Good Evening,
It was a chilly, wet, and very windy day. I had to check a couple times
whether or not my antennas were still up. I had to check whether or not the
trees were still there!! Branches were flying by but not very big ones just
the kind which are prunings of winter damage. Friday night was so nice I took
a walk at dusk. I was rewarded with a bunch of critters. Owls were calling
and then a bunch of coyotes. At that point the sky started whistling and one
flight and then a second of very, very fast ducks zipped by. There was no way
to get any markings on these guys they were moving at a high rate of speed.
Guess they had somewhere to go and they were very late ;)
Conditions on twenty meters were not as good as last week. Weak signals and
QSB were normal. Well, except for Pete who blasted in. He was loud. If these
Elecraft rigs had d'Arsonval meters I'd be unwrapping the needle from the pin
right now! Forty meters was better with more overall coverage of the
continent. The band was also more populated thus the 7045.05 kHz location. I
was between two operators who were working them right and left. May have been
a contest but I did not figure out which one. Currently it is snowing again.
It was snowing off and on during the nets and between them. That was
interspersed with full sun and clear skies. Tonight I am to receive another
three inches of snow. Winter is still holding on but I did see Pat's daffodils
poking out of the snowy ground about five inches. In about a month they will
be blooming.
On to the lists =>
On 14049.5 kHz at 2300z:
K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K3 - 657
K9ZTV - Kent - MO - K3 - 21 QNI #60!!!
W6SU - John - CA - K3 - 1303
AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398
KS7D - Mike - FL - K3 - 118
WS7L - Carl - OR - K3 - 486
NS7P - Phil - OR - K3 - 1826
On 7045.05 kHz at 0100z:
WS7U - Robert - ID
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K3 - 657
AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398
N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994 QNI #75!!!
K9ZTV - Kent - MO - K3 - 21
W6SU - John - CA - K3 - 1303
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 * QNI #110 *
N7KRT - Jeff - TX - K2 - 5471
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457
WB5BKL - Nick - TX - K3 - 231
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
WA1ABI - John - RI - K3 - 795
KS7D - Mike - FL - K3 - 118
As always if there are any errors please send the corrections to me via
email. I am unsure how I was able to work NS7P on twenty meters. He should
have been too close; there may be a notch in the mountains which lets me work
him line of sight. WS7L is just over the mountain from me so that is not so
surprising. One day the MUF will go higher. There is a spot growing on the
sun if it has not dissipated yet. We did get a solar stream earlier so there
were ions zipping about the Heaviside layer letting the EQPers enjoy their
contacts. I was active for a while but a challenge drew me away. Engineering
puzzles awaken me at all hours and take precedence over anything else. Like
eating, sleeping, etc. Makes life exciting :)
Until next week stay warm and stay well,
73,
Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class)
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