Good Evening, Twenty meters was very quiet today while forty meters had its normal amount of QRN. A little QSB was on many signals and the few operators where I did not have it reported hearing some on mine. However unsettled the ionosphere may be it provided great signals from all over. K7SJ surprised me with how very strong his signal was today; I thought he was on vacation somewhere and asked for his location. He reported he was at home! If the mountain was not in the way he would be line of sight from here. This means 40 meters is working NVIS between us. When this happens on twenty meters I will be very happy. Today's sun was very nice. I expect another week of rain but temperatures are warm. Tomorrow is forecast to be 59 degrees but later in the week it will drop to 49 for a high. I keep hearing reports of this being a storm fraught year but this is not true nearby. This has been a very mild winter. Very little snow and very little rain though there has been enough to fill the reservoirs and keep Mt Hood's skiing areas open. Since the first week in January the temperatures have been at least ten degrees higher than normal. It is almost time to get back out in the woods and start cutting firewood for next season. That will be good to clear the head and get a little exercise. Sitting inside too much is not good; a sledge hammer and a wedge are great for stretching out cramped muscles. On to the lists =>
On 14050 kHz at 2300z: N0TA - John - CO - K2 - 5723 K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686 K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 W6BK - Dave - CA - K2 - 4910 QNI # 15!! AE6IC - Fred - CA - K3 - 2241 W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767 N7KRT - Jeff - TX - K2 - 5471 W0NTA - Dick - CO - K3 - 1208 WB3AAL - Ron - PA - K2 - 1392 N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 N6JW - John - CA - K3 - 936 On 7045 kHz at 0000z: K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 W0NTA - Dick - CO - K3 - 1208 AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 ** QNI # 285 ** WB3AAL - Ron - PA - K2 - 1392 QNI # 65!!! W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686 N0TA - John - CO - K2 - 5723 W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139 W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767 K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642 AE6IC - Fred - CA - K3 - 2241 QNI # 15!! N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798 KB3FBR - Joe - PA - K2 - 6178 W7AQK - Dave - AZ - K3 - 96 K7SJ - Roger - WA - K3 - 75 VE7CZW - Ernie - BC KD5ZLB - Edwin - LA - K3 - 3147 If there are any errors in the lists please send me an email. Or if you want to make a comment or critique on ECN or these reports send me a message. I enjoy reading and responding to your comments very much. I need to build some shelves near my electronics work bench so I can hold a rig or two. Right now I have one rig on the bench which feels odd since it is taking up space I had enjoyed using for my projects. With the shelves above the bench I can keep free space for work and have the rigs and books at or above eye level. Then all I have on the bench is paper for notes and my paddles. I now have one HF antenna lead running to that rig. I plan to add an antenna switch and a stub of coax so I can test some of the radios I have been building. This winter has had a spate of building with direct conversion and superhet receivers piling up along with a few QRPp transmitters. Mostly they have been exposed to test equipment without an antenna. It is fun to run a few milliwatts into a dummy load and hear it on the receiver in the back room to test my oscillator's frequencies. 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