Kevin, I heard nothing on 20 meters here at Glen Burnie, MD last evening... Possibly I would heard some who check in if I had listened longer. Paul Gates Elecraft K1 #231 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Rock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Elecraft" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 12:08 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 27-28,2005 > Wow, great turn out folks to set a NEW RECORD. 33 checks total for both > nets! We also had four NCS folks running the net: N0SS, Tom; W0NTA, Dick; > K1EV, Bill; plus yours truly. Made for a lot of interesting signal > passing. I tried to get Rick and Bert hooked up again. I could hear both > of them and so could Tom. I know they did not quite make contact during > the net but I know they would try afterward. I hope they got it done so > Bert can claim WAS. > > We did not get any new states tonight but there were a number of new > faces. Seven of them to be exact. Conditions were interesting because I > could hear the East Coast rather well while they were just hopping over > Tom in Missouri. Then I got a fill on a serial number from Dick for Tim > in Michigan. Ric's K1 was booming into Oregon at S8 levels while Rick's > KX1 was doing very, very well with S5 to S7 levels. Both Tom and Bill, > K1EV were at painful levels for me so I need to get a faster finger on the > RF gain! > > 40 meters was noisy but we still had quite a turnout there. Twelve folks > and four of them new to the net. The best one was a Tuna Tin 2 from > Virgina. Tom caught the particulars but I got about half copy on Bob's > mighty 150 mW! If the noise had been lower copy would have been fine. It > was not his rig but the QRN. Great job guys. > > On 14050 kHz at 2355z: > N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008 > N4SO - Ken - AL - K2 - 3394 > KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798 > WA2SI - Bert - NY - K1 - 1337 > W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031 > W0NTA - Dick - CO - K2 - 3900 QRP > N9IV - Russ - IN - K2 - 4652 > K2HYD - Ray - VA - KX1 - 608 > K6DGW - Fred - CA - K2 - 4398 > N7NLU - Karl - OR - K2 - 4227 > VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968 > N1EA - David - MA - Icom 756 > W7WEL - Bill - ID - K2 - 4001 > W1TF - Ty - GA - K1 - 1423 > VE1RGB - Gary - NS - K2 - 2519 > K8NWD - Tim - MI - K2 - 076 > W0QQS - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646 > K1EV - Bill - CT - K2 - 2152 > N6VOH - Barry - CA - Icom 703 > WB4MED - John - FL - Icom 718 > WA7BOC - Roger - WA - K2 - 755 > > On 7046 kHz at 0300z: > N9IV - Russ - IN - K2 - 4652 > N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008 > W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031 > VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968 > W7WEL - Bill - ID - K2 - 4001 > N7NLU - Karl - OR - K2 - 4227 > N7VS - Steve - OR - ? Sorry, we should have gotten your information :( > W9JOP/4 - Bob - VA - Tuna tin 2 at 150 mW I had ~50% copy on you!! > K5GUS - Dan - TX - K2 - 4426 > K8NWD - Tim - MI - K2 - 076 > WA7BOC - Roger - WA - K2 - 755 > W9OPV? - ? - ? - ? Very weak signal as the noise came up strongly. > Sorry :( > > At the end of the second net N7VS called back but copy was pretty poor. I > thought he was in Washington so I tuned my NS G5RV and tried again. No > better. Now I find he is in Portland! Well now I know the problem. I > should have been using the two cans and a string method! Can't wait to > get some rope and hoist that large loop into the fir trees. Then I'll > start the very belated 80 meter Elecraft Net. Then I can work poor Fred > down in California without a 2000 mile relay :) But soon he will be in > Tucson sipping cold drinks and sending CW with his KX1 (new rig?? what > SN?) from poolside. Can't wait to harass him while he basks in Arizona > sunshine and the infamy of his wee rig :) I can reach AZ Fred!! > The Elecraft Net was fun as always. But without the help of the three NCS > folks (Tom, Dick, and Bill) it would not have been as easy. Thank you > very much guys! > > Any errors in the above lists will be remedied both on the Reflector and > in my database as quickly as I receive the errata. > > Thank you and 73, > Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.1 - Release Date: 2/27/2005 > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
