[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-03-03 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Twenty meters was weak with a medium level of noise on my end. Out East they were getting hammered by it.  Forty meters had less noise (again from my point of view) but it made up for it with slow and deep QSB.  I gave more than one S0 to S9 report and a few of S2 to S7. 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-02-24 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Both bands had a steady hiss with rapid QSB between a wow and a flutter.  Signals were weaker than last week.  Weather reports were attention grabbing.  I kept hearing the word blizzard.  50 mph with heavy snow is pretty intense.  When lightning and thunder accompany it

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-02-17 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Forty meters was contesters up and down the dial.  And then it all went quiet.  I ran the forty meter net for 28 minutes and worked a nice group of people.  A few of them fresh from the contest others not so fresh after hours of snow moving.  The report of good food in New

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-02-10 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Twenty meters was a little noisy but decent copy.  Forty meters had atmospheric noises and two kinds of QSB.  Slow cycles and a fast flutter.  The latter can really chop up characters. The northern tier of check ins all had some form of snow.  Here the forecast keeps

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-02-03 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Compared to last week Fargo, North Dakota is undergoing a heat wave.  It's up to 0 degrees Fahrenheit :)  Iowa has dense fog and sauna-like temperatures in the mid 40s.  My brother in SW Wisconsin reported a flood just west of his barn.  His Mangalitsa and mulefoot pigs are

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-01-27 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Conditions were better on both bands.  QSB was everywhere but I was able to reach farther across the country.  Alberta Clipper was the storm type.  Dry snow, lots of drifting, followed by deep cold.  Good thing dry snow insulates so well.  My mother was born in North Dakota

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-01-20 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Both bands were crystal clear and quiet.  But neither were very productive.  The inclement weather of the Midwest may be part of it.  Even Central California was getting its share. Thunderstorms and a tornado.  Things are quieter here but it has been steadily raining for the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-01-13 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Twenty meters was not easy.  After I worked Ken I called for more check ins and got Roy and another very weak station.  Roy said he needs to keep his snow blower active.  Maybe he'll volunteer for folks east of him.  I kept digging and found only a presence calling me.  Then

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2019-01-06 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Twenty meters had QSB while forty had RTTY contesters and a very loud tone slightly below 7047 kHz.  This made me search for an open frequency which I found at 7044 kHz.  I called there until 0002z when I switched back to around 7047 and found the contest was over.  So I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-12-30 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Conditions on both bands were fair.  Both had some form of QSB but forty meters had a growing noise problem.  The sun is setting during the second net so the conditions change quickly.  Moving the net time forward made the difference between me not hearing anyone to what we

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-12-23 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Twenty meters was not helpful today.  But I did hear a lot of folks on straight keys honing their skills for next weekend. Forty meters had QSB ranging from Zip to S5 (one report) through S4 to S9.  But the change was rapid enough it would only effect a letter here and there.

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-12-16 Thread Dave Sublette
Hi Kevin, There is a good reason I was on the 160M vertical on 20. It was the antenna I could hear you best on. :-) Right now, my rotating tower with the 40M Moxons is pointed at 164 and I won't turn it because I have a trolley cable attached at 125 feet, getting ready to install a four

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-12-16 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Both bands were quiet and weak.  Forty meters had deep QSB on everyone.  Reports of S4 to S9 happened.  I gave one of S1 to S8. Good thing the bands were quiet because the QSB made life interesting.  Forty meters was even more fun.  I don't think I had the chance to call CQ

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-12-09 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Conditions for both nets were fairly good.  Some QSB but clear signals nonetheless.   On 14050.75 kHz at 2200z: K6XK - Roy - IA W0CZ - Ken - ND AB9V - Mike - IN K4TO - Dave - KY K6CN - Harv - CA   On 7047 kHz at z: W6JHB - Jim - CA W0CZ - Ken - ND K0DTJ - Brian

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-12-02 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Propagation was better this week.  Both bands were clear and loud.  Some whistlers on 40 m but the thunderstorm QRN was gone. Those thunderstorms have been replaced by blizzards.  Roy is prepping his snowblower while Ken is outside in a creche tonight. Enjoying winter can

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-11-26 Thread kevinr
Good Afternoon,    When I could find no open spot to run the twenty meter net I went back to my reading.  CQWW covered a wide swath of the band. I started the forty meter net at 0030z and had good results for a few minutes.  Then the band dropped off a cliff.  Moving the time forward had

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-11-19 Thread kevinr
Good Afternoon,    Yesterday's twenty meter net had fair to good reception on a clear band.  The forty meter net had a few moments of good reception.  Then propagation dropped off of a cliff.  Afterward I received a few emails describing what was heard on their end. Fine signals while I was

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-11-12 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    The new time for the twenty meter net worked well.  Signals were clear, easy copy, even with deep QSB.  I gave one report as the range S2 to S8.  The new time for the forty meter net was not as good.  Signals had the same deep QSB but were weaker with more band noise.  Now

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-10-28 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    The rain has slowed from the roaring noise I was hearing during the second net to a mild patter on the roof.  It got so loud I could barely hear my own sending.  I wear headphones.  It was loud.  But copy was good on many of you.  K4TO was about 50% copy on 20 meters but came

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-10-21 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Two good nets with decent conditions.  QSB was pretty deep but slow enough not to chop up words.  Reports came in on the last few days of good weather, the gang at Pacificon, working Ducie, tuning up the snow blower, recovering from Michael, visiting the PNW when it's not

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-10-14 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Both bands were quiet.  Signals were stronger on 40 meters but there was a slow and medium QSB.  There were two concerning reports however.  Snow?  Roy did mention how festive it looked then something about a shovel.  Half way through October and winter is sneaking in. 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-10-07 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Conditions on twenty meters were adequate.  QRN from storms. Slow QSB on everyone.  Forty meters was a little stronger with the storm noise well in the distance.  Both K6XK and K4TO are busy with new antennas getting ready for winter.  160 meters was mentioned by both. 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-09-30 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     I searched up and down on the forty meter band to find an unoccupied frequency.  From 7030 to 7070 kHz there was a swath of RTTY folks tweedeling away.  Oh well, the band sounded good though which bodes well for the future.   On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: W0CZ - Ken - ND

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-09-23 Thread Brian Hunt
Hi Kevin, I listened for you on 20m but heard, maybe an ESP dit or two. Roy had a big signal here, S9+ when I moved the beam around to him. Heard a few of the other check-ins too. Wayne was about S5 and watery with refraction over the hill. A dinner party took me away for the 5 o'clock

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-09-23 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     The onset of fall seems to have helped propagation.  I worked a few stations I had not heard in a while.  QSB seemed to be included with every signal report.  I just gave RST as a range. But copy was good enough that an S1 signal was easy.  I only had to turn down one S9

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-09-16 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Conditions were poor.  I was only able to work a few folks on each band.  Twenty meters was going places I haven't visited in a long time.  But nabbing Kansas on forty meters was even more odd. I ran both nets a little off frequency but QRM was a major problem on forty.  I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-09-09 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Twenty meters was plus ungood while forty meters was a bit worse at double plus ungood.  I kept off the main frequency on both bands but heard no one else.  If the doldrums last for another two years it will be a long interregnum.  Good thing Elecraft gave us such rigs which

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-09-02 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    QSB was deep on 20 meters and less deep on 40 meters.  I was getting reports from ESP to S8.  But both bands were able to support at least a few contacts.   On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI W0CZ - Ken - ND K6XK - Roy - IA   On 7045 kHz at z: KW6G - Chas -

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-08-26 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    The bands were not kind.  20 meters was weak with deep QSB. 40 meters had less QSB but was weak and going long.  However, there were a few folks out there at ESP levels who made it into the log.   On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: K4TO - Dave - KY NO8V - John - MI K6XK - Roy - IA

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-08-12 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    While most were reporting hot and some humid a couple of us were getting a day of ocean breeze.  I have been seeing smoke in the satellite images across the US from the Western forest fires. Today I got a report from North Dakota about the smoke.  Over the weekend the smoke

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-08-05 Thread Dwight Anderson
Hello Kevin; You make this net such great fun! Just saying thanks! Dwight WM5F -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of kevinr Sent: Sunday, August 5, 2018 6:16 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report Good Evening

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-08-05 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Twenty meters was quiet and weak with moderate QSB.  Forty meters was such that none of the people I called could hear any of the others.  At times I was trying to work three signals at once. But even though the order may be off we got it done.  Except for dragging in WG7?? 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-07-29 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Band conditions were similar to the week before: quiet, medium QSB on 20 m, weak QSB on 40 m, and some intermittent QRN on 20 m. Reciprocal propagation was more common.  The heat was a problem, I was sticking to my desk.  So for the 40 m net I found a hand towel to use as a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-07-22 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    On twenty meters the band favored those calling in my direction.  QSB was not too deep and the band was fairly quiet so copy was OK.  On forty meters the QSB was deeper and the storm noise was louder.  But I was able to work from the wilds of Moscow to the beaches of Southern

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-07-15 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Conditions bordered on OK kind of.  Low noise but 4 S unit QSB, sometimes deeper.  I know at one point I was copying every other character of W0CZ north woods report.  But we have been working each other so long that is more than enough.  I did want to ask him about the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-07-08 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Both 20m & 40m seemed fair.  Deep QSB on both but the noise level was not too high so I could copy fairly deeply into the valleys.  Temperatures were higher for almost everyone except Ken who was camping in Northern Minnesota.  Rain kept it chilly for him as he was running

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-07-01 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Yes, the bands were more quiet and in both of the ways I had suspected they would be.  QSB was mild but present with an S2 variance at the greatest.  Twenty meters was more quiet so I was able to reach past the Mississippi and Tennessee Rivers.  However, spanning the Red

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-06-17 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     While twenty meters had QSB and weak signals forty meters had QSB, less weak signals, and QRN from a storm.  Woo Hoo :)  I do miss those days when twenty meters would reach all the way across the US but I'm patient.  One day those conditions will return.    It appears

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-06-10 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    QSB was the order of the day.  I gave reports of S0 to S7 or S0 to S5.  There were some atmospheric quirks too.  Odd sounding whistles and some buzzing.  I was told of lots of lightning east of the Mississippi but I heard none of it.  I was expecting more storm noise on 40

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-06-03 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    I am not used to rooting for a winning team but now the Mariners have gotten themselves into first place.  I guess I'll just have to deal with it.  I am gradually building up the number of 1500 watt amp operators I've worked.  The amps really help when the QSB is the way it

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-05-27 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    I was able to listen around on twenty meters during the WPX event.  I was not able to find an open frequency.  So I listened to many very loud stations getting all sorts of people replying to their CQs but they never heard them at all.  I must have found a dozen stations like

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-05-20 Thread kevinr
Good evening,     Twenty meters had little noise while forty meters had a storm in the distance.  But I was able to find people on both bands. Lots of medium speed QSB too.  S2 to S7 was not an uncommon signal report.  A few S0 lower range reports too.  Indiana had the hottest weather but my

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-05-13 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     For some odd reason I had the high temperature of the day at 87 degrees.  The bands were still weak but the noise was less than last week.  I know I do not have the most biting flies but I may be in the top three.   On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI AB9V - Mike

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-05-06 Thread Dave Scarfe
Could hear you when you started on 40m, but as you have reported, fading was prevalent. I'll keep trying. 73, de VE5UO On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 6:45 PM, kevinr wrote: > Good Evening, > > Conditions were less than poor. Everyone said I was weak when I > thought it was them

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-05-06 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Conditions were less than poor.  Everyone said I was weak when I thought it was them :)   On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: K6XK - Roy - IA NO8V - John - MI   On 7045 kHz at z: K6PJV - Dale - CA    The biggest problem was noise covering up the bands but QSB on 40 meters

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-04-29 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     QSB was deep today.  I was giving reports of S1 to S7. Luckily the noise level was not too high on my end.  Some parts of the US are actually warm and sunny while others have yet to see spring.  Hopefully May will end our wait for warm weather and gardening.  I have to use a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-04-22 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Conditions on both twenty and forty meters were noisy with some QSB present.  There seemed to be lots of signals but only a few of them could hear me.   On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI W0CZ - Ken - ND K6XK - Roy - IA KL7CW - Rick - AK   On 7045 kHz at z:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-04-15 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Both bands had deep QSB.  I gave one report from S1 to S8. Weaker signals got buried at times.  W8OV called at 559 and I never heard him again.  Mostly both bands were filled with a roaring sound and periodic buzzing.   On 14050 kHz at 2200z: AB9V - Mike - IN K6XK - Roy

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-04-08 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    There were a few waves of static but mostly the signals were clear.  The ionosphere was moving today there were certainly a wide variety of types of QSB.     Winter still has its hold on those in the Midwest.  Conditions have been changing quickly on forty meters.  An hour

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-04-01 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Whew, 40 meters was noisy and copy was difficult.  Even Brian was weak today at 559.  The QSB was not helping matters on either band. But 20 m was much better than 40 m.  It may be time to move the 40 meter net back to where it was at 0100z.  I'll wait one more week and try it

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-03-25 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     QSB was everywhere.  ESP one moment S5 the next.  S3 to S7 was pretty normal.  And the every present hiss with a few whistlers.  But it was nice to hear spring is coming to at least a few of us.  40 meters was open to at least Kentucky but that was an ESP contact more often

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-03-18 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Sorry to those of you who heard the end of the forty meter net.  My hand was no longer paying attention to me.  Too much typing for the last two months has made it cramp up on me.  I can still type, albeit slowly, but CW got near impossible for the last minute or two. 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-03-11 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     It is amazing how good a walk on a sunny day feels; especially after you've had three weeks of snow storms and grey. Another few days like this and even the snow drifts will be gone.    While QSB on twenty meters was not too bad it was very deep, but slow, on forty meters. 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-03-04 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     I got a work out today.  Lots of signals from all over but QSB was making it harder than normal.  One second at S7 and then to S1 or worse.  But I was able to drag quite a few of you out. Florida on 40 meters while Connecticut came in on both 20 and 40 meters.  No Alaska

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-02-25 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     QSB was deep on both bands, rapid at times too.  It was pretty chilly in my shack today so my fingers would not work right.  I am thinking of mounting a 5Y3 on the side of my K3.  The glow would be comforting and it would allow me to warm my fingers when not sending.  The

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-02-18 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Forty meters was OK this evening.  Fast QSB, noise, but decent signals.  After last week's unseasonably warm weather it's gone the other way with snow, ice, rain & wind.  The wind is kicking up so I may lose power and antennas.  However, the snow is pretty dry it may just

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-02-11 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    On 14049.5 kHz at 2300z: NO8V - John - MI W0CZ - Ken - ND K4JPN - Steve - GA K6XK - Roy - IA KL7CW - Rick - AK    On 7045 kHz at 0100z: K6PJV - Dale - CA KG7V - Marv - WA  -- Thanks for the relay Dale K0DTJ - Brian - CA K1SM - Bill - MA   -- this one was ESP so K&1

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report Errata

2018-02-04 Thread kevinr
Instead of checking in K6PJV I should have copied AE6JV. So on forty meters it should read: AE6JV - Bill - CA Sorry Bill,     Kevin. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-02-04 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening,     I received weather reports from Alaska to Alabama and from Michigan to California.  The coldest was 0 F in North Dakota but Rick did mention below zero for his morning low.  The folks in California are basking in their early spring.  Here there are tiny bugs in the air so

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-01-28 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    It is always surprising where my signal can reach.  But QSB was alternately boosting and diminishing signals.  Some overall hiss but mostly quiet with a few whistlers passing through the frequency. On 14050 kHz at 2300z: W0CZ - Ken - ND K6XK - Roy - IA K4JPN - Steve - GA

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-01-21 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    Never foreshadow a power outage!  This one lasted from well before dawn until a few minutes ago.  The high winds overnight blew trees into the feeder lines from Bonneville Dam.  Required outage supplies: Coleman gas, large package of AA batteries, a Mini Mag-light in my

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-01-14 Thread kevinr
Whew!     Not all that noisy on either band but deep QSB made life interesting.  One moment I give a 539 and they come back with a 229.  Hmmm... I need to work on my antennas :(  Once the loggers come in next Spring and take out a few large, dead trees I can rearrange my antennas.  Until

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2018-01-07 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    I got a very strange look from a Gray Jay on Friday.  I was getting ready to do the dishes so gave them bits of this and that for a treat.  A little popcorn, some oatmeal, a little rice, a heel of bread, and some beans.  The beans were what gained me the look.  I had made

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-12-31 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     A stead hiss, not quite a roar, plagued both nets.  QSB gave a light flutter.  Then there were those screeching, frequency drifting interruptions.  I dream of seeing the "inner" surface of the ionosphere in real time so I could correlate sound to the bending radio waves. 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-12-17 Thread kevinr
Whew!  Both bands were rather noisy.  Waves of scratchy QRN moved through the frequencies.  QSB was medium to deep, but slow.  When I checked 14050 kHz before the first net I heard K1ECU calling CQ very clearly.  If I would have had the time I would have replied. I moved up to 14050.5 kHz to

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-12-10 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Conditions were poor to abysmal.  Slow QSB with moving bands of screeching QRN.  Both stations from the Midwest were good one moment and down two S units the next.  But it sounds like the worst weather missed those of you who could hear me.  Dry conditions for everyone due

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-12-03 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Conditions were not good.  Double plus ungood in fact.  But I was skunked on neither band.  That counts as a win :)  I was pushed off the initial net frequency in each case. On 14050.5 kHz at 2300z: W0CZ - Ken - ND N5NF - Watt - TX On 7045.5 kHz at 0100z: K0DTJ -

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-11-26 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    It seems like the CQWW contest used up the propagation. However, I was able to land a few check ins on this Thanksgiving weekend.  Lots of noise with a medium speed flutter from QSB. On 7046 kHz at 0100z: K0DTJ - Brian - CA WM5F - Dwight - ID We talked a little about

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-11-19 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     The forty meter net just ended.  Conditions were a little noisy with various types of QSB.  From Alaska there was a flutter, from North Dakota there was none, and from California there was a slow, rolling wave (must be the surfer effect :).  Twenty meters had QSB too but

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-11-12 Thread James Bennett
Kevin, you were right at the noise floor here so I didnt even bother trying. Ken W0CZ was S9 down here in Folsom. Maybe next week... Jim / W6JHB > On Nov 12, 2017, at 5:49 PM, kevinr wrote: > > Good Evening, > > Conditions on twenty meters were long; on forty meters not

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-11-12 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,     Conditions on twenty meters were long; on forty meters not so much.  Waves of noise now and then with plenty of QSB.  The sun is still buffeting the ionosphere. On 14050 kHz at 2300z: NO8V - John - MI  in and out of the noise W0CZ - Ken - ND  running his factory rebuilt

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-10-29 Thread marvwheeler
day, October 29, 2017 7:39 PM To: marvwhee...@nwlink.com Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report Hi Marv, I was copying you between S3 and S7. From what I could find on a map you live at or near sea level. I live at 2000 feet which seems to be out problem. The mountain I l

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-10-29 Thread Brian Hunt
Happy to relay you in, Marv. Yeah, you're a little close for both bands. I have the same problem on 20m. Most of the time Kevin is ESP here in northern CA on 20m. Yep Kevin has good ears. Sometimes he is plagued be QRN but even then usually pulls us through. Welcome to the net. 73, Brian,

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-10-29 Thread marvwheeler
running a 100 watts from my K3S. Thanks Kevin. -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of kev...@coho.net Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2017 6:04 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-10-29 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening,     QSB, on everyone and everything: QSB.  But the bands were both quiet enough to work down to near S0 so I only lost a few letters here and there. Subjects: origin of the word blizzard (from someone who lives them), Veerys and their work, overwork of faithful radio amateurs

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-10-22 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening On 14050 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI W0CZ - Ken - ND K6XK - Roy - IA K4JPN - Steve - GA K0DTJ - Brian - CA K4TO - Dave - KY On 7045 kHz at z: W0CZ - Ken - ND K6PJV - Dale - CA K0DTJ - Brian - CA WM5F - Dwight - ID Subjects: collecting leaves on windy days, rain,

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-10-08 Thread Fred Jensen
20 was not open at all to N. NV, except for all the stations not in N. OR and vicinity.  Heard lots of check-ins, never heard NCS. Otherwise occupied for the 40 ... which may have worked. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 10/8/2017 5:38 PM, kev...@coho.net wrote:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-10-08 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening,    Twenty meters was not as open as last week. On 14050.65 kHz at 2200z:  (WES contesters were packed like fish in a tin.) W0CZ - Ken - ND K4JPN - Steve - GA K4TO - Dave - KY While forty meters was much better than last week. On 7045.5 kHz at z: K0DTJ - Brian - CA

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-10-01 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening,     40 meters was not as strong as 20 meters today.  But on 20 meters the band was open to all over the US and up into Canada. Today was the first time I have worked the Yukon Territory. Whitehorse was easy copy from Oregon. On 14050 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI W6HV -

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report errata

2017-09-03 Thread kev...@coho.net
Between K0DTJ & K6XK there should be a line with K4JPN - Steve - GA Whoops.    Kevin. On 9/3/2017 5:25 PM, kev...@coho.net wrote: Twenty meters was more open than it has been in months.  I had strong signals from all over and weak signals from even more places.  The band was moving

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-09-03 Thread kev...@coho.net
Twenty meters was more open than it has been in months.  I had strong signals from all over and weak signals from even more places.  The band was moving quickly though.  I'd start off hearing an S7 station only to close with an S2 signal.  QSB was on all reports to me but only on a few from my

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-08-06 Thread Dwight Anderson
Dievendorff Sent: Sunday, August 6, 2017 5:47 PM To: Brian Hunt <huntin...@coastside.net> Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report It was a KPA1500 engineering prototype. 73 de Dick, K6KR > On Aug 6, 2017, at 17:41, Brian Hunt <huntin...@coastsid

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-08-06 Thread Dick Dievendorff
It was a KPA1500 engineering prototype. 73 de Dick, K6KR > On Aug 6, 2017, at 17:41, Brian Hunt wrote: > > That 1500 watts sure sounded sweet! > > 73, > Brian, K0DTJ > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home:

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-08-06 Thread Brian Hunt
That 1500 watts sure sounded sweet! 73, Brian, K0DTJ __ 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:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-08-06 Thread kev...@coho.net
Well that was fun. Both nets had alright propagation. Nothing to write home to mom about but OK. A wide variety of QRN types as well as the ever present QSB. Then there are the tests: a weak KX3 signal from the wilds of Minnesota, 400 watts from Central California, and then an ear testing

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2017-04-02 Thread kev...@coho.net
While twenty meters got me into Michigan, North Dakota, Georgia, and Japan twenty meters only got me to California. Even though the sun is active right now it's a bit too active :) Yes, we never get it the way we want it but I think it's going to be better tomorrow. Unfortunately for us all

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 27/28, 2016

2016-03-27 Thread kev...@coho.net
That did not format as I had intended. This should be easier to read: showing spots for DX call -- KD5ONS search spot by callsign de dx freq cq/dx snr speed time NO1D KD5ONS 7045.0CW CQ12 dB21 wpm0117z 28 Mar AK7V KD5ONS 7045.1

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 27/28, 2016

2016-03-27 Thread kev...@coho.net
Good Evening, I was able to raise a decent antenna this week and ran both Sunday nets. I worked: W0CZ - Ken - ND K4JPN - Steve - GA On the twenty meter net at 14049.5 kHz. And: NO8V - John - MI K0DTJ - Brian - CA K6PJV - Dale - CA W0CZ - Ken - ND W6JHB - Jim - CA I checked the Reverse

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 16th 17th, 2014

2014-03-22 Thread Kevin
Good Afternoon, I need to work on completing the net reports from the last few months. Losing my hard drive got me out of my routine so they are piling up around the computer. Hopefully I can get a few reports out each week until spring work pulls me away. Currently we are alternating

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2013-07-20 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, I got caught up on a few old net reports and got out to enjoy the sun. It has cooled such that each morning in am in heavy fog so the trees mine it and rain. Today was a little different because it rained not only under the trees but all over. It is good to get the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 19th 20th, 2013

2013-05-25 Thread kevinr
On 14050 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820 AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 K9ZTV - Kent - MO - K3 - 21 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 On 7045 kHz 0100z: K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 WI6O - John - CA - K1 - 922

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 12th 13th, 2013

2013-05-18 Thread kevinr
On 14050 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820 AC5P - Mike - OK - K3 - 2170 AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 N0DA - Dan - OR - KX3 - 285 W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139 On 7045 kHz at 0100z: N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994 K6PJV - Dale - CA

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 5th 6th, 2013

2013-05-11 Thread kevinr
On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 W7RIP - Rip - MT N7EDK - Ed - AZ - KX3 - 45 On 7045 kHz at 0100z: K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 28th 29th, 2013

2013-04-30 Thread EricJ
From So Cal, around the same time as the net (1935-2300z), I worked an OX3, ON4, YV5, DG0, IK4, and an OZ1. All with 100% copy exchanging about the same amount of information. Could have worked 20-30 W/A/N/Ks or the same number of JA's instead. All on a K2 (sn 567) on JT65A running 5 watts

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 28th 29th, 2013

2013-04-29 Thread kevinr
Good evening, Conditions on yesterday's nets were poor. Twenty meters had very deep QSB. NO8V was S5 one second, S1 the next, and ESP a beat later. I could get about one word in three so copying the call signs was it. W0CZ who is normally strong to me was very weak on twenty meters and

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 31st April 1st, 2013

2013-04-06 Thread kevinr
On 14049.5 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820 AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 AC5P - Mike - OK - K3 - 2170 W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 KN5L - John - TX - KX3 - 1658 N0DA - Dan - OR - KX3 - 285 On 7045 kHz at 0100z: W0CZ - Ken -

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 24th 25th, 2013

2013-03-30 Thread kevinr
On 24049.5 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820 AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 On 7045 kHz at 0100z: W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 17th 18th, 2013

2013-03-23 Thread kevinr
Conditions were not very good. During the first net I had to run a kilohertz higher than normal. The second net was better but conditions were still not very good. There had been a solar storm earlier and the after effects were apparent. KS7D was my DX for the day. Just good enough to

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 10th 11th, 2013

2013-03-16 Thread kevinr
On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820 K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113 K9ZTV - Kent - MO - K3 - 21 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866 KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798 K9FD/KH6 - Merv - HI - K3 - 2603 On 7045 kHz at 0100z: NO8V -

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 3rd 4th, 2013

2013-03-09 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Last week's nets were OK with QSB and QRN from storms. I expect tomorrow's nets will be filled with lightning static from the storms in the Midwest. The same system which is sending all the moisture into that area is causing my sunny and dry weather. Never fear, tomorrow the

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