Hi Jerry,
Good luck with extending your own user interface. I am sure there
are contest logs listed somewhere on the web. Not only would you get a
list of CW ops who contest, you could also grab their details to fill in
more fields. Then scan that list with the partial call you copied.
Good Evening,
Conditions were not so good. Some QSB with a side order of QRN. I
received a number of emails though. Fathers were being feted. Twenty
meters was good to the east and south. Forty meters was good to the
west. Temperatures are creeping up with some wind. I was awakened
Good Evening,
The weather changed a few days ago. The cool, wet days became
sunny and mild. That is due to change again. Sun with high
temperatures and wind. I'm glad the forest is so wet because it will
take a few more days for it to dry out. Luckily this blast of heat will
end by
Good Evening,
Today was at or near 100% humidity, which drains my reactions and my
brain. Low blood sugar added extra dits, or whole words. Occasionally
my mind would start spelling something else entirely. Soon we will
switch to the dry season like those farther south so I get a
Good Evening,
It was a chilly, wet week. Rain was slow, mostly continuous. The
trees love it, there is new growth showing on all of them. The diffused
lighting had me guessing about a hummingbird's species. My first guess
was immature female Anna's Hummingbird. I don't have much
Good Evening,
Conditions were mostly poor. A little QSB with steady noise. But
the antenna work helped. Some stations were ESP on one antenna while S6
to S9 on the other. I need to order more coax so I can have more
choices. Two antennas cut for band frequencies and two others cut so
Good Evening,
This week was sunny and hot. Plants and insects grew very well. I
was able to build three antennas but only raised one of them. I am coax
challenged. A few more runs plus an antenna switch will be on order
soon. Four antennas should give me paths into much of North
Good Evening,
As I had suspected twenty meters was filled with contesters. Signals
receded into the distance like grain elevators on the plains of Kansas.
I scanned from 14003 to 14110 kHz without finding a gap. So I went back
to writing code.
Forty meters was open after the contest
Good Evening,
The twenty meter net may or may not meet tomorrow. That depends on
whether there will be room amoungst the WPX folks. The second net won't
be a problem: it will begin the moment after the contest closes.
Conditions are not auspicious. However, that has not stopped us yet.
Good Evening,
I was met by a wall of noise, filled with waves of even louder
noise. I think there may have been QSB but it was too hard to tell. My
ears are still ringing. Both bands had limited check ins. Roy
mentioned we were in the midst of a storm. SpaceWeather.com has a video
of a
Good Evening,
It was a cool, wet week. This slowed the biting flies quite a bit.
I was able to go out hiking without getting eaten too badly. Wind
helped too. If anything it is more green than last week. The ferns are
unrolling, adding their hue to the mix. The hemlock are adding new
Good Evening,
Conditions approached poor from worse. However, I was able to work a
few of you, especially on 20 meters. Forty meters seemed barren. RBN
did report my signal in Central Canada. Thankfully, propagation reports
mirror my own. One of these days propagation has to improve,
Good Evening,
Less rain and more sun have the forest growing swiftly. It smells
very good. The biting flies have been very friendly, I wonder what they
eat when I'm not around? The hummingbirds have been very active.
Eating some of the insect population and draining the feeders. One
Good Evening,
Conditions were poor today. Lots of QSB which both helped and
hindered. Rain was the common subject. Folks were getting some but
more would be helpful. NW Oregon had three days of red flag warnings in
April. Dale mentioned smoke in Central California. What will July
Good Evening,
Another chilly, wet week. Spring progresses slowly up here. The
rain has made it very green. Moss really does grow on the north sides
of trees in Oregon. It grows on most of the rest of the tree too. But
circular objects only have two sides: in and out. Propagation
Good Evening,
Both bands were weak and unstable, here one minute, gone the next.
However, QSB improved signals enough to copy some of what you were
sending. I was switching from one antenna to the other. I could hear
better on one and you could hear better on the other. Roy remarked on
Good Evening,
It was a week of rapid growth. Ferns are now three feet tall and
leaves are filling the empty spaces in the trees. Bird species keep
changing. I heard a Mourning Dove the other morning. They are not
regulars here, must have been moving through. The gray jays are very
Good Evening,
Conditions were not good. QSB was moderate while noise was weak.
Forty meters was stronger than twenty with more QSB. I thought the CME
would cause more hiss but I did not hear it. Weather reports were all
over the place. Four sites with rain, two with snow, a few sunny.
Good Evening,
It was a good week. Sunny and chilly, now wet and foggy. On
Wednesday I was out pruning when I saw a largish, white raptor ridge
soaring past. The next opening gave me more markings. An elbow patch
underneath the wing and little color. It seemed familiar, accipter of
Where's the fire Danger? In your eyes, Lt Bradshaw!
Don't crush that dwarf, hand me the pliers.
All Hail Marx and Lennon
73, Kevin. KD5ONS
On 4/22/21 11:46 AM, Ken Widelitz wrote:
Wow, lots of Bozos on the Elecraft buss. I'm still waiting for the K4
electrician to build mine.
73, Ken,
Good Evening,
Both bands were weak and unproductive. QSB was deeper on 20 than on
40 meters. Noise was higher this week. The web cams at the
Geldingadalir volcano now have increased resolution and the sound is
working. The sub-woofers are moving the house as the lava flies. I
hope
Good Evening,
The new fire station near Manning had a sign which read, "Warning,
sunshine ahead." After a long, gray winter the sunbreaks have become
continuous. Yesterday the daffodils started to open around 10 AM. By
noon they were fully open. This is after five weeks of growth. The
Good Evening,
Both bands had more QSB than I had expected. There was more noise
on 40 meters compared to 20. There were only a few reports of snow.
Mostly sunny and warm was a common theme. It was not very wet this
winter, I hope the dry season does not bring too many fires. Two years
Good Evening,
I awoke to an inch of snow with more falling. That lasted until
mid-afternoon. Then it started to hail followed by sleet and finally
pellets of snow. Lastly it started raining so the snow is gone. Good
day to watch the volcano in Iceland. At least one of their web cams
Good Evening,
There was more QSB than I had expected. On twenty meters an
operator would be strong one second and gone the next. On forty meters
there was more noise with less QSB. I had to move downward to avoid the
RTTY folks on forty.
On 14050.4 kHz at 2200z:
W0CZ - Ken - ND
Good Evening,
There have been a number of sunny days this week. They are starting
to form a pattern :) I saw a few trilliums as I struggled through the
thicket of hemlock along the southern edge of my land. I did find a few
places where the deer had made a path, but they are rather
Good Evening,
Gusting winds have slowed enough to allow the snow to fall. Weather
reports of 80 degrees with sunshine were appreciated. Spring takes a
while to get here. Twenty meters seemed noisy and weak. Forty meters
had less noise and less QSB. Hopefully solar activity will increase
Good Evening,
The rain has been falling less often. Today there was sun for much
of the day. I followed the eastern edge of my property from corner pole
to corner pole. This was next to impossible before they thinned the
forest. Bright green moss dominated the scene. It is too early
Good Evening,
Conditions were adequate to better. QSB was deeper on 40 meters.
The band was changing quickly. Signals ranged from S1 or less to S9,
sometimes in the same sentence. Spring is starting. Flowers are
blooming ranked by elevation. The daffodils are blooming down in Banks
Good Evening,
It was a soggy, gray week. The hummingbirds returned after a three
week absence. They told me exactly where the feeder should be located.
Today the sky cleared for an hour. Long enough to see the moon. The
snout and fore-paws of the rabbit on the moon were showing. Then
Good Evening,
Signals were fair to good on both bands. They were quiet as well.
Quiet normally means weak propagation so I received more email than
check ins. Oh well, you never know until you try. I almost missed both
nets because I was busy listening to bird songs. If I played the
Good Evening,
The week began with wet weather. Perfect for an net search to
follow a hint by K0DTJ. Brian mentioned the Merlin phone app, which
helps you identify birds. https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org Part of it
is sound files. Deeper digging got me to
Good Evening,
As I had suspected the bands were not too good. I was getting
reports of QSB but experiencing none myself. Noise was a little higher
but signals were not. I am not sure where twenty meters was landing
since neither Ken nor Steve found me without repetitions. I tried both
Sorry for this being so late. I had sent it last night but from the
wrong email account. With Thunderbird you are not always sure from
which account you are sending. Oops.
Good Evening,
It is time to prepare for migration season. I scan a few bird books to
memorize identifying marks.
Good Evening,
Signals were fair to OK on twenty meters. Steve had fast QSB but
noise was low. Forty meters changed from the first minute onward.
Signals were strong but everyone faded with time.
Some signs of spring but only those to the south had flowers. There
are pockets of snow
Good Evening,
We had a week of sunspots. Solar flux is up slightly with some
auroral activity. The sun is also rising earlier and setting later.
Buds are forming on my lilacs. The hummingbird left during the last few
weeks of snow. It is almost time for them to come back :)
I am a
Good Evening,
Both bands were OK. Twenty meters was quite active with DX
contesters. I had to move down to find a frequency. Holding it was not
easy. QSB was mild on twenty meters, deeper on forty. Weather reports
came in milder than last week. Sun most places, it even came out here
Good Evening,
After two weeks a new sunspot has appeared. We are also in a stream
of solar wind. Our ionosphere is being refreshed. The auroral oval is
strong at the moment. Hopefully things will settle down a bit for
tomorrow. Noise levels are still fairly low maybe the signals will
Good Evening,
Twenty meters was busy. The RTTY folks were on 14050 and above.
The WES folks were below 14050. I found a spot, and held it, from 2150z
onward. However, I only had one station find me. I did pick up a stray
from New York while waiting to start the net. Weather reports
Good Evening,
Two of three storms has passed through. Luckily, there was little
freezing rain, but there was a moderate amount of snow. A foot so far
but nothing like what's going on south and east of me. Skiing in the
Cascades will be good.
I built a new computer recently. I
I spent last night waiting for the power to go out reading these lecture
notes. I found part of the file was missing. Upon further digging I
found the original site where the entire class is located. My rusty
German helped me find it. Luckily it is technical German where the
words are one
http://www.ihe.kit.edu/img/studium/ARC_Main.pdf
As usual I was looking for something else when I found an interesting
document.
This is an introduction to antennas and propagation without too much
mathematics. It ranges from analyzing wire antennas to patch antennas.
There is a good
I was curious so I searched for alternatives. I used the search string
"spectrum audio graphing application for macintosh linux OS" and found a
number of applications you could use to tune your K2. I have not used
any of them. I simply wanted to see what was out there. Options are
Good Evening,
Twenty meters had a moderate level of noise with some QSB. Signals
did drop to S2 or lower but copy was OK. Forty meters had less noise at
first, but by the end it grew louder. There were a few digital contacts
going on nearby. Twenty moved on me, arriving at the East
Good Evening,
Late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning I was awakened by a
loud noise. Then another. It was a Barred Owl, right outside my
window. He kept it up for about thirty minutes, until he moved off and
I fell back asleep. They are regular visitors, as are Saw Whet owls.
Good Evening,
My prediction of medium QSB came true. I gave one report as S3 to
S9 with a clear signal. Noise was very light too. But, both bands kept
changing. By the time I closed the first net everyone had disappeared.
On forty meters I started off strong then got weaker as time
Good Evening,
It snowed for much of the week. The trees would fill with about
four inches, their limbs would bend almost to the ground. I saw a
number of birds taking advantage of the cover during the heaviest
snowfall. Some perched, looking forlorn, while the others kept
searching the
Good Evening,
Conditions were pretty good on both bands. A little less noise on 40
meters with a little more QSB than on 20 meters. Winter weather
prevailed across the Northern tier of states. My snow depth depends on
the snow line. If it is low I can get feet of snow in a few days. But,
Good Evening,
It was a good week. I felt like the snail on the side of a well
though. Some successes, some failures but I am still on the side of the
well. I wonder what the snail feels like when he reaches the top and
starts down the outside? There was some sun shining into my well.
Good Evening,
Both bands were better than I had anticipated. Low noise with mild
QSB helped me copy better. Rick commented after the first net that
propagation was good for him to all of us. The time change for the
second net helped. Signals got stronger for the first portion then
Good Evening,
The sun has become more active. There is one tiny sunspot with a
group of them around the limb, ready to pounce. The solar flux reading
has yet to notice the new spots. The auroral oval seems more pronounced.
Please notice a time change for the 40 meter net. Signals
Good Evening,
Both bands were surprisingly strong. Low noise with little QSB was very
pleasant. I had to reduce my gain as each net went on. Cool weather
everywhere which fits the season. Most reported stay at home tasks
which also fits. I expect to leave the house later this week for the
Good Evening,
I saw a large ball of burning gas in the sky today. Then I realized
it was the sun. How soon we forget. This sight was buffered by the
stiff wind and chilly temperatures. Smells like snow. Good day for a
hike. I took a path quite less taken, steep in fact. I found elk
Good Evening,
Conditions changed during both nets. On twenty meters the noise
kept growing until I could not hear anything. On forty meters signal
strength changed during a contact. QSB was mild to medium on both nets
which meant a few S0 reports.
Winter continues to be mild except
Good Evening,
The year rang in with rain and fog. I stepped outside to listen. A
minute later the local hummingbird buzzed my shoulder. He flew to a
nearby branch and flashed his gorget at me. Even on such a gray day it
was very bright. Resonance strikes again.
The sun's spots are
Good Evening,
Noise was low on both bands and QSB was moderate. Some of you were
surprisingly strong. Forty meters was longer than twenty meters,
reaching all the way into New Hampshire. My weather was mild compared
to most of you. I heard snow, blizzard, wind and power outage. Some
Good Evening,
I had sun for Christmas, what a change of pace. Currently it is
back to normal with fog and rain. My lone hummingbird holdout is
present at the feeder a few times a day. I can't imagine what keeps him
warm.
Solar flux is rising again - 88 sfu at the moment. One of
Thanks Bill,
It is nice to know the propagation conditions from the other end.
During the last month I have been able to reach the opposite coast each
week, on both twenty and forty meters. The QRP operators do make it a
challenge but my quiet location helps. I run at 100 watts on my K3
Good Evening,
Conditions were good on both bands. Lots of strong signals from the
East. QSB was slow and steady. I was asked if I took rig information.
At that point I realized I knew what kind of rig each of you was
running. We used to exchange serial numbers before the K3 came
Good Evening,
I spent the last week at Gloom Central ™️. Shortened days, foggy
weather, with near continuous rain broken only by the occasional snow
fall. It is peaceful. Gets me to clean the house and cook a lot. It
would be a good time to lay radials but I am weak.
The sun is
Good Evening,
Subjects of the nets included: persistent but dry snow, router
setup, conditions on the high bands, CUDA code, dry wells, skimming
leaves from pools, and the elevation of my mountain home. Never a dull
moment.
On 14049.75 kHz at 2200z:
NO8V - John - MI
K6XK - Roy - IA
Good Evening,
Snow line keeps moving either above me or below me. I have had 2
inch flakes of snow falling while it is raining hard. Then it all goes
quiet as the snow prevails. I have had as much as two inches of snow
but for the moment there is less than an inch.
The sun is less
Good Evening,
Puppy training, snow blowing, bird feeding, and weather covers the list
of topics from the twenty meter net. Right as I called NO8V the ferns
started to move about twenty feet in front of me. A very sleepy doe woke
up as I gave him a 539. Then, as he was chatting, another doe
Good Evening,
Not much rain, a little sun, and a lot of wind. What a week. The
alders have been thinned. The roads are covered with branches (trunks)
up to six inches in diameter. The rest will now grow faster.
The sun has had a string of active sunspot groups. A few flares
tossed
Good Evening,
Conditions were pretty good on forty meters. A little QSB but the
band was quiet. During the net I watched a loaf of bread rising on a
heater next to me. I could not be sure how long the net would last so I
did not put it in the oven. So it kept rising, and rising. By
Good Evening,
It almost got sunny today, then a wall of fog passed over. Now the
moon is partly visible above the fog. This week I saw a group of deer
browsing their way through that foggy day. I did not know they ate
sword fern. Those stay green all winter, the other ferns feed the
Good Evening,
There was little noise on either band. QSB was mild, except for
those east of the Rockies on 40 meters. There was a flutter on all of
you. Mostly it was reports of a chilly drizzle. Wind too. Cold wind.
Snow is in my forecast, sometimes I look forward to it.
I
Good Evening,
It was a great morning. Lots of sunshine with clear skies. The cool
weather keeps the fog in the valleys and the mountain tops clear. At
night the fog dims the lights from towns nearby and the stars are
bright. I took a walk to check on the trees. It has grown too cold for
Good Evening,
Both bands were stronger than they were two weeks ago. Less QSB on
twenty while on forty meters had less on those farther west with a fast
flutter on those to the east. The sun angle seems about right for
longer distance work on forty. By the end of the second net it was
Good Evening,
It has been a wet, gray, and gloomy week. So I completed my
plumbing to do list. The best part was not having to go to the hardware
store to do so. I had thought that was impossible. Today it has been
very windy. The trees are getting trimmed. Every minute or so there is
Good Afternoon,
We all deal with QSB when we make contacts. The slow rise and fall
of signal strength or the fast flutter which chops things into pieces.
I wanted to get some idea of how our radio signals bounce off the
ionosphere. So I wrote some code to simulate it. It is simple model
Hello,
Due to the sweepstakes contest there will be no CW nets today.
Gives me time to do some serious fall cleaning. I hope the solar flux
remains high. It is over 90 right now after years stuck at 70. There
is also a large sunspot group. The new solar cycle has arrived.
See you
Good Evening,
Propagation is improving. Signals have gotten better over the last
month. Less background hiss with milder QSB. Parts of the country do
have a rapid flutter, which doesn't help. I copied the KB3 station as
KB3UDR and KB3FDR but little else.
More dog training,
Good Evening,
It was a good week for mushrooms. Cool nights, cool, sunny days.
Many large, red amanita popping up. A large group of sunspots popped up
too. Solar activity has been higher over the last few weeks. SFU was
at 85, today it's at 80. There were some flares but none
Good Evening,
Conditions were better than I had expected. QSB was not too deep or
fast. Some noise but signals popped out easily. I thought there would
be more hissing noise from solar wind. The cold which is passing over
me is causing high winds to my south. Folks in California
Good Evening,
It was a cool, gray week. I'm sure the last hummingbird has left.
A front moved through and the temperature is dropping. I think it rose
to 42 today. Tomorrow night should drop to 23 degrees, with snow by
morning. The plants are in the house. One good thing is the
Good Evening,
QSB was mild today and signals were clear. Both bands gave signals
from all over; I did not work the same state twice in a row. Florida
was surprising but I have worked CT recently. I think we are past the
bottom of the solar cycle and working our way up the next one. I
Good Evening,
I took a walk today to find more wood. After two weeks of rain the
sunny weather coaxed out quite a few mushrooms. The chanterelle
population was high before the thinning. I thought it would take a few
more years before they came back. The slash is rotting into the soil
Good Evening,
QSB made life interesting. It varied from slow waves running from
S3 to S9 followed by faster rates as I copied farther west. By the time
I landed in CO or TX the rate began chopping characters. I had to ask
W0LI for many repetitions. Each element was being broken into
Good Evening,
It was a good week to sleep with the windows open. Cool breeze,
some rain, and a few owls. One night it was a single Saw Whet owl
filing away for hours. The next night started with two owls making
generic owl noises. Then one of them broke into the familiar Barred Owl
Good Evening,
I had noise from a storm north of me during the twenty meter net.
QSB was at medium which sometimes helped. The forty meter net had
stronger signals than last week with less noise. There were folks in
the CA contest above and below me. It was hard to find an opening on
I got a report of my K3 chirping a few years ago. My power supply
failed soon after that. During the net my CW became more and more
chirpy as time went on. Check your voltage, it may be the cause.
GL, Kevin. KD5ONS
On 10/4/20 4:17 PM, Dana Roode K6NR wrote:
Just finished operating
Good Evening,
I have never seen a single elk. They always appear in groups.
First three or four, and then more pop out of the background. Unless
they move it's hard to tell they are standing fifty feet away. This
week the wind was very light but coming toward me. I saw a few out of
Good Evening,
Neither band was very noisy. There were different types of QSB,
sometimes simultaneously. One of them was like the picket fencing you
get on FM. It made copy interesting. Mild to warm fall weather was
reported with a few antenna projects. Smoke and then rain have
Good Evening,
I received over five inches of rain this week, the air is much
fresher. There is some solar activity: a sunspot, a G2 class storm, and
higher flux readings. It will be noisy but the signals may be
stronger. I expect QSB to be deep and rapid. The nets will be
Good Evening,
Conditions were a bit better on forty meters than they were on
twenty. QSB was faster there but signals were stronger. Even though
the sun is still blank forty meters bounced east of the Mississippi.
Weak and warbly, but copy was 50% or better. There was more band
noise.
Good Evening,
I went for a hike this afternoon. The mist was hanging in the air.
It felt great to breath without smoke or ash in the air. It has rained
off and on for the last two days. East of Portland they received over 2
inches. Hopefully that held true farther south. I noticed a
Good Evening,
Signals were stronger than last week with less noise on both bands.
QSB was a little higher on forty meters. Most of you reported very nice
weather. Even out west the weather is not too bad once you allow for
all the smoke. It certainly makes working outside difficult.
Good Evening,
The wind switched direction on Tuesday to come out of the east.
Within an hour I could see the smoke flowing through the trees. Then
ash started falling. Luckily the smoke did not smell like a local
fire. It was from a fire in the Gifford Pinchot Forest in Washington.
Good Evening,
Conditions on both bands was OK. Not a lot of noise, some QSB,
signals were easy copy. Weather reports varied, to put it mildly :)
Frost and snow along with smoke and 113 degree temperatures. There will
be a lot of wind with a temperature differential like that. We are
Good Evening,
Please join us on (or near):
14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
7047 kHz at 0045z Monday (5:45 PM PDT Sunday)
73,
Kevin. KD5ONS
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I just wrote a little code using Posix standards under Ubuntu with g++
for my compiler. Looks like USB is treated as a normal stream of
characters. The most difficult part was finding my USB thumb drive in
the file system. Under Ubuntu it is in the /media folder. Once I
located it I was
Good Evening,
Conditions were fair to OK on both bands. Slow QSB on everyone on
both bands. There was a storm somewhere on 40 meters. A steady grumble
behind the code. Everyone described cooler weather. Even in
California, but they're hoping for less smoke. There are more fires in
Good Evening,
It has been dropping into the 40s each night this week. I almost
started a fire in the woodstove. But, by noon it was back to 70 again.
I collected a lot of dry, bucked up wood and got my exercise. Ten more
truck loads and I'll be started. While I was complaining to the
away from the horizontal
wire, but it's negligible.
Wes N7WS
On 8/25/2020 4:23 PM, kevinr wrote:
From what I can find, and what I can calculate, five wires, each ~130
feet long, could make a nice inverted L for 160 meters. One leg for
the vertical and horizontal portion of the antenna. Four
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Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 6:24 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] Inverted L for 160 meters
From what I can find, and what I can calculate, five wires, each ~130
feet long, could make a nice inverted L
, if anyone is interested.
73
Lyn, W0LEN
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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of kevinr
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 6:24 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] Inverted L for 160 meters
From what I can
From what I can find, and what I can calculate, five wires, each ~130
feet long, could make a nice inverted L for 160 meters. One leg for the
vertical and horizontal portion of the antenna. Four legs for the
counterpoise (ground plane). There are many broken wire antennas stored
in my shed
Here is John's method for using the APF feature on his K3.
73, Kevin. KD5ONS
Forwarded Message
Subject:no8v: [Elecraft] APF Primer? - 2020-08-25
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:20:14 +
From: John Gibson
To: kevinr
Hi Kevin,
I have used APF to find
I have used APF a number of times. Sometimes it worked, but often the
ringing makes it hard to hear anything intelligible.
I have a two families of questions to hopefully remedy my problem.
1) What are the best band conditions to try APF? Does it work under
medium QSB against medium to high
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