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

2007-01-07 Thread Kevin Rock
Thank you Folks, It took some effort but we got 25 check ins tonight! On forty meters the QSB was making life difficult but with a little help from my friends I worked cross-country to Florida! WooHoo! The twenty meter net ran for a little over an hour while the forty meter net took a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 31st, 2006 January 1st, 2007

2006-12-31 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The two nets this evening were like a breath of fresh air. I actually got to hear folks. Yes, Fred, even you! On twenty there was a pileup to break through but looking at my email I missed at least one person in the melee. Parts of the continent faded out as usual but

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for Christmas Eve, 2006

2006-12-24 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Well that was a tough one. One minute the signals were up and then they were gone. A few very persistent folks got through on 40 meters. The band was plagued with QSB which was very deep. Twenty meters was good if you lived west of me. Tom, N0SS, was good before the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 11th, 2006

2006-12-10 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Last night I wrote I had only met two of you. After the forty meter net, as I was walking back to this computer, I realized that number was quite a bit higher. WA7BOC checking in jogged my memory. I think I have met about ten of you so far! Most of you at Sea Pac when

RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for Numvember 20th, 2006

2006-11-20 Thread Chris Kantarjiev
Kevin, Some computer work kept me near the radio all day, so I was looking forward to checking in to both nets for a change. Ha! I didn't hear you, or anyone else, at the appointed time and frequency. I managed to get a few new states during the day - including ND, first time I've heard an ND

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for Numvember 20th, 2006

2006-11-19 Thread Kevin Rock
Wow, who pulled the plug on propagation? On twenty meters things were going well and then all of a sudden it got very tough. On forty this held for the entire net. I ran for twenty minutes each net but did not do very well. On twenty I got a lot of partial calls and then nothing upon my

RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for Numvember 20th, 2006

2006-11-19 Thread Tracker
] Elecraft CW Net Report for Numvember 20th, 2006 Wow, who pulled the plug on propagation? On twenty meters things were going well and then all of a sudden it got very tough. On forty this held for the entire net. I ran for twenty minutes each net but did not do very well. On twenty I got

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for Numvember 20th, 2006

2006-11-19 Thread Jean-François Ménard
Hi, I'm new to CW world, but really like it. As a FISTS member, I do a few CW net around here... Ohio OSN and Georgia GTN... I would like to know at wich speed we could check in ??? I do only around 10-12WPM I'M living at Sherbrooke, Quebec... Thanks J-F VA2VYZ Kevin Rock a écrit :

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 29th 30th, 2006

2006-10-29 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Wow forty was tough. There was QSB on everyone which is not that unusual but the very faint stations were testing my hearing (if not my sanity). I was wondering if there was someone there or not half the time ;) Near the end I got N?HDR a couple of times but could not

RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 29th 30th, 2006

2006-10-29 Thread KJ7BS, Mark
I listened and searched, but heard nothing in Glendale, AZ. Mark, KJ7BS Glendale, AZ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Rock Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 9:10 PM To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 22nd 23rd, 2006

2006-10-22 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Two very good nets this evening. Twenty meters just kept providing more and more check ins. There was a moment or two when I wondered if I would be able to make dinner! Copy was quite good considering there was QSB on almost every station I heard. The noise level was

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 15th 16th, 2006

2006-10-15 Thread Kevin Rock
Wow is all I can say. What a great way to spend a Sunday evening. The NCS hat got bounced around and there were check ins from all over. Then there was Carter, N3AO. Eastern Pennsylvania better watch out! There are buttons popping off this guy's vest. Congratulations to Kay and

RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 15th 16th, 2006

2006-10-15 Thread Tracker
Of Kevin Rock Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 8:29 PM To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 15th 16th, 2006 Wow is all I can say. What a great way to spend a Sunday evening. The NCS hat got bounced around and there were check ins from all over. Then there was Carter

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 8th 9th, 2006

2006-10-09 Thread wd4lst
To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 8th 9th, 2006 Good Evening, We had fun this evening. A few week signals strained my hearing but I Pete Axson WD4LST 17901 NE 18th Ave Citra, FL 32113

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 8th 9th, 2006

2006-10-08 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, We had fun this evening. A few week signals strained my hearing but I think I finally got them all. Ray, K2HYD, had to be the weakest station but I finally got him when the QSB came up. Ric got his K1 back on the air so he may be sleepy at work tomorrow. I appreciate

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 17th 18th, 2006

2006-09-17 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Two good nets this evening. QSB from me to the East on twenty meters. QSB on most of you on forty meters. There was a little thunderstorm activity on forty as well. I did not ask which rig Jay was running but he was very good copy. I am not sure of the New York call

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 3rd 4th, 2006

2006-09-03 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening and Happy Labor Day!! I got out of bed this morning took a shower and a few aspirin ;) That helped my nephew induced aches and pains a great deal. After breakfast I started chores. One of them was to clean up my antenna junk on the roof. Ms. Patricia had been after me to

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 3rd 4th, 2006

2006-09-03 Thread Phil Kane
On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:15:02 -0700, Kevin Rock wrote: Now to determine what is going on with the SS-30M. Any ideas from the brain trust are most welcome. Until I determine the problem I'll stick with the backup power supply. I fried an Astron many years ago when the Astron output went

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 27th 28th, 2006

2006-08-28 Thread Brendan Minish
On Sun, 2006-08-27 at 20:27 -0700, Kevin Rock wrote: Good Evening Folks, The twenty meter net had a little noise caused by a foreign station jamming someone else. Next week I will move further afield. I will announce the offset before I run the net but please look further from

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 20th 21st, 2006

2006-08-20 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The weekend weather was fairly pleasant here. The night ballgame was comfortable well past the last out. The ride back to my truck was quite cramped though. I got to see my breath in the window since I was less than an inch from the glass!! Today I got plenty of chores

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 13th 14th, 2006

2006-08-14 Thread Brendan Minish
On Sun, 2006-08-13 at 20:30 -0700, Kevin Rock wrote: On twenty meters there were two surprises; both during the same contact. First we had EI6IZ check in. The second miracle was I copied his call correctly right off. I've grown accustomed to K, A, W, N, V, and the occasional XE

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 13th 14th, 2006

2006-08-13 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Forty meters was a bit noisy, then it is summer. Tom mentioned it was loud near him but I was having my own difficulties with the QRN here in Oregon. The first two check ins on the 40 meter net occurred before I was done with the preamble so I never got to call that first

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 6th 7th, 2006

2006-08-06 Thread Kevin Rock
Good evening, Twenty meters seemed weaker than usual with more QRN too. Forty meters had its fair share of QRN and even weaker signals. However, we were able to gather 23 check ins between the two nets. At least one of them took two relays to get back to NCS. The net has had over

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 30th 31st, 2006

2006-07-30 Thread Kevin Rock
Wow! Great nets! A lot of work digging for weak signals but we did it. We even had XE2URF stop by and CQ on top of us ;) After a little prodding he politely moved elsewhere. Nice of him, I appreciate his propriety. Two new provinces in Canada today too: Prince Edward Island and Quebec.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 23rd 24th, 2006

2006-07-23 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, That was fun! It appears the bands are getting slightly better. Either that or the heat has effected my hearing! During the first net I was going a little dingy from the heat. Good thing they over designed the heat sink on the K2/100 since mine was getting quite warm.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 9th 10th, 2006

2006-07-09 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, My K2's fan is still running so this is truly hot off the presses :) We worked through a bit of noise on 20 meters but a lot more on 40 meters. There were some truly weak signals. We did have a CME hit a glancing blow to the Earth but the noise was from thunderstorms and

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 2nd 3rd, 2006

2006-07-02 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I must apologize. Friday I called in sick for work and slept until Saturday afternoon. I've not been that ill in quite a while. Today I was still feeling some fever while running the first net. Nothing like a little internal QRM to make CW copy difficult ;) But, with

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 18th 19th, 2006

2006-06-18 Thread Kevin Rock
Howdy Folks, We had two very good nets this evening. Twenty meters had QSB from East to West and it was a little light to me. Forty meters had it all: QRM from the Flying Pigs, QRN from a storm somewhere in the Midwest, and QSB would come and go throughout the net. Made life

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 11th 12th, 2006

2006-06-11 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, We had a great turn out tonight for the 3rd Anniversary. Many kind words were sent and we're hoping for another three years. By then the sunspots will allow us to reach across each ocean again. We'll have real difficulties trying to keep this under control :) But we will

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 4th 5th, 2006

2006-06-04 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Another two of nets were run this evening. The propagation was not all that bad. QSB on both nets, QRM on 20 m, and QRN from summer storms on 40 meters. Most folks were experiencing fairly pleasant weather too. Well except for those reports from California. 90 degrees

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 28th 29th, 2006

2006-05-28 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Soon after starting the twenty meter net I got a very bad signal report. This was not entirely necessary since I was experiencing a lot of difficulty on my end. I tried a few quick fixes but this was not helping. I got on to my Icom 706 and worked with its less than stellar

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 28th 29th, 2006

2006-05-28 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Soon after starting the twenty meter net I got a very bad signal report. This was not entirely necessary since I was experiencing a lot of difficulty on my end. I tried a few quick fixes but this was not helping. I got on to my Icom 706 and worked with its less than stellar

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 21st 22nd, 2006

2006-05-21 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Sorry about the first net being truncated but the rumbling in the distance was trying to tell me something. Normally the thunder and lightning travel up the Columbia River Gorge but this time the sky was just too dark to take any chances. When I tried starting the 20 meter

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 14th 15th, 2006

2006-05-14 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Two interesting nets. The first was plagued by QSB (but not on this end). The next was hit with even faster QSB (flutter) which did effect copy on this end. But I was hearing check ins from the Midwest who stated they could not hear me. KL7V/5 was a solid S7 as was Tom in

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 7th 8th, 2006

2006-05-07 Thread Kevin Rock
Hello All, QRN started early on 20 meters and got much worse on 40. My ears have a steady ringing sound like I've been sitting in front of the speakers at a Dead concert! Rest in Peace Jerry! At times I could grab a letter between the static crashes. Other times I knew there was someone

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 30th May 1st, 2006

2006-04-30 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening Folks, The two nets went pretty well. Twenty was much like it was yesterday. We did benefit from a couple of relays from the KX1 folks. Thank you Ray and Rick. There were times when signals were bouncing right over Tom and I. I had to relay to Tom once when he did not hear

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 23rd 24th, 2006

2006-04-24 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
Kevin, On 40m you were RST 549 at the begining coming from the direction of northern South America, moving northwards and getting weaker as time went by, disappearing into the noise at 02:25Z approx coming over Greenland. A heck of a shift over such a short time. Sorry to report that no other

RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 23rd 24th, 2006

2006-04-24 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Geoff GM4ESD wrote: On 40m you were RST 549 at the begining coming from the direction of northern South America, moving northwards and getting weaker as time went by, disappearing into the noise at 02:25Z approx coming over Greenland. A heck of a shift over such a short time. Sorry to report

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 23rd 24th, 2006

2006-04-24 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
Ron AC7AC wrote: That's a powerful reminder that the simple propagation models upon which most band opening predictions are based are just that: they often have little correspondence to what is really happening! - I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 23rd 24th, 2006

2006-04-23 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Twenty meters was tougher than normal. I was told in another email that this solar minimum may be the weakest in some time. I would not know any better because this is my first as a transmitting op. I was an SWL during a few previous cycles but working two way is much more

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 16th 17th, 2006

2006-04-16 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The snow has stopped for a while. My poor daffodils are sprawled flat on the ground though. Hopefully they will recover when the warmth comes back. There was a short respite of sun toward the end of the day. This made life under the big, snow covered firs interesting.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 9th and 10th, 2006

2006-04-09 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Wow, that last one was fun. Greg, ND0V, mentioned he could hear K1EV, Bill, better than he could me. Bill had a tough time copying me but he agreed when I asked him to run the net for a bit. After ND0V signed I passed the net upstream to Tom who worked Ray, K2HYD, in NC

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 2nd and 3rd, 2006

2006-04-02 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, My ears have started to lose that ringing sound. 40 meters was very QRN ridden. I think I lost a few folks to it. At this location the noise was often above S4. Bruce, N0BK, mentioned he thought the storms were right between us. I think so too but K5WA was losing a few

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 26th and 27th, 2006

2006-03-26 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, We had two very good nets this evening. There was some QSB but the bands were quiet and strong. There was a record set this evening two or maybe a couple of them. First there were 38 total checkins. Eighteen of them on 20 meters and twenty on 40 meters. There were only a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 19th and 20th, 2006

2006-03-19 Thread Kevin Rock
Whew! 40 meters was tough this evening and I am bushed. It started by trying to find an open spot amoungst all the RTTY stations. I wound up on 7044.23 kHz. Unfortunately this was also the spot where at the Flying Pigs preferred to wallow. I was getting blasted by them during the whole

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 12th and 13th, 2006

2006-03-12 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The bands were not great but they were not bad either. 40 meters finally succumbed to QRN but I did manage a few check ins across the continent. Jay's KX1 out of Colorado has a very strong signal. He was blasing in on 20 meters at 599. Wonder what he feeds that thing? But

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 5th and 6th, 2005

2006-03-05 Thread Kevin Rock
Wheew! What a lot of folks. More than once I was met with an impenetrable wall of sound. I got the first character of the quickest off the mark and then caught the folks who sent again. Between the two nets we did pretty good. In fact we set a new record of 38 total! Not too bad

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 26th and 27th, 2006

2006-02-26 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Two very good nets this evening. Twenty meters was good but forty meters was great. More than once there was a wall of sound. Hail signs helped get a few out of the chaos. CZ and SS for Ken and Tom was how they got through earlier than others. The two bands were not all

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 19th and 20th, 2006

2006-02-19 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Another fine couple of nets tonight, run with the help of Tom in Missouri. When I first started calling QRL? there were a few contesters seeking the frequency. But once I claimed the territory of 14050.50 kHz they were very polite. Only once did they call QRL? when Tom was

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 12th 13th, 2006

2006-02-12 Thread Kevin Rock
Howdy, On twenty meters I was met with a wall of sound more than once. Hopefully I picked up all who were calling through that meelee. Forty meters changed rapidly during the net. Those who were strong became faint and those who were non-existent came up quickly. The funny thing tonight

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 29th and 30th, 2006

2006-01-29 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Well that was fun! Twenty meters changed within ten minutes of the start. I was met by a wall of sound when I first called CQ so I had to do it again to sort them out. That was nice. I know I missed a few of you as you faded out before I had a chance to work you. I worked

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 22nd and 23rd, 2006

2006-01-22 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Forty meters was interesting just now. Tom was good copy before the net and then got weaker. Next check in was Ric from Ontario. Lately I've needed a relay to copy him. Tom tried next to no avail. I think his radio wave was dropping well into the Pacific and the Atlantic.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 15th and 16th, 2006

2006-01-15 Thread Kevin Rock
Wow folks, That was fun! On forty it appears the well was deeper and more full than we could manage. Tom called for a good long time and with the help of Dave in Kentucky got many, many stations. We did lose a few folks though. I am sorry but some of you did not try more than once.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 8th and 9th, 2006

2006-01-08 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, QSB was the name of the game tonight. Plus conditions would change in the course of a sentence. If there are any errors (no doubt in my mind there will be more than one) please send me the corrections and I'll post them. Tom helped me on the first net but was gone very

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 1st and 2nd, 2006

2006-01-02 Thread Tom Althoff
? It seems like the propagation favored the greater distance to the west for me. But at list I got my QNI in! 73 de Tom K2TA - Original Message - From: Kevin Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 12:26 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 1st and 2nd, 2006

2006-01-01 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening and Happy New Year to you all, Sorry folks but I had to be reminded it was a holiday today. I had been very busy all day on chores, working on lists, invitations, and planning for a memorial service. I have not announced this to anyone other than those who have asked but I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 25th and 26th, 2005

2005-12-25 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening Folks, I hope your Christmas has been pleasant and safe. Sam and I had fun getting our chores done. He sleeps and eats, I do the work. I think he likes it that way :) Elk back strap steak for dinner was a good break between the nets. It rained most of today after starting

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 18th and 19th, 2005

2005-12-18 Thread Kevin Rock
Good evening folks, Even though the wind is howling, the temperatures are in the mid teens (give me a break this is Oregon :), and the snow is falling Tom and I ran the two nets and logged a few check ins. My hands are in sad shape this week so the paddles got a little bloody from the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 18th and 19th, 2005 errata

2005-12-18 Thread Kevin Rock
Please give Larry's K2 the correct SN. #811 is better than the brand new rig I gave him. I agree, I like a rig that is broken in better than one that smells of new plastic ;) Kevin. KD5ONS On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:49:35 -0500, Larry Walker (KW4A) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Serial

RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 18th and 19th, 2005

2005-12-18 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
8:25 PM To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 18th and 19th, 2005 Good evening folks, Even though the wind is howling, the temperatures are in the mid teens (give me a break this is Oregon :), and the snow is falling Tom and I ran the two nets and logged a few

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 5th, 2005

2005-12-04 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I was amazed at the conditions this evening. I have not been greeted by a pileup in a long time. Bruce was the first to get his call out of the pack. But QQS is distinctive. Next came Curt from Hawaii with his KX1. Good luck on landing Gary so far away. Dick showed up

RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 5th, 2005

2005-12-04 Thread Mark Saunders, KJ7BS
It is that blessed gigantic (gi-normus as my son would say) sunspot. I saw the solar flux get over 100 the past few days. Ten meters was open most of the weekend, too. Mark Saunders, KJ7BS Glendale, AZ Elecraft K2 S/N 539 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for November 28th, 2005

2005-11-28 Thread Fred Jensen
As the CQWW rolled to a halt (OK, suddenly crashed at Z), the band became very quiet, as in no signals between 14000 and 14070. Never heard a peep from anyone on 14050. Checked tower ... still vertical ... checked SWR -- normal, checked rotator and it was at 350. SFI was in the 80's,

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for November 28th, 2005

2005-11-27 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The clouds rolled in thick and cold this afternoon. The fire was warming the house but it felt damp. The shack was about 50 degrees when I started the first net. I may have to try gloves next week but that will not improve my sending one bit! May just have to seal off this

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for November 20th and 21st, 2005

2005-11-20 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Signal propagation was better tonight than it was last week. Thanks to Ken and Dick I was not skunked for the second net. Ken had just arrived home from his folks and Dick was out pig hunting. Before the first net I heard parts of Leigh's contact with Tom but not as well as

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for November 13th and 14th, 2005

2005-11-13 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The first net went pretty well with check ins from a couple KX1s and a few K2s. It appears Ray is on a scuba vacation but took along his KX1 so he could rest up from diving ;) He checked in as VP5/K2HYD if I got the call correct. At first I thought Virgin Islands but when I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 30th and 31st, 2005

2005-10-30 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Tonight we had two nets once again. Twenty meters sounded like cotton was in my headphones. Forty meters started well but changed during the course of the net. On twenty AK and HI were quite strong while on forty AK started strong and then grew much weaker when KL7CW

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 23rd, 2005

2005-10-23 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Thanks to N0SS and K1EV for getting a few more QNI for me. The band had some QSB on both ends but the QRN grew as we went along. Looks like the weather out East is starting to get a little cooler and wetter. I did not get weather reports from Fred or Karl but I would assume

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 9th, 2005

2005-10-09 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening All, First off: Happy Thanksgiving to all you folks North of the Border! I was listening to the Aurora Net based out of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada a few days ago. They were happy to have me QNI from Oregon cross mode on the KX1 I've been loaned. Worked quite well

RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 9th, 2005

2005-10-09 Thread KJ7BS
Glendale, AZ FISTS # 2972 Elecraft K2 S/N 539 If it aint fun, You aint doing it right. AZ ScQRPions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Rock Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 7:44 PM To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 2nd, 2005

2005-10-02 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The band was not conducive to many contacts this evening. Ron, AC7AC, and Russ, N9IV, were the only two I was able to hear. I was running at 14050.25 kHz but the 0 sunspot number may have hurt my propagation. That and the fact it was raining fairly heavily up here. I had

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 25th, 2005

2005-09-25 Thread Kevin Rock
Wow!! After I greeted Tom and Curt checked in my first CQ was followed by a wall of sound! I caught two calls and began with Ray and Dick. The band was wide open to at least as far as New Zealand. Mike made sure he contacted both Tom and I during the net. I may have missed one or two

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 4th, 2005

2005-09-05 Thread Kevin Rock
Thank you Matt. You have clarified what was ringing in the back of my brain. I had heard something was going to change with Daylight Savings Time but not the particulars. Thus we may (or may not) have to wait until next year for the change to occur. Thank you Ben Franklin and the US

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 4th, 2005

2005-09-04 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The net ran as usual this evening. Contacts from Nova Scotia to Texas to Virginia to Colorado. QSB reports from all sectors but the noise level was down so contacts were fairly good. Jim and Dick were giving other rigs a chance to breath tonight. Dick's 70 watts seemed

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 4th, 2005

2005-09-04 Thread Thomas M.Beaudry
The net ran as usual this evening. I tried to join this week finally but could just barely make out some squeaks. Had the radio here with me in the office tonight but a quicky indoor antenna just wouldn't cut it. That and something generating a whole lot of spurs all over 20M. Maybe next

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 4th, 2005

2005-09-04 Thread Matt Osborn
On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 19:06:02 -0700, Kevin Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I heard something about Daylight Savings Time changing late this year but have not had this confirmed. Do any of you know about this? Another month of daylight Clocks will go cuckoo BY MICHAEL McAULIFF DAILY NEWS

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

2005-08-28 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Conditions were interesting. Reports of very rapid QSB with quite a bit of QRN from some thunderstorms in the distance. There was a persistent tuner who could not get his SWR quite right ;) However, there were a number of folks out and about this evening. Two new folks

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 21st, 2005

2005-08-21 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Thank you for joining us this evening. It felt good to be back on the air but I surely need practice :( Sorry about the flubs and such. I will make sure to set the rig to TEST mode next week and run at 20 wpm until I get it right. The second check in was from sunny

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report August 14th, 2005

2005-08-19 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Sorry this report is so late but my life has been all shook up this week. Two day long interviews at the large company in Hillsboro. Behavioral questions for four hours interspersed with four hours of technical ones. Circuits, software, parsing, lexing, languages,

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net report for August 7, 2005

2005-08-07 Thread Kevin Rock
Hello, The twenty meter Elecraft Net was fun this evening even though QSB was causing a few problems. There was a nice geographic spread too. Nova Scotia to Florida. Virginia to Hawaii. North Dakota to Texas to California. I think 20 may be open ;) There were a couple of visitors so

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 31st, 2005

2005-07-31 Thread Kevin Rock
Howdy Folks, After getting up at dawn to take advantage of the cooler temperatures and less hungry insect life I cut and collected a bunch of wood for the coming winter. Then back inside for water and breakfast. Rested a while and got on the air for about four hours during the Flight of

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 24th and 25th, 2005

2005-07-24 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The bands were both less than stellar tonight. QSB was an often made comment on 20 and once on 40. QRN was strong on 40 and then we had a BC station land near us which called the show. But there were some folks willing to put up with the slings and arrows of outrageous

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 10 and 11, 2005

2005-07-10 Thread Kevin Rock
Hopefully none of you are triskaidekaphobic since that is our QNI total this evening. Twenty meters had some deep QSB but forty meters was just plain poor propagation. It took me a few minutes to pull Ken out where he is normally quite strong. Then another few minutes to hear Russ. After I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net report for July 3rd 4th, 2005

2005-07-03 Thread Kevin Rock
Another two sessions of the Elecraft CW Net were run this evening. The bands were not as good as I had hoped. Forty was especially tough due to the storms in the heartland. But Ken, out camping, had a very good signal. Not to be outdone however, was a new comer from Bozeman, MT N7GS with a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 19th 20th, 2005

2005-06-19 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Each time I use that as a greeting I realize how much I miss Hitchcock and his TV show. Oh well, time goes on. This evening on 20 meters there was a great noise. Pileups each time I called CQ for the first five or six go arounds. That was heartening. Next week there will

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net report for June 12-13th, 2005

2005-06-12 Thread Kevin Rock
Thank you folks for a happy 2nd anniversary. The bands were not happy but of no consequence to a true gamester ;) 7 quatloos on the human! My pre-net antenna raising attempts were stymied by a knot getting caught in a fir tree. My monofilament line snapped so I just raised it back to where

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 6th, 2005

2005-06-06 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 6th, 2005 Good Evening Folks, Now that the ringing in my ears has cease somewhat it is time to make a few apologies. First I am sorry I could not run the 20 meter net this evening but my time is fast fleeting away for the end

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 6th, 2005

2005-06-06 Thread Margaret Leber
Kevin Rock wrote: On 7045 kHz at 0200z:... K3XS - Maggie - PA - K2 - 2847 ?? checked in with a Yaesu device however. My K2 is S/N 1641, but as you note, I was running a Yaesu FT-847 at 50w or so, both to make sure I penetrated the substantial QRN and also so I could use my KAMPlus to back

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 6th, 2005

2005-06-05 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening Folks, Now that the ringing in my ears has cease somewhat it is time to make a few apologies. First I am sorry I could not run the 20 meter net this evening but my time is fast fleeting away for the end of this term. Ms. P and I are banging away across our intranet making the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 29-30, 2005

2005-05-29 Thread Kevin Rock
Good evening, The 20 meter net was in the middle of an active contest so my hearing floor was much higher. I did pull out a few of you by closing my filters down to 500 Hz. I try to run with them wide open so I can hear around my working frequency. I am sure I missed a few of you to the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 22-23, 2005

2005-05-22 Thread Kevin Rock
Wow, talk about ridden hard and put away wet! The second net took from 0257z until 0317z to dig the last person out. But I am getting ahead of the story. After that net I had to go outside to discuss the precommercial thin. We'll get about half our fir trees taken out. May just break even

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 17th 18th, 2005

2005-04-17 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The Elecraft Net was run this evening at the normal times and frequencies. 20 meters was not at all well. Tom came booming in here to Oregon but then shushed me. He was chatting to Leigh. Tom called the net three or four times and I called it three or four more times. He

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 10th and 11th, 2005

2005-04-11 Thread Fred Jensen
Kevin Rock wrote: This evening's nets were interesting. Maybe for some, but not N. Cal. You were RST 219 at peaks. Couldn't manage a direct QNI, and I guess I had to leave before any of the QSP's started. Fred K6DGW Auburn CA CM98lw ___ Elecraft

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 10th and 11th, 2005

2005-04-10 Thread Kevin Rock
This evening's nets were interesting. First twenty meters was spotty. I had to be careful not to lose someone because they could go away at a moment's notice. Even then the copy was not simple. Some of you were at or below the noise. I may have missed a few due to these conditions. I am

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 3rd and 4th, 2005

2005-04-03 Thread Kevin Rock
We had a pleasant net this evening. I met some new folks and got reacquainted with some of the others. Weak signals on 20 meters so I may have missed one or two. Sorry about that. But on 40 meters it was much better. There were certain parts of the continent which were much easier to work

RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 3rd and 4th, 2005

2005-04-03 Thread EricJ
going to save the wear-and-tear on my rotor. Hi. Eric KE6US -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Rock Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 8:28 PM To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 3rd and 4th, 2005 We had a pleasant

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 27-28th, 2005

2005-03-27 Thread Kevin Rock
Good evening and Happy Easter. 20 meters was noisy this evening. 40 meters was much easier to work! Curious ;) (as Mr. Spock used to say) Surprisingly we had a few new folks on 20 meters. That may have been because we broke in a new NCS :) Mr. Craigie, with a very big signal, called the

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 27-28,2005

2005-02-28 Thread Paul Gates
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 12:08 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 27-28,2005 Wow, great turn out folks to set a NEW RECORD. 33 checks total for both nets! We also had four NCS folks running the net: N0SS, Tom; W0NTA, Dick; K1EV, Bill; plus yours truly. Made

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 27-28,2005

2005-02-27 Thread Kevin Rock
Wow, great turn out folks to set a NEW RECORD. 33 checks total for both nets! We also had four NCS folks running the net: N0SS, Tom; W0NTA, Dick; K1EV, Bill; plus yours truly. Made for a lot of interesting signal passing. I tried to get Rick and Bert hooked up again. I could hear both of

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 21st, 2005

2005-02-21 Thread Bert Craig
- Original Message - From: Kevin Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 11:58 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 21st, 2005 WA2SI - Bert - NY - K1 - 1337 QNI #10 We tried to link you up with (K?) AL7CW

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