YAY!!! I'll have to start checking back in.... I'd all but given up on ECN but now that Tom is back I can start checking in again. :)
As far as speed goes Tom usually pops up and down to follow people being one of the slower people on the net I find that very nice and it works quite well for me... I'm also perfectly fine with 20WPM char speed with 10 to 13 WPM spacing.. On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 23:28 -0400, Kevin Rock wrote: > Good Evening, > It was a wonderful evening. Our first net had a very welcome vistor: Tom > Hammond, N0SS came by and worked a few stations for me. Thank you Tom and > welcome back. It was nice to hear you again. I forgot to thank Scott, N0AR, > who last week relayed in Ray, K2HYD for us. Thank you Scott! I also want to > thank you all for the many signal and weather reports. It is nice to know > that some of you are having a regular summer. Folks just don't believe me > when I tell them the temperature here. But this week it is supposed to break > 80 degrees a couple of times. I will be on my roof putting in patches of > plywood. Given enough dry weather I will have a new roof covering on before > too long. Ice and snow shield and lots of tar. I expect to go through a > couple pairs of jeans and say goodbye to these boots. But Sam and I will be > dry this winter! > Propagation was not too bad but not great either. I had a message from > Georgia which says K4JPN has been trying for the last three weeks with > nothing heard. Sorry Steve. I did work Florida each of the last two weeks > but not Georgia. Propagation is a mystery to me. QRN was present on 20 > meters but quite loud on 40 meters as it has been for the last few months. > QRN was easily S6 the entire net with peaks up to S8. I was copying down to > about S2 but it was not easy. Luckily we have these Elecraft rigs which > somehow can perform magic on RF. Thanks guys! > > On to the lists => > > On 14050 kHz at 2300z: > WB3AAL - Ron - PA - K2 - 1392 QNI #40!!! > K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 > N0SS - Tom - MO - K3 - 008 ** QNI 270 ** > AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 * QNI 180 * > W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 43 > W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767 > K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642 > K2VCO - Vic - CA - K3 - 007 QNI #10!! > W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 > K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686 > AK2B - Tom - NY - K3 - 109 QNI #50!!! > VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968 > N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 > AL7N - Ed - AK > W0SZ - Steve - CO - K3 - 176 QNI #25!! > > On 7045 kHz at 0200z: > W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138 > K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642 > K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 > W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767 QNI #75!!! > W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 > W0JFR - John - CO - K3 - 994 QNI #50!!! > AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 > K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686 > K9ZTV - Kent - MO - K3 - 21 > N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 > N5SM - Scott - TX - K2 - 6417 QNI #20!! > N7AF - Dave - AZ - K2 - 4795 > W0SZ - Steve - CO - K3 - 176 > > Now a question to you all, check ins and prospective check ins alike: how > fast should we run the net? A few years ago Tom and I agreed to have me > limit my speed to 20 wpm while he varied his speed both up and down. Lately > Tom has been recuperating while I run the nets by myself. I have been > maintaining a steady 20 wpm character rate since about two years ago. When > necessary I add space between each character to slow down. Since I enjoy > meeting new operators all the time I do not wish to scare anyone off by > running too fast. However, when we use 'hail signs' it is difficult to > determine a preferred sending speed of the check in operator. Please feel > free to break me and send QRS if you're not copying me very well. I will add > spaces as necessary. However I can't slow down too much without making a ton > of errors. My fingers get all tangled up and I just plain lose it :( It > appears some discussion is in order. A little discussion may be on topic for > the Elecraft Reflector but if it gets to be too much just send me the > comments and I will endure the flames :) Eric has been known to let a lively > discussion last a few days before he asks it to end. A few days worth may be > enough to decide what we are to do for the future. Thank you for any input > you wish to send. Any errors in the above lists are attributable to me. > Please send me the corrections and I will fix the mess I've made. Now to > get to my other computer and work on it until Sunday evening is done. Thank > you very much for the interest and for your input. > Until next week stay well, > 73, > Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. 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