Even though the CME thrown by the spot was not aimed at us there are still a few effects from it.  There are a few contests going on but

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-04-14 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Propagation was better this week.  Plenty of noise and QSB but at least signals were present.  S0 to S5 with decent copy.  I did not hear any thunderstorms.  Cool weather reports for the most part.  Lots of yard work and clean up.  Antenna projects will get pushed off for a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-04-13 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    More birds are returning and leaves are starting to appear. The deer I've not seen in months are right outside my window. They are taking advantage of the winds of last night.  Long strands of lichen which normally hang from the trees blow on to the ground and the deer eat it

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-04-07 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     I have not been skunked in many years.  But, on 40 meters I was met with dead air after each CQ.   On 14049.5 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI  healing as his weather improves K6XK - Roy - IA   living the good life with cheap parking AB9V - Mike - IN  enjoying fewer bugs

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-04-06 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    After a rainy week we had a break.  And then more rain.  The weather is back to normal.  Peaceful gloom and the sound of rain drops.  The moss is glowing.  The sun is slightly more active. Who knows how that will effect the ionosphere?  We can find out tomorrow. Please join

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-03-31 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    QRM got out of hand on the second net.  I just cannot compete with those running power.  But, it is not about competition it's about finding out how you all are doing.  The biting flies are just beginning to dominate the landscape so I'm grumpy :)  (later in the year I'll be

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-03-30 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    It was nice to have a day of sun.  The forest floor is just starting to green up.  The early plants need to get as much light as they can before the alder leaf out.  The spiders were making their presence felt.  Very few bugs out but they know better than I do about hunting

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-03-24 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Twenty meters sounded like wind driven snow crossing the prairie.  Hissing with some whistling.  At least I couldn't feel the windchill.  Previous to the net I scanned and scanned and scanned finding only two CW signals between 14000 and 14060 kHz. But I was able to work one

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-03-23 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,   Yesterday I drove from where there was still snow with my snow drops just poking through.  At my neighbor's house about 600 feet lower theirs were blooming.  At about 600 feet below that the daffodils were just opening.  Another 600 feet and I was in downtown Buxton where the

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report (OT now)

2019-03-21 Thread kevinr
Hi Knut,    No, I found the lyrics applicable to my life; the aria has been running through my head for the last two days.  I have been very busy on a project with lots of long sleepless nights. Eighteen months so far and at least one more to go.  But when this is done life will dawn and I

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report (OT now)

2019-03-21 Thread Dave Sublette
Not only that. but I have played the music to Nessun dorma! 73, Dave, K4TO On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 3:56 PM ab2tc wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > I always read the CW Net report with great interest. I think of it as the > "Oregon weather report" But WOW, this is the first time I have seen any > message

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report (OT now)

2019-03-21 Thread ab2tc
Hi Kevin, I always read the CW Net report with great interest. I think of it as the "Oregon weather report" But WOW, this is the first time I have seen any message sign off with the lyrics to one of Puccini's most famous tenor arias. Is there is a connection to the subject line here or is this

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-03-21 Thread kevinr
Good Afternoon,   Things got very busy for me so this moldered in my files for a few days.  However, Sunday's propagation was not special nor good.  Very weak signals, deepish QSB, and a steady, windy sound. Even on forty meters the normal crowd was thinned.  Hopefully the sun will be more

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-03-17 Thread kevinr
Good Morning,    The snow is slowly melting its way off the land.  I flushed the first grouse of the season who was checking out the newly exposed soil.  The air smells wonderful, no dust, no pollen, no mold.  With the increasing temperature the bugs will soon be here.  Once they get hatched

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-03-10 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Twenty meters had a steady, windy sound to it.  QSB was medium slow but signals were weaker than last week.  Forty meters was stronger but the QSB was deeper.  I was told of thunderstorms in California but could not hear any lightning static.  There were a few whistlers and

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-03-10 Thread kevinr
Good Morning,    Check the new net times.  I wanted to keep the propagation instead of moving the nets.  So I did not change the Universal times but rather the local times.  If I would have used my normal methods the propagation would be much different.    Now, hopefully, there will be some

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-03-03 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Twenty meters was weak with a medium level of noise on my end. Out East they were getting hammered by it.  Forty meters had less noise (again from my point of view) but it made up for it with slow and deep QSB.  I gave more than one S0 to S9 report and a few of S2 to S7. 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-03-02 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Two whole days have passed with no snow fall.  What a relief, February was interminable.  But even with the warmer temperatures it will take a while for all the ice and heavy snow to melt.  It sure is nice to see the sun again.   While the sun remains as blank as it was all

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Report errata

2019-02-24 Thread kevinr
I looked at the map, verified I had it correct, and then promptly typed the wrong state. K4TAX has not moved.  Bob still lives in Tennessee.    73,   Kevin.  KD5ONS  Net Control Operator 4th class __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-02-24 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Both bands had a steady hiss with rapid QSB between a wow and a flutter.  Signals were weaker than last week.  Weather reports were attention grabbing.  I kept hearing the word blizzard.  50 mph with heavy snow is pretty intense.  When lightning and thunder accompany it

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-02-23 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Winter had been mild, now that's only a memory.  It has snowed every day for two weeks.  The sun was also experiencing mild weather but now it has a hole shooting ions off into space.  The stream is turning our way due Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. After the aurora

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-02-17 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Forty meters was contesters up and down the dial.  And then it all went quiet.  I ran the forty meter net for 28 minutes and worked a nice group of people.  A few of them fresh from the contest others not so fresh after hours of snow moving.  The report of good food in New

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-02-16 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    After a snow filled week the forecast is for sun and then more snow.  The solar flux has risen by one full point.  However, a solar breeze is due to hit on Tuesday.  There is another contest this week.  The International DX CW contest.  If I can find room on 20 meters I will

Re: [Elecraft] CW with PX3

2019-02-15 Thread Gwen Patton
I found that any wired keyboard I used would suffer from the same problem, usually a runaway transmit condition, where new characters got jam-crammed into the keyboard buffer due to stray RF. This kept the KX3/PX3 transmitting until cancelled manually. Bluetooth keyboards don't work because

Re: [Elecraft] CW with PX3

2019-02-15 Thread Bob N3MNT
I am using this one and have not had any issues. https://www.amazon.de/TeckNet-Kabellose-Tastatur-QWERTZ-Schwarz/dp/B00M75WPKO -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] CW with PX3

2019-02-15 Thread Douglas Dreger
Can you list which keyboards work well. I am using one that is having issues with dropped characters, added characters and disconnecting from the px3. -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-02-10 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Twenty meters was a little noisy but decent copy.  Forty meters had atmospheric noises and two kinds of QSB.  Slow cycles and a fast flutter.  The latter can really chop up characters. The northern tier of check ins all had some form of snow.  Here the forecast keeps

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-02-09 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    The WPX RTTY contest is running through tomorrow.  They will finish at the start of the forty meter net.  But they may be filling much of the CW portion of the band plan earlier in the day.  If I can find an open spot between them I will start the twenty meter net.  If I have

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-02-03 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Compared to last week Fargo, North Dakota is undergoing a heat wave.  It's up to 0 degrees Fahrenheit :)  Iowa has dense fog and sauna-like temperatures in the mid 40s.  My brother in SW Wisconsin reported a flood just west of his barn.  His Mangalitsa and mulefoot pigs are

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net part one

2019-02-03 Thread kevinr
The twenty meter net went rather well.  Once I had a chance to call the net I was met by a solid tone which is always a good sign.  The tail-enders get a break.  By being a second after the solid tone I can get letters from your callsigns.  Signal reports all had some QSB but ranged from S1 to

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-02-03 Thread Bill Johnson
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement Tied to check in for first time and here in Louisiana I was unable to hear enough to tell what was being said. Made one call but got no response Bill WF9M > On February 3, 2019 at 10:26 AM Phil Shepard mailto:ph...@riousa.com >

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-02-03 Thread 1lasportsman 1lasportsman
Tied to check in for first time and here in Louisiana I was unable to hear enough to tell what was being said. Made one call but got no response Bill WF9M > On February 3, 2019 at 10:26 AM Phil Shepard mailto:ph...@riousa.com > wrote: > > > Sundays at 1800Z on 14.3035. > > > > On

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-02-03 Thread Phil Shepard
Sundays at 1800Z on 14.3035. > On Feb 3, 2019, at 6:23 AM, RALPH TURK wrote: > > What time & Freq is the Elecraft SSB net on? > > Ralph,W7HSG > > > 520-444-6610 > > Ralph S. Turk, > > >> On February 2, 2019 at 10:51 PM kevinr wrote: >> >> >> Good Evening, >> >>Tomorrow we are

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-02-03 Thread RALPH TURK
What time & Freq is the Elecraft SSB net on? Ralph,W7HSG 520-444-6610 Ralph S. Turk, > On February 2, 2019 at 10:51 PM kevinr wrote: > > > Good Evening, > >    Tomorrow we are due for a snow storm.  Somewhere between six and > eight inches before it ends.  Hopefully it will not

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-02-02 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Tomorrow we are due for a snow storm.  Somewhere between six and eight inches before it ends.  Hopefully it will not effect the power.  But the chances of me losing power between nets gets higher as the storm increases.  So we'll see what happens.  If I am not around for

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-01-27 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Conditions were better on both bands.  QSB was everywhere but I was able to reach farther across the country.  Alberta Clipper was the storm type.  Dry snow, lots of drifting, followed by deep cold.  Good thing dry snow insulates so well.  My mother was born in North Dakota

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-01-26 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Please join us tomorrow on: 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday  (2 PM PST Sunday)  7047 kHz at z Monday  (4 PM PST Sunday) 73,    Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-01-20 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Both bands were crystal clear and quiet.  But neither were very productive.  The inclement weather of the Midwest may be part of it.  Even Central California was getting its share. Thunderstorms and a tornado.  Things are quieter here but it has been steadily raining for the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-01-19 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    I have been reading forecasts of frigid cold in middle America.  Being a native of Wisconsin frigid means at least 25 below zero with wind chill subtracted from there.  I don't think the news people really mean that though.  The predictions have been drifting upward with a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-01-13 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Twenty meters was not easy.  After I worked Ken I called for more check ins and got Roy and another very weak station.  Roy said he needs to keep his snow blower active.  Maybe he'll volunteer for folks east of him.  I kept digging and found only a presence calling me.  Then

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-01-12 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    The small sunspot of last week has crossed over the limb of the sun.  Some auroral activity so there are ions out there. Without the storms of summer it should be pretty quiet.  My noise floor is normally low, somewhere below S1.  No nearby neighbors, no electric fences, and

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-01-06 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Twenty meters had QSB while forty had RTTY contesters and a very loud tone slightly below 7047 kHz.  This made me search for an open frequency which I found at 7044 kHz.  I called there until 0002z when I switched back to around 7047 and found the contest was over.  So I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2019-01-05 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Hopefully I will be able to get on the air tomorrow.  The winds are starting to rise and the power keeps glitching every few minutes.  Mostly just brown out so  the clocks stay set.  The main power lines from Bonneville Dam are very exposed to this weather. A snow storm may

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-12-30 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Conditions on both bands were fair.  Both had some form of QSB but forty meters had a growing noise problem.  The sun is setting during the second net so the conditions change quickly.  Moving the net time forward made the difference between me not hearing anyone to what we

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2018-12-29 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    61% of 2018 has had a spotless sun.  I think this the first time above 60% all year.  Scanning the list on spaceweather.com we have to go back to 2009 for a more blank year.  2008 and 2009 were at the bottom of the previous cycle.  This means at least another year with few

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-12-23 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Twenty meters was not helpful today.  But I did hear a lot of folks on straight keys honing their skills for next weekend. Forty meters had QSB ranging from Zip to S5 (one report) through S4 to S9.  But the change was rapid enough it would only effect a letter here and there.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2018-12-22 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    The full moon rose over the horizon as I was eating dinner. Then it disappeared into the dense clouds.  I thought it was going to be clear enough to see the Christmas comet but those clouds got in the way.  Maybe next week when the moon is less bright and farther along in its

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-12-16 Thread Dave Sublette
Hi Kevin, There is a good reason I was on the 160M vertical on 20. It was the antenna I could hear you best on. :-) Right now, my rotating tower with the 40M Moxons is pointed at 164 and I won't turn it because I have a trolley cable attached at 125 feet, getting ready to install a four

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-12-16 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Both bands were quiet and weak.  Forty meters had deep QSB on everyone.  Reports of S4 to S9 happened.  I gave one of S1 to S8. Good thing the bands were quiet because the QSB made life interesting.  Forty meters was even more fun.  I don't think I had the chance to call CQ

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2018-12-15 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    The weeks seem to fly by this time of year.  It does not help that the days are short and gray.  You can never tell what time it is because the sun is so rarely visible.  Lots of rain too.  But it is not too cold and it has yet to snow.  The power went out for six hours or so

Re: [Elecraft] CW Decode and Preamp?

2018-12-13 Thread na5n
Gwen Patton writes: I do try to have the decode around 3 or 4, but code that'll decode with the preamp off doesn't even make the CWT bar flicker with it on. I copy code in my head but have played with the CW decoder on my KX2 for amusement and also at our FD station so the others could see

Re: [Elecraft] CW Decode and Preamp?

2018-12-13 Thread Gwen Patton
if I can help. I hope I > understood the questions right and this helps. > > Thanks > > Gerald KC6CNN > > > > > > > > *From: *Gwen Patton > *Sent: *Wednesday, December 12, 2018 7:23 PM > *To: *elecraft@mailman.qth.net > *Subject: *[Elecraft] CW Decod

Re: [Elecraft] CW Decode and Preamp?

2018-12-12 Thread Bob McGraw K4TAX
I'd say initially that you aren't configuring the radio for the best decode.   Here's something I wrote some months earlier.   It might prove worthwhile in your case.  Of course not knowing what bands and your noise conditions is something you'll have to judge for yourself.  You may need to

[Elecraft] CW Decode and Preamp?

2018-12-12 Thread Gwen Patton
Please forgive me if this is a FAQ. If it is, just point me to where I can find the old answer and I won't bring it up again. I can usually get the CW decode to work if I can clearly hear the signal. The CWT bar flashes and the text scrolls, and it gets a lot of characters right. BUT...

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-12-09 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Conditions for both nets were fairly good.  Some QSB but clear signals nonetheless.   On 14050.75 kHz at 2200z: K6XK - Roy - IA W0CZ - Ken - ND AB9V - Mike - IN K4TO - Dave - KY K6CN - Harv - CA   On 7047 kHz at z: W6JHB - Jim - CA W0CZ - Ken - ND K0DTJ - Brian

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2018-12-09 Thread Sheridan Bridge
Thanks Kevin and others who responded to my question about the SSB net. 73, Guy WB7SZI Sent from my iPhone __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2018-12-09 Thread Kurt Cramer
Yes the Elecraft SSB net is 14.3035 at 1800 Z on Sunday. NCS is in Chicago. If you don’t copy him, stay around because there are relay stations in Caif. Oregon, Colorado , Fla. east cost, N. Texas and I forgot some. Kurt W7QHD > On Dec 8, 2018, at 9:47 PM, kevinr wrote: > > Good

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2018-12-08 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Only a few more weeks before the sun turns the corner and starts moving again.  That means I think I have found the proper times for the nets until the next time change.  Both twenty and forty meter nets seemed to have OK propagation.  Nothing fantastic but quiet and

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-12-02 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Propagation was better this week.  Both bands were clear and loud.  Some whistlers on 40 m but the thunderstorm QRN was gone. Those thunderstorms have been replaced by blizzards.  Roy is prepping his snowblower while Ken is outside in a creche tonight. Enjoying winter can

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2018-12-01 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,   It has been a very wet week.  A few hours ago the rain got a little more solid.  No snow should accumulate but there will be flurries tonight and tomorrow.  Luckily, the sun is only twenty days away from turning the corner.  There is lag time in the system but I expect less

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-11-26 Thread kevinr
Good Afternoon,    When I could find no open spot to run the twenty meter net I went back to my reading.  CQWW covered a wide swath of the band. I started the forty meter net at 0030z and had good results for a few minutes.  Then the band dropped off a cliff.  Moving the time forward had

[Elecraft] Fwd: Elecraft CW Net Announcement Errata

2018-11-24 Thread kevinr
- Forwarded Message Subject:[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 21:30:18 -0800 From: kevinr To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Good Evening, ... Please join us tomorrow on: 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (2 PM PST Sunday)   7047 kHz at 0030z

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2018-11-24 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Rainy season is here.  A foggy, wet, gray week, great for spending time inside by the fire.  Magazines have piled up but I normally keep those for power outages.  A sunspot is trying to grow.  In a few days we're due for a solar donation.  Sometime Monday I think.    For

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-11-19 Thread kevinr
Good Afternoon,    Yesterday's twenty meter net had fair to good reception on a clear band.  The forty meter net had a few moments of good reception.  Then propagation dropped off of a cliff.  Afterward I received a few emails describing what was heard on their end. Fine signals while I was

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2018-11-17 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Mornings have been quite foggy but each sunset this week has been very orange.  I can't smell the smoke but it is out there.  I am glad the fog soaks all the nearby forest.  The loggers are too.  Each day I heard heavy equipment moving to a new location. Last week's test of

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-11-12 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    The new time for the twenty meter net worked well.  Signals were clear, easy copy, even with deep QSB.  I gave one report as the range S2 to S8.  The new time for the forty meter net was not as good.  Signals had the same deep QSB but were weaker with more band noise.  Now

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2018-11-10 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    It is easier to see through the woods because almost all of the leaves have fallen.  The hours we have with which to see those woods has diminished.  I can't seem to get things done before dark because it starts so early.  Well this has effected the nets.  I plan to run both

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net cancellation

2018-11-03 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Sweepstakes is filling the CW bands so we won't run the two nets tomorrow.  Hopefully the bands are good for all the contesters spending long hours in the chair.  I'll be back next week to see how the sun is performing.     GL & 73,     Kevin.  KD5ONS -

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-10-28 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    The rain has slowed from the roaring noise I was hearing during the second net to a mild patter on the roof.  It got so loud I could barely hear my own sending.  I wear headphones.  It was loud.  But copy was good on many of you.  K4TO was about 50% copy on 20 meters but came

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2018-10-27 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    I know winter is approaching.  The sun has dropped so low in the sky the mountain blocks it for much of the day.  I see it when it comes up, a little around noon, and then just before it sets. However, the non-stop rain creates a deeper layer to the gloom. In the satellite

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-10-21 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Two good nets with decent conditions.  QSB was pretty deep but slow enough not to chop up words.  Reports came in on the last few days of good weather, the gang at Pacificon, working Ducie, tuning up the snow blower, recovering from Michael, visiting the PNW when it's not

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