Good Evening, Surprisingly the bands were not as bad as I had anticipated. However, there was a lot of one way propagation. My newly repaired antenna was hearing well but not everyone was hearing me very well. I did have a check in from Alaska which had great signal strength. Sam, I was so taken aback I forgot to ask your serial number. Maybe tomorrow I'll remember to ask you. While twenty meters got all the way to Connecticut and Georgia forty was more local. Dave, W8OV, had been stronger on 20 m but on 40 m he was a whisper. But in this case the propagation was reciprocal. John, N0TA, called first but he was obviously not hearing me at all. A few minutes later we connected and got through the exchange OK. Once again propagation was not the same in both directions. I'll have to check my antenna to see if there is something awry.
On to the lists => On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: K6MGO - Bill - CA - K3 - 5181 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 AC5P - Mike - OK - K3 - 2170 N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686 W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139 AL7V - Sam - AK - K3 - ? W6BK - Dave - CA - K2 - 4910 On 7045 kHz at 0000z: N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642 W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139 Weather reports were all for warmer weather than I was having. Scott, N0AR, is describing Minnesota as an alternative to Florida this winter with temperatures into the 70s. My house is finally approaching that temperature. The nasty weather was blowing all the heat out of my house so the fire was not keeping up. Next summer I'll rip off the paneling on the windward side of the house and put up a layer of housewrap as I repair the wall. As long as I can block infiltration I'll be much warmer next winter. That will help me from shivering while sending code. Until next week stay well, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) - ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html