Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 10th 12th, 2008

2008-08-11 Thread Brett Howard
YAY!!! I'll have to start checking back in I'd all but given up on ECN but now that Tom is back I can start checking in again. :) As far as speed goes Tom usually pops up and down to follow people being one of the slower people on the net I find that very nice and it works quite well for

RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 10th 12th, 2008

2008-08-11 Thread Dave Van Wallaghen
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Rock Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 11:28 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 10th 12th, 2008 Good Evening, It was a wonderful evening. Our first net had a very welcome vistor: Tom Hammond, N0SS came

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 10th 12th, 2008

2008-08-10 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, It was a wonderful evening. Our first net had a very welcome vistor: Tom Hammond, N0SS came by and worked a few stations for me. Thank you Tom and welcome back. It was nice to hear you again. I forgot to thank Scott, N0AR, who last week relayed in Ray, K2HYD for us. Thank

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 3rd 4th, 2008

2008-08-03 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Combining wood splitting, hauling, stacking, roof material unloading, hauling, ladder lifting, stacking, and then a net in one day has proven a bit much for me. I am tired! However, it does keep me active, fit, and drinking plenty of water. It may even be heart smart! Today

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 27th 28th, 2008

2008-07-27 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Wow, that was noisy! My ears are still ringing after my walk. Tomorrow's chainsaw work will seem pleasant in comparison. Trying to find the weak signals on 40 meters was not easy. It did not help that I kept hearing dits and dahs in the noise. I did hear a few requests for

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 27th 28th, 2008

2008-07-27 Thread Brett Howard
Tried and tried and tried... No relays... Oh well guess I'll have to wait till Tom gets his K3 back. On Sun, 2008-07-27 at 23:25 -0400, Kevin Rock wrote: Good Evening, Wow, that was noisy! My ears are still ringing after my walk. Tomorrow's chainsaw work will seem pleasant in

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 20th 21st, 2008

2008-07-20 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I hope all is well with you. The weather here today was very pleasant. It rose to around 80 degrees with full sun and a light breeze. After the mildly chilly week this was nice. I had a chance to mix fuel for the chainsaw and cut for an hour. Later this did give a few

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 13th 14th, 2008

2008-07-15 Thread Dick Housden, W0NTA
Hi Kevin, Good to hear you on ECN. One change, my K3 is #1208 not 1207. It sure seems like a very nice radio. I took it to the cabin over the weekend and got in some nice QSOs. Had to come home early so we could attend my grand daughter's sixth birthday party Sunday afternoon. So. I missed

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 13th 14th, 2008

2008-07-15 Thread John Clare
@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:34 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 13th 14th, 2008 Hi Kevin, Good to hear you on ECN. One change, my K3 is #1208 not 1207. It sure seems like a very nice radio. I took it to the cabin over the weekend and got in some nice

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 13th 14th, 2008

2008-07-15 Thread Dick Housden, W0NTA
Hi John, I am not sure how Elecraft is issuing serial numbers. I thought I read somewhere that there could be differences in the sequence of kits versus assembled units, but I cannot find anything on that. Maybe I was dreaming, again. Maybe someone else can enlighten us. 73, Dick, W0NTA

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 13th 14th, 2008

2008-07-15 Thread David King
etcetera., does any one know? John Clare VK1CJ. - Original Message - From: Dick Housden, W0NTA [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:34 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 13th 14th, 2008 Hi Kevin, Good to hear you on ECN. One

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 13th 14th, 2008

2008-07-15 Thread Dick Housden, W0NTA
Thanks David. I knew I saw something about serial numbers somewhere. I just used the wrong search parameters when I went looking. 73, Dick, W0NTA Greeley, CO David King-11 wrote: On July 3rd, Eric had posted the following reference serial numbers in a message titled KRX-3: We are

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 13th 14th, 2008

2008-07-14 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening (only one day late), I have been having problems with the phone lines. Seems like some sort of rolling black out where I get a few hours of connection each day. The phone company tells me they are waiting for a part, something to do with generating a dial tone. They have been

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 6th 7th, 2008

2008-07-06 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Forty meters got so bad I had to quit. I know there was one more station, W??O?, but I could not drag him out of the noise. The QSB was eating most of his signal which was not covered up by the QRN. Very tough copy but I am sorry I missed you :( Twenty meters was a little

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 22nd 23rd, 2008

2008-06-22 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Tonight after the second net I got back to splitting wood. The weather is perfect for it and the wood is checking nicely. The rounds have dried since I cut them at the beginning of the biting fly season. While this may not rest my ears from the QRN of 40 meters it does feel

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 15th 16th, 2008

2008-06-15 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening! It was a wonderful day in the Coast Range of Oregon. Temperature got all the way into the low 70s. The only clouds I saw were out over the ocean. A light wind kept the air moving through the house. I had a fire going very low just to get the chill out of the place and Sam

RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 8th 9th, 2008

2008-06-09 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Perhaps it's that the propagation numbers are, at the very best, general indicators and mean absolutely nothing about the propagation at any given time or place? That's been the experience of those who explore conditions since the Heaviside layer was discovered. Clearly, you had some effective

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 1st 2nd, 2008

2008-06-01 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Whew forty meters was loud! QRN to the extreme, QSB on most everyone, and a pileup of QRM for about ten minutes. Makes running the net just a little challenging ;) But, I just kept at it and ran for 45 minutes. The QRM lessened and then disappeared, the QSB changed as it is

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 26th, 2008

2008-05-25 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The twenty meter net got scrubbed due to so much activity on the band. But I did get some interesting DX while waiting for the contest to end. Then came dinner for the two cats and me. Just completed the second net where noise was rising higher and higher. As I went outside

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 18th 19th, 2008

2008-05-18 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The forty meter net went very well tonight. Asking the Flying Pigs for advice helped a great deal. I moved to 7047 kHz and was not bothered at all. The was the normal QRN, QSB, and some voice QRM but nothing untoward. The sun showed some activity which was mirrored in the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 11th 12th, 2008

2008-05-11 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I am glad I could step outside and listen to the fir trees after that second net! A couple of you were so loud it was hard to copy because of the smoke coming out of my ears. I am using different headphones these days. Pat got them for me for Christmas a while back and they

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 4th 5th, 2008

2008-05-04 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Wow, forty meters got very loud toward the end. QRN was strong from the minute I tuned up. QSB was also the order of the evening. S2 to S9 jumps at times. At the very end of the net I know I got WB5BKL and ND0V but think I mentioned N0BK by mistake. The BK was probably

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 27th 28th, 2008

2008-04-28 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Spring is here on the mountain. Trilliums are blooming on the property and the daffodils have started to open en masse. I actually let the fire go out last night and have not relit it. I may just lay the fire so when I need it I only need to strike a match to it. Twenty

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2008-04-26 Thread Kevin Rock
Hello, Fighting with my Internet connection through a flakey phone line tonight. It took me three hours to make a connection! Worked QRPTTF today with NM7N. Fun!! Weather very windy in the Columbia River Gorge. Warm in the flat lands; almost too warm :) Up here it is pleasant.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 20th 21st, 2008

2008-04-20 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The twenty meter net went well but the forty meter net was plagued by Flying Pig QRM. I tried using RIT to move them off the side but they kept moving right on top of me. Seems like they cannot hear very well. The Bacon Run is only once a month but it is getting harder and

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 13th 14th, 2008

2008-04-14 Thread Fred Jensen
Kevin Rock wrote: Good Evening, Twenty meters was not conducive to radiotelegraphy today. Total of three check ins. Indeed it wasn't, and when I figured that out [and that Tom hadn't checked in] I turned the KW on just to be ready to get a QNB if I heard anyone. The only station I heard

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 13th 14th, 2008

2008-04-13 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Twenty meters was not conducive to radiotelegraphy today. Total of three check ins. However, one of them was from Curacao. He reported a temperature in the 90s. But, then on twenty meters I had three folks tell me of the HOT temperatures in the Southwest. One of them was

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 6th 7th, 2008

2008-04-06 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The fan is still blowing on my K2/100 and Chamberlain has just signed the Munich agreement. Momentous things are afoot. But I will attempt to stay in 2008 instead of 1938 for the moment! Conditions were very, very good on 40 meters just now. Tom and I worked many stations

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 30th 31st, 2008

2008-03-30 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, As the snow fell we held our nets. From the weather report I am reading the snow should end in a day or two. Good! I am a little tired of digging down to the woodpile. The winter has lasted long enough and my last woodpile will be gone soon if this keeps up. Looks like I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 23rd 24th, 2008

2008-03-23 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Shortly after I got off the air from the second net it started to snow. I gave Sam his ear scratch as requested. Pete, I now have a drooling cat on my hands. He is a glutton for affection. After the drooling he bites; in a loving but quite noticeable way! He got fed and

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for 16th 17th, 2008

2008-03-21 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Whew! I finally found the time to get the last little bit done on these lists. Hopefully they are OK because we're about to run the nets again in only two days (actually a little less it is 0521z March 22 now). If there are any errors, corrections, deletions, spindling, or

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 9th 10th, 2008

2008-03-09 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Once again time has flown by; maybe that means I am getting something accomplished. Or not :) Propagation on 20 meters was poor. I worked Tom and then no one. By that time I had fallen to 229 to Tom. I heard him for a while but not one person he was working. Then even he

RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March

2008-03-03 Thread KM5Q
Kevin, It's FINE to be elitist -- just include ALL the elite =^) Your message gave me the idea to log S/Ns from EC rigs worked on the SSB net. Some people will do ANYTHING for another certificate, and we'll do ANYTHING to get more check-ins. Windy KM5Q ... We still need SD and DE

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March

2008-03-02 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, My ears are in better shape now that I've had a break for dinner. Forty meters was getting very loud toward the end of the second net. QRN from Midwestern storms was strong, QSB was getting deeper, and the QRM was strong enough to cover my sidetone. I did manage to work a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 24th 25th, 2008

2008-02-24 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Today was another beautiful day in Oregon. Sunny and warm with very light winds. The propagation was pretty good too! At least on forty meters that is. Twenty was noisy with various amounts of QSB from region to region. I lost a number of folks. I would get their initial

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 17th 18th, 2008

2008-02-17 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Today was wonderful here on the mountain. I had a constant stream of tourists trying their 4WD vehicles in the last of the snow. Some gave up, some made their way further and got stuck, some made it all the way back down the mountain without assistance. They all had fun.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 10th 11th, 2008

2008-02-10 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The sun acted up recently; it was quite obvious on each band. The noise level was high enough to cover the weaker stations. Luckily I had N0SS and K9ZTV to help me from Missouri. Thank you for your help. I could hear K2HYD but I would not have been able to work him. There

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 3rd 4th, 2008

2008-02-03 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Another fine set of nets. Until Pete mentioned there was a game about to start I had totally forgotten the event. However, since Green Bay was not participating it could not be much of a game ;) One of the teams is trying to beat the perfect record of the Miami Dolphins but

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 27th 28th, 2008

2008-01-27 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, That was fun! The forty meter net was very well attended due to the good conditions we experienced. I had some help from Kent, K9ZTV, too. With practice he may become as good at NCS as Tom; I don't have a snowball's chance :) Seems like QSB was most everywhere with

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 20th 21st, 2008

2008-01-21 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Afternoon, The new schedule is forcing me to eat later. This is then causing me to postpone the reports until later in the evening. Well, it got very late because I got caught up in reading; until about 1 AM! By that time it was too late for me to get this written and posted. So it

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 13th 14th, 2008

2008-01-14 Thread Kevin Rock
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 13th 14th, 2008 Kevin Rock wrote: I read the sun was acting up and between nets read about aurora in Scandinavia. Thus our conditions seem to have improved through the action of the sun. Now that we are starting upward again

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 13th 14th, 2008

2008-01-14 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
- Original Message - Kevin Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Conditions were better for the two nets today than they have been in some time. The sun threw a coronal mass ejection at us which caused aurorae. The same improvement noticed here on 40m Sunday evening your time Kevin,

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 13th 14th, 2008

2008-01-14 Thread Kevin Rock
14, 2008 3:03 AM To: Elecraft Discussion List elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 13th 14th, 2008 - Original Message - Kevin Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Conditions were better for the two nets today than they have been in some time

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 13th 14th, 2008

2008-01-13 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Both nets this evening were well attended. So well, in fact, that it was difficult to hear beyond the wall of sound. Thus the later calls were worked first simply because I could make out a letter or two! I truly hear a solid tone with no modulation so there is no way I can

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 13th 14th, 2008

2008-01-13 Thread G3YMC
Kevin Rock wrote: I read the sun was acting up and between nets read about aurora in Scandinavia. Thus our conditions seem to have improved through the action of the sun. Now that we are starting upward again that will occur more frequently. I am glad of that since working through

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 6th 7th, 2008

2008-01-06 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, After a snowy, cold day it was nice to hear you all on the air. Now that it is officially sunspot cycle 24 things will only get better. Hopefully my skills will improve as the conditions get better so I can handle the wall of sound each week when I call CQ. Today it was a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 30th and 31st, 2007

2007-12-30 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, It was nice to hear you all tonight. Pete took time away from his guests to join us for a moment on 40 meters. Thank you! QSB was strong on 40 meters but there was a little of it on twenty as well. Starting earlier has its good and bad points. Propagation is better but I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 16th 17th, 2007

2007-12-16 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, It worked! Moving the forty meter net forward in time allowed many more to check in. Signals were great here but some of the reports for me were not as good. Where I was giving a 579 I was getting a 559 with QSB. Oh well, it worked as well as it could. From my afternoon's

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 16th 17th, 2007

2007-12-16 Thread Kurt Pawlikowski
Kevin, Try this: http://hamcall.net/call?callsign=ja7axn Regards, kurtt Kurt Pawlikowski, AKA WB9FMC The Pinrod Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] (773) 284-9500 http://pinrod.com Kevin Rock wrote: Good Evening, It worked! Moving the forty meter net forward in time

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 9th 10th, 2007

2007-12-09 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, ECOM operations ceased as of PST today. The infrastructure of the coast from Lincoln City to Astoria is allowing folks to take care of themselves and communicate via their normal means. Washington is still a mess but I was not involved with their ECOM efforts so I am not

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 3rd, 2007

2007-12-02 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I am very glad there are two nets. The first one was not well attended but the second made up for it. I lost Tom within minutes of starting the twenty meter net; this has now happened for three weeks running. So, I think we need to make a change. The floor is open for

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for November 26, 2007

2007-11-26 Thread John Reilly
I haven't heard much the last two Sundays -- maybe try 40m at z and 80m at 0300z? ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.):

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for November 26, 2007

2007-11-25 Thread Kevin Rock
Whew! Conditions were bad on 20 meters but just plain poor on 40 meters. There are a few ESP reports and then a few which appeared and then disappeared quickly. Sorry if you tried and were not recognized but the band seemed very long on 20 m. Looks like I have a slight reprieve on

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for November 19, 2007

2007-11-19 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Afternoon, Last night twenty meters was not a happy band. Other than Rick's mighty KX1 signal there were no strong stations. He was 599 here while I could not hear Pete's KX1 from California. It was rough going. Forty meters was not good to me either but N0SS had a better time of

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for November 12, 2007

2007-11-11 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, First, if you are a veteran: Thank You! The nets ran well this evening though the bands were a bit stingy. However, lately they have been better than they should be at this point in the cycle so I may be getting spoiled. I know I've been spoiled by the crew at Elecraft

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 28th 29th, 2007

2007-10-28 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Just after the second net was over I got outside and found the sky clear and the moon not yet up. I walked up the road until I was clear of the woods and found Perseus. As soon as I saw the constellation it was obvious there was a 'star' not there normally. Just a little

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 21st 22nd, 2007

2007-10-27 Thread Kevin Rock
Good evening, If there are any errors in the following lists please remember I am getting some of this information third hand. Be kind :) The trip back from Pacificon was quite pleasant. The wind was not howling (well at least after the first two hours) and the rain was not pouring down

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 14th 15th, 2007

2007-10-15 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Morning, Right after the second net I went straight to bed. Two days of ladder work and sheeting somehow got me tired ;) But, the roof is tight and dry. Now I can finish the inside part of the job while staying warm. My two day respite from the rain has ceased with no break in

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 7th 8th, 2007

2007-10-07 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Challenging was one comment I received concerning tonight's twenty meter net. Some folks were cut off almost in mid dit the propagation changed so rapidly. However, good ears across the continent helped a great deal. Most especially those of KT5E, Jay, in Colorado. He

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 30th October 1st, 2007

2007-09-30 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, A very wet, chilly one here. Looks like that will not stop any time soon. Today I was up at 3 AM to get ready for the walk, run, bike event begun and ended at the Nike campus in Beaverton, Oregon. We took shifts as NCS for the event and while we were not on the air we

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 23rd 24th, 2007

2007-09-23 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The QRN was not too bad this evening. Enough to cover a few of you until QSB brought you up a few notches, but not painful as it normally is Sunday evenings. The oddest note I heard was on NM7N, who lives in Beaverton, Oregon. He sounded like he was over the pole and I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 9th 10th, 2007

2007-09-09 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Now that was something! Twenty meters made me check to see if there was cotton wadded inside of my headphones. Forty meters seemed weaker than normal but that made the QRN more bearable :) I am happy to say I was not skunked. Oddly enough I have never been skunked in

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 2nd 3rd, 2007

2007-09-02 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Twenty meters was weak and full of QSB. As usual, during the summer months, forty meters had QRN but less QSB. Once I got around the lightning crashes I was able to copy folks with a few fills. Thanks for the repetition it really helps. Toward the end I was starting to

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 26th 27th, 2007

2007-08-27 Thread Goody K3NG
Minor update: K3NG - Goody - K1 #505 Thanks for hearing me! 72 Goody K3NG Kevin Rock wrote: Good Evening, Yeowch! By the end of the 40 meter net my head was starting to hurt. I just spent a few minutes on the deck listening to the trees and watching it get dark. I reported S7 noise

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 26th 27th, 2007

2007-08-26 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Yeowch! By the end of the 40 meter net my head was starting to hurt. I just spent a few minutes on the deck listening to the trees and watching it get dark. I reported S7 noise which is very unusual considering those storms are very far to my east. Hopefully I heard you

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 19th 20th, 2007

2007-08-19 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Whew, good thing I have some pipe organ music to listen to because the 40 meter QRN caused ringing in my ears. The pedal tones seem to cover it up ;) I have no clue how Tom can hear anything since he is in the middle of it mentioning S9 noise. But, thanks to his help, we

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 12th 13th, 2007

2007-08-12 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Another fun Sunday evening. Twenty meters had QSB, deep at times, while forty had its QRN and some fading. Both gave decent results though. My last check in (K6PJV) reminded me of something: I need to ask the ARES folks for NCS certification. I may have qualified by

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 5th 6th, 2007

2007-08-05 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Forty meters was a lot of fun after the frustration of twenty meters; full of QSB and weak signals. I was sure 40 was going to be difficult but the QRN stayed away for the most part (at least on my end of things :) Signals were much, much stronger while the QSB was less.

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 5th 6th, 2007

2007-08-05 Thread Vic K2VCO
Kevin Rock wrote: Good Evening, Forty meters was a lot of fun after the frustration of twenty meters; full of QSB and weak signals. I was sure 40 was going to be difficult but the QRN stayed away for the most part (at least on my end of things :) Signals were much, much stronger while

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 29th 30th, 2007

2007-07-29 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, This afternoon twenty meters was filled with cotton and QSB. But we were able to squeak a few contacts out. Forty meters had its normal QRN but signal strengths were better there. It appears I have the coldest temperature of anywhere I can hear! Once again I had a fire

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 1st 2nd, 2007

2007-07-01 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Whew! That was fun! The second net ran for over an hour. There was some QRN creeping up at the end but we had quite a few check ins on forty. Twenty was not too bad either. In a few minutes I'll get this all counted up and see how well we did. The weather reports from

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 17th 18th, 2007

2007-06-17 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Another session of ECN is going into the logs. 20 meters was a little weak with QSB plagued contacts. 40 meters was also a bit weak but we had the addition of QRN to the signals. Made for more digging but with repeats I was able to work folks. Then along came Dale. For

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 10th 11th, 2007

2007-06-10 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, It appears QRN can be one way as well as QSB. I was not having a problem with QRN on ECN/40 but folks on the other side of the Rockies sure complained about it. The folks west of the Rockies mentioned QSB which is what I was experiencing. The very weakest station on 40

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 3rd 4th, 2007

2007-06-03 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Two very good nets this evening. Twenty meters was less noisy than forty but that is to be expected with the seasonal changes. A few new folks checked in on forty. Thank you and welcome to the net! I know we missed a few stations who were beneath the noise on both nets.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 27th 28th, 2007

2007-05-27 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Another fun couple of nets. Twenty meters was pretty good but the last minute switch in frequency to avoid the very active contest may have thrown many of you off the trail. Sorry but there was no way to get on the air anywhere near 14050 kHz since it was wall to wall

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 20th 21st, 2007

2007-05-20 Thread Kevin Rock
Well that was fun! I just got done with ECN/40 and walked to the front door. I opened it only to find two deer looking back at me. So I closed the door and let them eat the lawn. Less mowing that way :) I also just read a note from Dale, K6PJV, telling me the missing word in our last

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 13th 14th, 2007

2007-05-13 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, My ears are still ringing from the QRN on 40 meters! Whew, it was hard to copy at times because the noise got to S5 with signals at S2 or lower. However, between the two nets we had 40 check ins. That is the most ever for any Sunday! Yippee, I think we may be on to

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 6th 7th, 2007

2007-05-06 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Well that was fun! 20 meters was much nicer than 40 this evening. 40 m had a great deal of static along with a flutter on some or a slowly rolling QSB on others. After Tom passed the net back to me the band had simply shut off so I was unable to attract another caller.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 22nd 23rd, 2007

2007-04-22 Thread Kevin Rock
Howdy Folks, Twenty meters was noisy and a tough band to operate. Forty meters made up for all that in spades. The second net ran the entire hour and we had fun. The first net was work but then I got to feed a cat who was bugging me about starving to death in front of my eyes. I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report delayed

2007-04-19 Thread Kevin Rock
Sorry folks my logging computer is giving me fits. Rather than beating on it I'll await another day to get this report out. Hopefully tomorrow evening will lend me some time so I can fix whatever has come over it. Don't worry the report will show itself soon. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report delayed

2007-04-15 Thread Kevin Rock
Sorry folks my logging computer is giving me fits. Rather than beating on it I'll await another day to get this report out. Hopefully tomorrow evening will lend me some time so I can fix whatever has come over it. Don't worry the report will show itself soon. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 8th 9th, 2007

2007-04-08 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Interesting conditions this evening. Twenty meters was very poor while forty worked quite well. I called a number of times on twenty thinking I may get my first skunk when along came Mike. Signals were nowhere near what they normally run. Ken is normally quite strong to

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 1st 2nd, 2007

2007-04-02 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Morning, I got very busy last night after the second net so this report is later than normal. Twenty meters was very strange last night. I worked folks only to have them disappear a little later. I lost Tom early and most stations were quite weak. However, W3MC stepped up and

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 25th 26th, 2007

2007-03-26 Thread Fred Jensen
Kevin Rock wrote: Good Evening, Forty meters was much more RF friendly than 20 meters today. I received a number of reports of prospective QNIs going begging since there was either no one there or they could not hear the NCS. Space weather or no, something was very strange yesterday at

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 25th 26th, 2007

2007-03-25 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Forty meters was much more RF friendly than 20 meters today. I received a number of reports of prospective QNIs going begging since there was either no one there or they could not hear the NCS. In this case there was only one NCS: me, way out in Oregon. I read on Space

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 11th 12th, 2007

2007-03-11 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Whew! Things went well even if we do have to get up extra early tomorrow! I think propagation was pretty good but others have different perspectives :) While W3MC was quite strong to me he could not hear either Tom or me. He got a relay from NK6A to Tom. I've mentioned

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 4th 5th, 2007

2007-03-04 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, That was a good time. I am feeling the effects of a woodstove too warm, a very good dinner, and not enough sleep from the night before. By the time I was finishing up the roll call I could not get AB9V sent correctly. Sorry Mike! But as I was writing up the lists and

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 25th 26th, 2007

2007-02-25 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Those were two very good nets. The first had three NCS folks working as did the second. That really helped gather folks who've not been able to work me directly. Thank you Bill, Mike, and Tom; you were a great help to us all. The propagation needs to be thanked too.

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 11th 12th, 2007

2007-02-12 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
Kevin KD5ONS wrote: We may even get a check in from Rupert once Geoff teaches his favorite pheasant how to peck out his callsign ;) - At 02:00Z this morning no signals were heard from the 40m ECN (tried 7043 ish up).

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 11th 12th, 2007

2007-02-12 Thread Bob Tellefsen
Station with Attitude - Original Message - From: Kevin Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 7:34 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 11th 12th, 2007 Good Evening, Two very good nets. I wish I could have

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 11th 12th, 2007

2007-02-11 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Two very good nets. I wish I could have worked everyone I heard but some of you were very far down below the noise. I did get TF but there was one very, very weak signal on 40 meters which I simply could not get a letter. However, it appears the hail signs along with

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 4th 5th, 2007

2007-02-06 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
Kevin KD5ONS wrote: Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 4th 5th, 2007 However, some of the new procedure worked. Hail signs made it easy to copy folks first time (if the QSB did not eat you up first). But calling by the numbers needs a little revision. I think I

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 4th 5th, 2007

2007-02-06 Thread Tom Hammond
Hi Geoff: Of course, DX is welcome to QNI ANY TIME!!! Cheers, Tom At 08:27 AM 2/6/2007, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote: Kevin KD5ONS wrote: Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 4th 5th, 2007 However, some of the new procedure worked. Hail signs made it easy

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 4th 5th, 2007

2007-02-06 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
wrote: Kevin KD5ONS wrote: Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 4th 5th, 2007 However, some of the new procedure worked. Hail signs made it easy to copy folks first time (if the QSB did not eat you up first). But calling by the numbers needs a little revision. I think I

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 4th 5th, 2007

2007-02-05 Thread vze3v8dt
From: Kevin Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/02/04 Sun PM 10:07:06 CST To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 4th 5th, 2007 Good Evening, Twenty was a bit noisy with QSB. Forty was weak with QSB. Take your pick :) However, some

Re: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 4th 5th, 2007

2007-02-05 Thread vze3v8dt
Sorry about my previous reply, I don't know what happened there. Anyway, I checked in with my new KX1, S/N 1644, running 3W from here in PA. Lots of QRN and QSB so difficult copy. I also listened on 40m but didn't hear much there. I heard Kevin once but not strong enough that I would have

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 4th 5th, 2007

2007-02-04 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Twenty was a bit noisy with QSB. Forty was weak with QSB. Take your pick :) However, some of the new procedure worked. Hail signs made it easy to copy folks first time (if the QSB did not eat you up first). But calling by the numbers needs a little revision. I think I

RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 4th 5th, 2007

2007-02-04 Thread Mark Saunders, KJ7BS
PM To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 4th 5th, 2007 Good Evening, Twenty was a bit noisy with QSB. Forty was weak with QSB. Take your pick :) However, some of the new procedure worked. Hail signs made it easy to copy folks first time (if the QSB did

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 21st 22nd, 2007

2007-01-21 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Neither net had what I would call great conditions but we managed to dig out a fair number of you. I know there were others below my ability to copy but there is always next week. I am amazed we got Florida again. OW does seem to help cut through the QRN and QSB though.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 14th and 15th, 2007

2007-01-14 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Wow! That was great! 40 meters was wide open. Florida to Southern California, Indiana to North Dakota to Colorado, with Ontario and Alberta thrown in for good measure. . The Minnesota contingent seemed to be on hiatus but that's OK ;) Twenty meters was also good and

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