[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-10-31 Thread kevin
Good Evening,   Conditions were not too bad.  I had expected a CME of more vigor.  This one rattled the ionosphere but did not leave much behind.  Neither I, nor my brother in Wisconsin, saw any aurora. Clear skies with no moon, if they had been there ...  However, every signal I copied had

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-10-30 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Friday the week long foggy cocoon broke open.  Shadows started to form, then the birds came out.  They favored a finely seeded bush outside my window.  The normal flock of Oregon juncos was preceded by another, smaller bird.  Mostly too quick to follow she paused in a beam

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-10-24 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Conditions were better than they have been in some time. Quiet on twenty with a few storms active on forty.  QSB was low to moderate.  I did not hear any digital activity.  The sun is slowly waking up.   On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: W0CZ - Ken - ND NO8V - John - MI AB9V -

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-10-23 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Another foggy, wet, chilly day.  Perfect to watch 'The Thin Man Goes Home'.  Somewhere around reel three the power glitched for about twenty seconds.  This takes down two switches, the router, the satellite connection, the servers, plus the computer in front of me.  Normally

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-10-17 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Conditions were not good.  Twenty meters was noisy and weak. Earlier in the day the band was much better.  I was hearing contesters from all along the East coast.  It was as if a CME had struck but there was no warning on SpaceWeather.com.  Hmm ...  QSB was both slow and

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-10-16 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Yesterday began sunny, then the temperature dropped and a layer of clouds formed below me.  They created a dense ground fog when they rose.  Later I saw a swirl in the mist as a head popped out.  A doe was feeding, then scanning the surroundings.  Her head would drop into the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-10-10 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Conditions were as I had expected.  Moderate QSB with some flutter on both bands.  I turned my rig on around 9 AM PDT.  I scanned twenty and found a station calling CQ in the PAQP.  I scanned a little more and found other PAQP stations.  Most of them were easy copy.  So I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-10-09 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    The snow level is still one thousand feet above me.  The first frost arrived early this week.  Chilly, wet, and foggy.  I spent the week reviewing the fundamental theorem of programming: "Computers only do what you tell them to do, not what you want them to do."  You would

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-10-03 Thread kevin
Good Evening,   Twenty meters had moderate to deep QSB with some noise.  Forty meters had less QSB with more noise.  Conditions did not vary as much as I had expected.  However, the time change is coming, which coincides with dusk hitting Oregon during the second net.   On 14050.5 kHz at

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-10-02 Thread kevin
Good Evening,   It has been cool and wet.  Today was the first sunny day all week.  I walked out on to my deck and startled a deer snoozing under it.  She burst out of the ferns and bounced like a pogo stick to the east.  A few minutes later I looked out of a window and saw her eating some

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-09-26 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Conditions were OK.  Twenty meters has been working since at least 9 AM.  I turned on my radio, scanned around, and found a strong signal near 14017 kHz.  9A2AJ was calling CQ with a little fading.  I am not used to hearing European stations.    The sun is moderately active

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-09-25 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    I normally hear Pileated woodpeckers, not see them; they are loud.  That loud call had me looking almost straight up at a rapidly flying woodpecker.  I saw the oddly shaped wings and the elbow patches, but not the distinctive red head.  I had never truly seen the odd shape of

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-09-19 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Twenty meters was fairly quiet with light QSB.  Forty meters had some fast flutter with a thunderstorm in the distance. Signals were not as strong as last week.  Low noise levels helped.    Both bands had a lot of activity.  There were multiple contests.  You could work

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-09-18 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    It was a chilly week.  Mostly sunny with one night near freezing.  Fall weather in mid-September.  I better collect more wood.  Today deer are walking around eating the fallen moss.  A lot of it was ripped from the trees in last night's storm.  There is no runoff after two

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-09-12 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Both bands supported stronger signals than last week.  Some thunderstorm noise with mild to medium QSB.  Around 1000z I scanned twenty meters for signals.  A few lower down but most were around 14050 kHz.  Then above 14070 there were many types of digital contacts.   On

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-09-11 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Some days were smoky and warm, the next would be cool and clear.  I checked an HR diagram to find the sun's color temperature.  G2 on smoke free days, M5 on the others.  More plants are losing leaves.  Most of the berries are done, but the black raspberries are plentiful. 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-09-05 Thread kevin
  Good Evening, Conditions were poor on both bands.  Forty meters had a few storms with medium to deep QSB.  I am gradually learning how to control the single lever paddle.  If I can maintain a decent rhythm my mind doesn't switch to thinking about mechanics.  If I think word after word they

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-09-04 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    It has been a cool and thankfully smoke free week.  The alder trees are starting to lose their leaves.  Black berries are plentiful, huckleberries are few, with ever more bear berries. The latter are bringing more grouse.  I actually saw a bear eating them once.  I thought I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-09-02 Thread Howard Hoyt
Kevin, Thanks for the reminder, that is one of my favorite Entwistle songs!! Howie / WA4PSC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-08-29 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Conditions were OK to some areas.  QSB was not as deep as I had expected with some flutter.  Neither twenty or forty meters had much noise.  I did not hear any storms either.  However, there were fine weather reports from most places.  Only Dale had high heat along with

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-08-28 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Bear berries have been ripening for the last two weeks.  I was expecting a few grouse.  Being ready does not prepare you for when they flush.  I have never understood why they flee, I can't see them until they move.  Later in the week I was greeted by a few Steller's Jays. 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-08-22 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Cross-training is good.  I'm am learning to use a single lever paddle.  However, when I make a mistake with it I get tense, which causes more mistakes.  I tend to miss the dit side when my thumb stiffens up.  Then I remembered my breathing exercises.  They calm me down, take

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-08-21 Thread kevin
Good Evening,   The weather vane switched directions, winds from the ocean instead of from the smoke filled valleys.  Cooler, with clouds most mornings.  Temperatures have moderated to the mid 60s.    Earlier today I saw a tan patch on the far side of my land. It resolved into a black

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-08-15 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    A story should place the reader inside the scene early. Leverage a common knowledge base by alluding to images in movies or literature.  Through economy of words you let the reader fill in the details from their imagination.  Seurat really did paint intricate outdoor scenes

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-08-15 Thread Merv Stump
Ernest Hemingway, eat your heart out. On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 12:14 AM kevin wrote: > > Good Evening, > > It was a hot, smoky week. The inactive sun stays orange all day. > The smoke is like fog in the trees without the moisture. Last night I > woke up because it was getting hard to breath.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-08-14 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    It was a hot, smoky week.  The inactive sun stays orange all day.  The smoke is like fog in the trees without the moisture. Last night I woke up because it was getting hard to breath.  The smoke had become thick at my elevation.  Fire danger has risen to extreme but there are

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-08-09 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Conditions were as expected with noise, summer storms, and QSB.  My new paddles and I are still getting acquainted.  The problem came from my thinking about how to send instead of what to send.  Once I interrupt the input buffer my timing gets offset. Normally I fill my

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-08-07 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    The sun was orange all week, dark red at sunrise.  Smoke is causing the trees to lose leaves.  After I started dinner yesterday I walked onto the porch.  The red huckleberries are easy to spot in this new color scheme.  I was interrupted by a snort to my right.  The wind was

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-08-02 Thread James Driskell
to your announcements weekly. 73, Jim W7OWI From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net on behalf of kevin Sent: Sunday, August 1, 2021 21:43 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report Good Evening, Conditions were as predicted

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-08-01 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Conditions were as predicted: low noise, weak signals.  What I had not expected was the depth of the QSB.  S7 or 8 one moment to S2 or below the next.  Lower noise helped me dig out weaker signals.  Forty meters was its usual self - changing within a minute.  For some reason

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-07-31 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    This week began with another bird mystery.  Outside of the two migration seasons the species mix remains stable.  Hearing a new call in the middle of summer is unusual.  It sounded like a rusty pump.  I started dredging through my Midwestern sound memories. Those mimic birds

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-07-25 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Conditions were less noisy this week.  Twenty meters seemed almost quiet.  However, as the forty meter net progressed the noise increased.  There was a storm somewhere in the distance; lightning static covered up a few characters.  QSB was light too. A little deeper on forty.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-07-24 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    The huckleberries are getting eaten by the chickadees so I have to hustle.  Thimble berries are showing the effects of the heat wave during their flowering phase.  Few fruit are ripe in this dry weather.  The black raspberries are doing great though. I saw a chipmunk on a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-07-18 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Conditions were a little better on twenty meters.  That is not saying things were good.  Weak signals in summer noise is not optimum.  On forty meters conditions were less good.  More noise, some QSB, and weaker signals.  Both WM5F and K6PJV were down from normal.  Lightning

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net

2021-07-17 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    It began to feel like autumn this week.  Grasses are drying out and turning brown.  I saw a family group of elk at the end of Buxton Lookout Road.  Their backs and sides were a close match to the grass they were in.  They watched me then started to cross the road.  I turned

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-07-11 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Conditions were a bit better on forty meters.  There was deeper QSB but signals were stronger.  I was surprised at how cool the temperatures were around the country.  Then I got to Dale who said 105 F was cooler than the days preceding.  Hopefully his A/C keeps working.   

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-07-10 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    A cool, moist week, every morning foggy with sun by 10 AM.  It dropped into the 40s last night.  Feels chilly after 110 degrees. The bugs are growing well.  They find me tasty.  Wild strawberries are starting to fade with a bumper crop of salmon berries.  Black berries are

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-07-04 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    Conditions were poor to OK on both bands.  QSB was slow and moderately deep.  Summer storms were quite evident on 40 meters. Hopefully someone is getting rain, not heat lightning.  Hot and dry in most places.  Here there is heavy dew from the morning fog.  It may be enough

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-07-03 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    The week began with very hot weather.  It peaked on Tuesday at 110 degrees.  Luckily no one started a fire.  I coped by eating jalapenos and drinking a lot of water.  Then it slacked off.  Two days later the clouds came back with morning fog.  It did get to 82 today but it

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Report

2021-06-21 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-06-19 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-06-13 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement and birding report

2021-06-12 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report 19th Anniversary Edition

2021-06-06 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net 19th Anniversary Announcement

2021-06-05 Thread kevinr
. None, so far, from South or Southeastern Asia.  I did forget to mention both Australia and New Zealand.  I missed Antarctica but logged him via relay.    I started the Elecraft CW Net on June 6th, 2002.  Many people have checked in over the years.  The format of the directed net was designed

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-05-30 Thread kevinr
Carolina, Connecticut, New York and many points west.    The forecast is for sunny, dry weather most of the week.  I will cut, build, and hang a new antenna by the weekend.  If all goes well I will replace the second antenna too.  Then I can celebrate the 19th anniversary of the Elecraft CW

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-05-29 Thread kevinr
.  The sun was active earlier in the weak but less so today.  By the way: next Sunday, June 6, the Elecraft CW Net will be 19 years old.    Sometime in 1957 my brother put headphones on my head so I could hear his new shortwave receiver.  He found he could keep me out of his hair for hours

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-05-23 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-05-22 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-05-16 Thread kevinr
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,

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-05-15 Thread kevinr
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

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

2021-05-11 Thread IK4EWX
Many thans to all, and a special thanks to KN5L for the oscilloscope traces I will insert a debouncer before the key input of my K3S. I have some MAC bugs with the mechanical debouncers, but on the Mac 1937 with debouncer seem to persist a bounces problems, and with the Mecograph the problem

[Elecraft] Fwd: Re[2]: Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

2021-05-10 Thread glcazzola
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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

2021-05-10 Thread Victor Rosenthal
I rarely use it any more, because I'm lazy. The keyer is easier. Also, my bug fist isn't what it used to be. But I do want it to sound clean when I do. 73, Victor, 4X6GP Rehovot, Israel CWops #5 Formerly K2VCO https://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ On 10/05/2021 3:02, Jim Brown wrote: On 5/9/2021 12:14

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

2021-05-10 Thread Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-05-09 Thread kevinr
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

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

2021-05-09 Thread Jim Brown
On 5/9/2021 12:14 PM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote: I use a reed relay with a capacitor across the coil with my bug. The K3 is not the only modern radio that keys poorly with a bug. A cousin who had used it in the Navy gave me his bug when I was a new ham, and when you and I were working on

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net

2021-05-09 Thread John Seboldt
Just conditions. Hearing other calling for WES around therw with copiable signals, so not totally dead. On 5/9/2021 5:33 PM, James Bennett via Elecraft wrote: Ooops - fat fingered it - my call is K7TXA. On May 9, 2021, at 4:30 PM, James Bennett via Elecraft wrote: John - surprisingly, I’m

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net

2021-05-09 Thread James Bennett via Elecraft
Ooops - fat fingered it - my call is K7TXA. > On May 9, 2021, at 4:30 PM, James Bennett via Elecraft > wrote: > > John - surprisingly, I’m glad to hear that! I just moved into a third floor > apartment and have been struggling to get a stealth antenna put up so I can > check into the nets.

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net

2021-05-09 Thread James Bennett via Elecraft
John - surprisingly, I’m glad to hear that! I just moved into a third floor apartment and have been struggling to get a stealth antenna put up so I can check into the nets. Today I cobbled together my new Buddistick vertical on the balcony railing, got the battery charged up in my IC-705 and

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net

2021-05-09 Thread John Seboldt
Nothing in WI near 14050 from 2200-2220. Listening at 7047 in a few hpurs. John K0JD, Milwaukee On 5/8/2021 9:32 PM, kevinr wrote: 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

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

2021-05-09 Thread Louandzip via Elecraft
Straight key is one thing.  The dit contacts of bugs can be somewhat sketchy/scratchy. There's very little pressure pushing the contacts together when they first make.  It's a common problem on many rigs with many bugs. One fix that's been around forever (predates 555 timers and transistors)

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

2021-05-09 Thread Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP
I use a reed relay with a capacitor across the coil with my bug. The K3 is not the only modern radio that keys poorly with a bug. 73, Victor, 4X6GP Rehovot, Israel CWops #5 Formerly K2VCO https://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ On 09/05/2021 20:38, IK4EWX wrote: Dear friends, Elecraft K3S owners, now I am

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

2021-05-09 Thread Jim Brown
On 5/9/2021 10:38 AM, IK4EWX wrote: now I am sure that the K3S is a CW transceiver suitable only for the use of paddles with its internal keyer or external pc keying. Not true. The K3 can easily be used with a straight key, plugged into the KEY jack. 73, Jim K9YC

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

2021-05-09 Thread John Oppenheimer
Hi Ian, All Bugs have some amount of contact bounce. K3 does not have debounce circuitry. I use a debounce device between Bug and rig. Several can be found on the internet. I made one: https://www.kn5l.net/debounce555/ John KN5L On 5/9/21 12:38 PM, IK4EWX wrote: > Dear friends, Elecraft K3S

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

2021-05-09 Thread IK4EWX
Dear friends, Elecraft K3S owners, now I am sure that the K3S is a CW transceiver suitable only for the use of paddles with its internal keyer or external pc keying. I had already noticed with the Begali Intrepid bug that the K3S introduced extra points that were not my manipulation errors.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net

2021-05-08 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-05-02 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-05-01 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-04-25 Thread kevinr
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. 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-04-24 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-04-18 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-04-17 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-04-11 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-04-10 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-04-04 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-04-03 Thread kevinr
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 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-03-28 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-03-27 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-03-21 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-03-20 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-03-14 Thread kevinr
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

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-03-14 Thread Louandzip via Elecraft
A bit OT, and this is kinda like using a CW decoder, but the Cornell Lab of Ornithology has an phone app, BirdNet. which listens and will identify birds by their calls.  When started, it displays a waterfall display of sound, you drag brackets to surround the call in time, submit it, and it

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-03-13 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-03-07 Thread kevinr
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

Re: [Elecraft] Late Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-03-07 Thread Brian Hunt
Cornell Labs puts out a really nice iPhone app called Merlin which includes regional databases, a search ladder to narrow down what you are trying to identify, photos and audio recordings and a brief description. We use it on hikes all the time to ID and try to call the birds we see. Great fun.

[Elecraft] Late Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-03-07 Thread kevinr
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. 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-02-28 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-02-27 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-02-21 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-02-20 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-02-14 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-02-13 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-02-07 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-02-06 Thread kevinr
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. 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-01-31 Thread kevinr
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

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-01-31 Thread Rich NE1EE
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-01-30 Thread kevinr
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

[Elecraft] CW Sidetone lost

2021-01-30 Thread Bruce Chadbourne
Greetings to the List - I am scratching my head on this. Lately I've been using my new hearing aid interface as a headphone accessory for my K-3. It is a small box (Phonak brand) that plugs into the K-3 headphone jack, and transmits the audio to my hearing aids via bluetooth. Works great - I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2021-01-24 Thread kevinr
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,

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