Good Evening,
Twenty meters was pretty noisy this evening. This was not helpful. I
know I lost a few of you because I could hear below the noise but not well
enough to copy characters. I am sorry. Forty meters was much more
accessible to contacts. (This was as far as I got before my system
froze. The problem was caused by a few emails sent to me which had
attachments of 8 and 16 MB in length. Since I cannot beg, buy, nor borrow
broadband access in this part of Oregon I am using a dial-up account.
Thanks to Verizon I can only achieve half the speed of a 56k connection.
Thus large files take hours to download.)
This week has been hectic and proves to be even more so as it
progresses. If any of you have perfected a machine to clone a person I
would appreciate your services. I figure three of me may be able to
accomplish all I need to do. On Sunday I need to be three different
places at the same time. This will be quite a feat! Hopefully I can work
part time at each location. Which brings up another topic: I will be gone
on Sunday the 29th of April. If any of you would like to start the nets
and keep notes I will write the report when I get back to Oregon.
Otherwise I will have to cancel them for my trip.
On to the lists =>
On 14050 kHz at 2255z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138
VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968
AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993
K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422
N3AO - Carter - VA - K2 - 678 QNI #15!!
KI6WX - John - CA - K2 - 1083
NK6A - Don - CA - K2 - 1217 QNI #30!!!
K6DGW - Fred - CA - K2 - 4398
N7KRT - Jeff - NV - ??
KW6LA - Tony - CA - Kenwood
N5BZ - BZ - LA - K2 - 5884
KH6KW - Jamie - HI - ??
N9SF - Bob - IN - K2 - 5308
On 7045 kHz at 0257z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008 !**QNI #200**!
W6PSC - Vinton - CA - ??
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138
NK8Q - Mark - PA - K2 - 4786
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
WA4MQW - Bob - NC - KX1 - 1466
ND0V - Greg - CO - K2 - 4411
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
K4GT - Jim - GA - K2 - 2015 QNI #15!!
K2HYD - Ray - NC - KX1 - 608
KT5E - Jay - CO - K2 - 5037
NK6A - Don - CA - K2 - 1217
N0BK - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646 QNI #100!!!!
AB3CV - Jim - MD - K2 - 5874
W2NRD - Art - NY - ??
NM7N - Karl - OR - KX1 - 1200
N7KRT - Jeff - NV - ??
K7KBS - Geoff - MT - k1158/3211 (?)
Thirty-two contacts; very nice. Considering the band condition on 20
meters it is very heartening to have so many. This Sunday I hope to work
with folks in the local ARES group on setting up D Star radios. These are
digital FM which can simultaneously pass digital packet messages. I am
getting some of the software setup on my laptop computer and will set up
the IP addresses for their network. This is too much like a "busman's
holiday" for me. Mixing radio and computers has been something I've tried
to avoid. Email is as close as I have come to my day job since this is
suppposed to be a relaxing hobby. Even the casual contesting I've done
has been paper logged to keep within my 'rules'. Seems like I am being
drawn toward the dark side because of my computer skills ;) Hmmm... how
to avoid this slippery slope?
However, I hope to be back in time for the Sunday nets. If you don't
hear me right off the bat it means I am still driving up the mountain from
Hillsboro. I will be there eventually. Have a good time without me
because the week after that I will be far away in the Midwest. Oh, I
forgot, on Saturday I will be teaching the local ARES group from the
material I've gathered and created on emergency communications. My
weekend will be filled with amateur radio activity. I am trying to train
another instructor so I can develop another course for the group on some
other topics. Once I create the material I can hand it off to future
instructors. Keeps me from getting bored :)
Remember the cloning machine; I could surely use it!
73,
Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class)
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