[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-02-04 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening,     I received weather reports from Alaska to Alabama and from Michigan to California.  The coldest was 0 F in North Dakota but Rick did mention below zero for his morning low.  The folks in California are basking in their early spring.  Here there are tiny bugs in the air so

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Cancellation

2017-11-05 Thread kev...@coho.net
Hi Folks,     I have been very busy this week.  Building a new computer and gathering wood before the first snowfall.  So, I missed two facts: Daylight Savings Time changed last night & there is this massive ARRL Sweepstakes event.  Instead of competing with the sweepstakes I'll split more

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-11-04 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening,    Walking through a temperate rain forest varies from following the game trails to breaking new ground.  When you step off the trails you can sink a foot or more into the pile of decomposing needles.  If you dig into that mass you’ll find a wide variety of fungi busy changing

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-10-29 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening,     QSB, on everyone and everything: QSB.  But the bands were both quiet enough to work down to near S0 so I only lost a few letters here and there. Subjects: origin of the word blizzard (from someone who lives them), Veerys and their work, overwork of faithful radio amateurs

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-10-28 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening,    A very mild, dry week brought color changes to my elevation.  Lots of ferns turned gold and red with many other plants yellowing too.  I've done my best to modify the elk trails by clearing out dead trees.  They had better be patient because it will take another week to buck

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-10-22 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening On 14050 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI W0CZ - Ken - ND K6XK - Roy - IA K4JPN - Steve - GA K0DTJ - Brian - CA K4TO - Dave - KY On 7045 kHz at z: W0CZ - Ken - ND K6PJV - Dale - CA K0DTJ - Brian - CA WM5F - Dwight - ID Subjects: collecting leaves on windy days, rain,

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-10-21 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening,    When I first moved to the Pacific Northwest I had to learn the subtle difference between showers and rain.  Rain can start on Monday and keep going for the entire week, or more.  Showers admit the possibility of cessation.  The probability of seeing the sun during a rain

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-10-14 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening,   After a cold, wet week the sun is out for the weekend.  High of 60 today.  Too bad there are not more leafy trees up here because in the valleys they are reaching peak color.  I do have a few vine maple but the colder air is settling much lower down the mountain so they have

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-10-08 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening,    Twenty meters was not as open as last week. On 14050.65 kHz at 2200z:  (WES contesters were packed like fish in a tin.) W0CZ - Ken - ND K4JPN - Steve - GA K4TO - Dave - KY While forty meters was much better than last week. On 7045.5 kHz at z: K0DTJ - Brian - CA

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-10-07 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening,   A mostly dry week let me cut a lot of firewood.  Falling trees on a hill makes it tricky to read how they will fall. But the laws of physics can be bent.  A come along helps a lot.  Moving all the wood is a great way to get a little exercise.  I am sleeping well. The sun is

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-10-01 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening,     40 meters was not as strong as 20 meters today.  But on 20 meters the band was open to all over the US and up into Canada. Today was the first time I have worked the Yukon Territory. Whitehorse was easy copy from Oregon. On 14050 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI W6HV -

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-09-30 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening,   After a wet rainy week the sun came out.  We are gradually working our way into the rainy season :)  The forest is green except for the odd deciduous tree; they are turning gold and red.  When the sun pops out the foggy view is pleasant.    Our sun has repopulated itself with

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-09-23 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, After a week of rain the sun has returned.  Only now the sky is blue and the smoke is gone.  What a summer of fires. Luckily the rain was heavy enough to allow a lot of fire fighters to go home. Tomorrow the nets may be farther from the noted frequencies due to the ongoing

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-09-16 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, The weather has turned.  It may be the start of the rainy season tomorrow.  At least the forecast has no breaks in the showers for the 'known' future.  The sun has gone back to a more quiet state; at least until that big sunspot rolls around again. Please join us tomorrow on:  

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-09-09 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good evening,   The sun has been pretty active this week.  Repeated solar flares have raised the solar flux to 129 and higher.  The auroral oval has calmed to where it's not radiating much noise.  A few days back it was very loud here.  Propagation should be favorable tomorrow.   Some much

Re: [Elecraft] Items you think you can depend on

2017-09-06 Thread kev...@coho.net
But how do you un-ionize an electron?     Kevin.  KD5ONS On 9/6/2017 8:35 AM, David Woolley wrote: But the electrons only get less than a micron back before they get sent forward again, and they've only had about 1/120th of a second to rest. You are lucky they are not unionised, with those

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report errata

2017-09-03 Thread kev...@coho.net
Between K0DTJ & K6XK there should be a line with K4JPN - Steve - GA Whoops.    Kevin. On 9/3/2017 5:25 PM, kev...@coho.net wrote: Twenty meters was more open than it has been in months.  I had strong signals from all over and weak signals from even more places.  The band was mo

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-09-03 Thread kev...@coho.net
Twenty meters was more open than it has been in months.  I had strong signals from all over and weak signals from even more places.  The band was moving quickly though.  I'd start off hearing an S7 station only to close with an S2 signal.  QSB was on all reports to me but only on a few from my

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-09-02 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good evening,    The sun has some sizeable spots.  The solar wind is causing strong auroras. Twenty meters should be open and noisy.  After a week of clear skies the smoke is back.  During the middle of the day the sky is an odd orange color.  The fir trees which are normally green have a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-08-26 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good evening,     It pays to know the produce manager of your local store.  He had a fresh batch of Hatch chilies and made sure to tell me.  Today I roasted four of them while I toasted tortillas.  The beans were already on the stove.  The smell was fantastic but the glow after eating three

Re: [Elecraft] Eclipse update

2017-08-19 Thread kev...@coho.net
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-08-19 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, I must have been two or three years old when I first really experienced radio.  I was seated high enough so I could see the back of our little Emerson radio.  My mom turned it on and I watched the tubes turning orange.  The odd sounds of a warming up radio and then music came

Re: [Elecraft] Eclipse logistics and em-comm nets?

2017-08-17 Thread kev...@coho.net
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-08-12 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, It has been another very smokey week but there is rain in the forecast. After two weeks of heat (quite out of character for Oregon) I was getting used to working in it. The first week I spent at ground level to acclimate but I was on the ladder just yesterday. The wood

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-08-06 Thread kev...@coho.net
Well that was fun. Both nets had alright propagation. Nothing to write home to mom about but OK. A wide variety of QRN types as well as the ever present QSB. Then there are the tests: a weak KX3 signal from the wilds of Minnesota, 400 watts from Central California, and then an ear testing

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-08-05 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, This week has been hot and very smoky. Only today is there enough breeze to see the surrounding mountains. All week it was very calm and the smoke thick. Sleeping is not easy when the smell of smoke wakes you up all the time. Your natural instinct is to find the fire but

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-07-29 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good evening, I took a break from painting today to walk around the property scouting for next year's firewood. An area I had thinned under the alder had been visited recently. From the residual scent I could tell there had been elk sleeping there within the last two or three days. We

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-07-22 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good afternoon, I was high on a ladder scraping my house and birding by ear when I began musing how listening is a learned skill. Perceiving the difference between a veery's call and that of a crow or a pileated woodpecker is simple; determining which species of finch is a far different

Re: [Elecraft] Fractal antennas

2017-07-16 Thread kev...@coho.net
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-07-15 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, The dry season must be here; at least it has not rained in over two weeks. Only the morning fog has relieved us from the sight of the sun. Not having it for six months a year makes us sensitive to light :) The population of small aircraft has increased. I live just below the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-07-08 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, It's been a very pleasant week. It has warmed up a little now; all the way to 75 degrees. The fog comes up the mountain each morning and then flows back down a little later. The trees stay green that way. Propagation may have improved; I checked Spaceweather.com and found a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-07-05 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, Field Day was unseasonably hot, at least for this region. Temperatures got to 100 even at my elevation. But it has cooled. The foxgloves in front of the house weren't blooming last Sunday. Now they are 3/4 filled. Normally they take another month to progress that far.

Re: [Elecraft] Newsletter

2017-06-18 Thread kev...@coho.net
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-06-17 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, After a very cool, wet week the sun may come out again tomorrow. It has been a long spring this year. The Doug fir are putting on a lot of new growth but it's been too wet to take a decent walk. Hopefully the upcoming change of seasons will finally bring with it the dry

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-06-10 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, Please join us tomorrow on: 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday) 7045 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net 15th Anniversary

2017-06-03 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, Even more sun and less rain, the dry season is nigh. The few trees which have leaves have them. More species of birds show up each day. After the winter's sparse collection of bird calls the variety of sounds is amazing. But the two pairs of pileated woodpeckers are by far

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-05-27 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, It may just be summer. The sun has come out for four days in a row. That's just not common unless it's summer in the PNW. The smell of the forest has changed too. The spice of cedar and terpenes fill the air. Lots of new growth too. The grouse have been pretty common this

Re: [Elecraft] KX2 Firmware

2017-05-23 Thread kev...@coho.net
I must be getting old. I really don't remember what I was doing in the 11th century. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On 5/23/2017 5:38 PM, Tom Francis, W1TEF wrote: Greetings, I was just looking at the KX2 firmware, Beta and 2.69 and discovered that they were built and released in the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-05-20 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, Spring, with a few sunny days, has brought flowers, birds, and the biting flies. This year's crop of no-see-ums is vicious. I get about thirty seconds outside before they start burrowing into the corners of my eyes. Uck! Anyone from Alaska or Canada know any remedies? HF

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net 15th Anniversary

2017-05-17 Thread kev...@coho.net
Howdy Folks, In 2002 I started the Elecraft CW Net to meet people and improve my CW. Over the years I have met many fine folks and lost a few along the way. My CW has improved (somewhat). The propagation has been poor, then better, then good, and now poor again. I expect that cycle

Re: [Elecraft] OT: N6KR (et al) testing KX2 on San Bruno mountain today at 12 PM PDT, ~14.058 MHz

2017-05-15 Thread kev...@coho.net
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-05-13 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, Please join us tomorrow on: 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday) 7045 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] A good map to eclipse

2017-05-07 Thread kev...@coho.net
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Re: [Elecraft] OT: Looking for Oregon/Idaho Eclipse accommodation

2017-05-07 Thread kev...@coho.net
I am finding lots of links with the Sky & Telescope web site. http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/path_through_the_US.htm#Oregon http://www.skyandtelescope.com/2017-total-solar-eclipse/rv-guide-to-2017-total-solar-eclipse/

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Looking for Oregon/Idaho Eclipse accommodation

2017-05-07 Thread kev...@coho.net
in the morning hours. If we get to see any more than a darkening of the sky, we will consider ourselves lucky. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of kev...@coho.net Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2017 4:51 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Looking for Oregon/Idaho Eclipse accommodation

2017-05-07 Thread kev...@coho.net
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-05-06 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good evening, The sun has been active but not overly so. The SFU hovers around the mid to low 70s as it has all winter. There is a CME due sometime around the 10th; maybe that will perk things up a bit. But you never can tell. Predictions need to be tested. Please join us tomorrow on:

Re: [Elecraft] NVIS HF vs VHF line-of-sight & CB

2017-04-30 Thread kev...@coho.net
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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Island & CB in 9.0 quakes

2017-04-30 Thread kev...@coho.net
oppled red oak in the back yard was the best tree fort ever. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) On Apr 30, 2017, at 3:26 PM, kev...@coho.net wrote: When we get that 9.0 quake many of my local roads will go away. The gravel logging roads carved into th

Re: [Elecraft] NVIS HF vs VHF line-of-sight & CB in 9.0 quakes

2017-04-30 Thread kev...@coho.net
I have always wondered how towers hold up during earthquakes. Being able to work with ad-hoc antennas seems a good attribute for any emergency plan. 73 Bill AE6JV On 4/30/17 at 11:34 AM, kev...@coho.net wrote: Please try NVIS on 40 or 80 meters. You'll find you can cover most of the s

Re: [Elecraft] NVIS HF vs VHF line-of-sight & CB

2017-04-30 Thread kev...@coho.net
wondered how towers hold up during earthquakes. Being able to work with ad-hoc antennas seems a good attribute for any emergency plan. 73 Bill AE6JV On 4/30/17 at 11:34 AM, kev...@coho.net wrote: Please try NVIS on 40 or 80 meters. You'll find you can cover most of the state with its use. Plus

Re: [Elecraft] NVIS HF vs VHF line-of-sight & CB

2017-04-30 Thread kev...@coho.net
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-04-29 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, I lost another one of my mentors recently. Royal Robbins was 82. He joins another mentor who left us in 2012: Herb Conn. Between these two I learned how to climb and how to cave. I owe many of my wilderness ethics to them. While I never climbed the big walls of California

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-04-22 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, The sun has been tossing ejecta at us for the last few days. The ionosphere is bouncing all over the place in response. So I guess the ionosphere is active but not necessarily good for comms. I expect QSB and a number of types of noise. However a lot of ions also may mean

Re: [Elecraft] A little theory

2017-04-18 Thread kev...@coho.net
The link was not off topic when I posted it. My intention was not to advertise an already famous person but rather to get folks more interested in learning theory. There has been so much discussion of grounding, dielectrics, antenna theory, impedance, and feedline problems which a few

Re: [Elecraft] A little theory

2017-04-16 Thread kev...@coho.net
, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of kev...@coho.net Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2017 11:41 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; QRP-L Mailing List Subject: [Elecraft] A little theory If you are not familiar with Richard Feynman

[Elecraft] A little theory

2017-04-16 Thread kev...@coho.net
If you are not familiar with Richard Feynman he was a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project. He was also a professor at Caltech. Here are some of his lectures on physics which he offered to undergrads. Introductory college level physics taught by a master.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-04-15 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, The sun has continued to be quiescent. A CME just grazed us and another high speed stream of wind is on the way for tomorrow. Ions are getting to the ionosphere but nothing like last spring. Spinning the knob gives me not much to nothing on the higher bands while lower down

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-04-08 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, The sun was quite active during the early part of the week. It has since quieted. Last Sunday the sfu was over 100. Currently it is hovering around 70 again where it seems to have been stuck all winter. The strong auroral oval tells me there are ions coming in so the lower

[Elecraft] Lightning can effect the ionosphere

2017-04-06 Thread kev...@coho.net
I just read about an ELVE above the Czech Republic. ELVE - Emissions of Light and Very Low Frequency Perturbations. http://spaceweather.com/ has an article and an image. The phenomenon creates a red doughnut shaped ring lasting less than 0.001 seconds. It does require a more forceful

Re: [Elecraft] SSB Net

2017-04-02 Thread kev...@coho.net
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-04-02 Thread kev...@coho.net
While twenty meters got me into Michigan, North Dakota, Georgia, and Japan twenty meters only got me to California. Even though the sun is active right now it's a bit too active :) Yes, we never get it the way we want it but I think it's going to be better tomorrow. Unfortunately for us all

Re: [Elecraft] SSB Net

2017-04-02 Thread kev...@coho.net
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-04-01 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, There is some good news on spaceweather.com Not only are there spots on the sun, the ones which are there are big and unstable. The SFU is at 91, higher than it's been all winter. If it's not too noisy tomorrow there should be decent propagation. On Thursday there

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-03-25 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, After two spotless weeks the sun has a new speckle. There was a decent solar breeze earlier in the week too. Auspicious thoughts here. I am hoping for more band noise and better reception. They seem to correlate. If the band sounds like I am in the middle of cotton ball

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-03-18 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, The sun has been on a stretch of spotless days (& nights). Even the solar wind is desultory. Maybe a good contest with all the Elecraft linears filling our dreams would revivify the ionosphere. However, tales from the lower bands are more enticing. During the breaks in the

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net revised times

2017-03-11 Thread kev...@coho.net
A little figuring gave me these times for tomorrow's nets Please join us tomorrow on: 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday) 7045 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing

[Elecraft] ECN addenda

2017-03-11 Thread kev...@coho.net
Forgot, this is the week to change times. I'll dig up the times and post them in a minute. Kevin. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-03-11 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, The sun has been spotless for the last few days. A CME just missed the earth earlier this week. Plus the SFU is getting rather anaemic at 71. But the right time of day on the right band can work wonders. Late at night on the low bands has been fun; the higher bands not

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-03-04 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, The sun has been active this week. But it appears we are leaving a stream of solar wind. That should mean a refreshed ionosphere with improving conditions. I have been known to be wrong on occasion. Being a hopeless optimist is not easy. That ground hog was right. I

Re: [Elecraft] Sunday Net on 40 meters

2017-02-26 Thread kev...@coho.net
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-02-25 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, Please join us tomorrow on: 14050 kHz at 2300z Sunday (3 PM PST Sunday) 7045 kHz at 0100z Monday (5 PM PST Sunday) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] KX2 Happiness

2017-02-20 Thread kev...@coho.net
I have found the Microsoft auto-correct system to be far less literate than the majority of folks writing text. It is quite frustrating to have to add a half dozen words to its lexicon while I am writing a simple email. Said lexicon includes a few errors which need to be corrected. My high

Re: [Elecraft] Radio and the August Solar Eclipse

2017-02-19 Thread kev...@coho.net
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-02-18 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, The calendar may not show it, the weather surely doesn't, but there are a few signs that spring is coming. I heard a grouse drumming on Wednesday, I have no idea why. Then last night a barred owl started up right outside my window. Next will come the tiny insects the

Re: [Elecraft] ECOM scare -- FW: Soldering lesson

2017-02-17 Thread kev...@coho.net
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-02-11 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, Propagation has gotten slightly better. A little is from the noise level dropping and some from the sun moving northward. I have not had much chance to get on the air since last weekend. The power stuttered moments after the second net and went out for three days an hour

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net notes

2017-02-05 Thread kev...@coho.net
During both nets the power was browning out. Between the nets the power went out twice. But the second net ran fine at the new time with strong signals. However, just as the last dit dits were being exchanged I lost power for a few minutes. There was a short break in the snow fall during

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-02-04 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, I have been scanning the lower bands since mid-December. For the last two weeks activity on 160 and 80 meters has slowed. I was hoping for better. Upon checking SpaceWeather.com I find the sun is still streaming ions our way; in fact there is a wind at the moment. I

Re: [Elecraft] 9:1 Balun

2017-01-31 Thread kev...@coho.net
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-01-28 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, Propagation is slowly improving as the sun moves back north. The sun has stopped its recent blank spell and speckled up a bit. Between the effects of the solar wind and the change in season a few DX stations have been popping up out of the noise. Work them for a while and

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-01-21 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, A week of more normal weather (near constant rain) has released the guy lines and allowed me to jury rig the antenna. It's electrically fine just not quite where it should be. One alder tree has grabbed it (the one which broke it). I thought it unwise to use my chainsaw on

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net options

2017-01-15 Thread kev...@coho.net
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net options

2017-01-14 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, A winter storm came on shore sometime last Sunday. By Monday night there was another 20" on snow on the ground. It was also bending many of my trees almost to the ground. That night a number of trees exploded under the weight; twenty foot sections of their trunks turning

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Support

2017-01-08 Thread kev...@coho.net
it with their computer, etc. I agree with Kevin. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of kev...@coho.net Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2017 2:56 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Support Sigh

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2017-01-07 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, After a cold week the incoming storms are bringing warm weather. Lots of snow, but it is 15 degrees warmer so I don't mind the slow driving. The sun has been sending solar wind our way even though it has been spotless for a few days. Charting the MUF over the last week

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Support

2017-01-07 Thread kev...@coho.net
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2016-12-31 Thread kev...@coho.net
Happy New Year, Winter keeps moving the sun northward. A solar breeze is replenishing the ionosphere and making quite a racket. Hopefully the signals can overpower the noise. Any change in propagation will only be better. After a few days of thaw the chill came back along with

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net hiatus

2016-12-25 Thread kev...@coho.net
Merry Christmas to you all! There will be no ECN/20 or ECN/40 today. Please enjoy your family and friends on this holy holiday. Until next week stay safe and well, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS Net Control Operator 5th Class.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2016-12-17 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, Conditions continue to challenge. The sun is active, kind of. Noise levels are up from a variety of solar occurrences. However, you can still hear and work folks; just not always where you had wanted to :) Colder than normal temperatures have brought fluffy snow. Anything

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2016-12-10 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, Please join us tomorrow on: 14050 kHz at 2300z Sunday (3 PM PST Sunday) 7045 kHz at 0200z Monday (6 PM PST Sunday) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2016-12-03 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, While scanning the bands I have found a few signals; I know my radio works. However, upon calling people the odds of them responding are double plus ungood. The bands just don't seem very responsive. The sun has been sending a few ions our way though with more spots

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net partial cancellation

2016-11-26 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, CQ world DX contest is everywhere I have looked. This contest will continue until 2400z on the 27th. Tomorrow's twenty meter net will be cancelled. There should be room for the second net on 40 meters. Just yesterday I had a contact into AK on 30 meters. As we went

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2016-11-19 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, The bands have been uncooperative as of late. SFU steady around 78 with few to no sunspots. My DX has been to such exotic locales as Michigan and Ohio. Fine folks the lot of them but not DX in the truest sense :) We are out of the latest solar stream so that steady hissing

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2016-11-12 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, The sun has been active for the last week sending a steady hiss of ions. QSB gives an interesting warble to CW communications while the aurora makes it sound like you're in a large pool of water. Picking DX out of this mix is always fun. For some reason it is getting

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2016-11-06 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, The sun has been active this week. So active it made a lot of noise. However, after that calmed down signals were better than they had been in a while. DX kept popping up like the local chanterelles. While clearing out an acre of hillside I flushed a grouse. That is

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2016-10-15 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, During this short lull in the storm I can get this sent. High winds have left the antenna intact, thus far. Who knows what the back side of this storm will bring? Only 70 mph winds but the limbs are flying pretty well at those speeds. I think there has been (will be) a time

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2016-10-08 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, Please join us tomorrow on: 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday) 7045 kHz at 0100z Monday (6 PM PDT Sunday) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2016-10-01 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, Please join us tomorrow on: 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday) 7045 kHz at 0100z Monday (6 PM PDT Sunday) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2016-09-24 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, Propagation is a little better this week. The sun has been actively tossing solar streams at the ionosphere adding enough ions to help us. Not very many sunspots but the change in sun angle and the shortening season is helping too. Aurora are present if the skies ever clear.

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