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 problems while sending but I've never
claimed to be perfect ;) After the second net I walked on the other side of
the property for a while and was overwhelmed by the amount of work I am going
to have to do to clear up the wind damage. I'll take one of those CS
algorithms to heart and use divide and conquer. There is no way to look at all
of the work and think I can ever get it done. A small piece at a time?
Maybe...
Propagation was decent but not great. There was QRN on both band as well as
intermittent QRM. QSB was very geographically dependent. On 40 meters I had
QSB on each station I worked out west. The eastern stations had varying
amounts but none were as bad as the western stations. AB9V reported storms in
Indiana which was causing problems for all the Midwestern stations.
On to the lists =>
On 14050 kHz at 2300z:
WB3AAL - Ron - PA - K2 - 1392
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K1 - 553
NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820
AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398
K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686
K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642
W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
KS7D - Mike - FL - K3 - 118
VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968 * QNI 165 *
W3TMZ - Jack - FL - K3 - 1169
K5VJC ?? - Denis - ? - K3 - 35 ????
AK2B - Tom - NY - K3 - 109
WC7S - Dale - WY - K2 - 4360
On 7047 kHz at 0200z:
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K1 - 553
WB5BKL - Nick - TX - K3 - 231
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183
W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767
K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642 QNI #85!!!
AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398
WC7S - Dale - WY - K2 - 4360
NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820
WG7Y - Bob - WY - K1 - 2140
N7AF - Dave - AZ - K2 - 4795 QNI #15!!
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
NK6A - Don - CA - K2 - 1217
I just did a few calculations. A possible score for ECN is 493. I missed
once through miscalculation, once because Pat passed away, and once because a
tree fell on my house wiping out my HF antennas. Guess I have worked the net
490 times thus far. Whoa! No wonder it seems I can look out the window
watching the trees while calling CQ CQ ECN ECN DE KD5ONS ? K :) If you hear me
stumble during that part it was because my mind had drifted so far I had
forgotten I was on the air! Is that an 'out of body' experience? Hmmm...
Now, can anyone help me with K5VJC. My notes have F5VJC, then 5?JC, but
never a clear call. I was able to get Denis and K3 and 35 but never did get
the call straight. Conditions were not good with heavy QRN and rapid QSB.
However, I should be able to get call out of the noise considering I have done
this a more than a few times ;) Help!
Next item of business. Since Tom went into the hospital I have had no
stations acting as alternate NCS operators. Would anyone care to help while he
is on hiatus? I know I have a 'dead zone' which would be nice to have covered.
If I can be NCS it must not be too tough! Once again: HELP! Get well quick
Tom we miss you.
Now off to fiddle with firmware and wrap a few circuits before bedtime. I
hope to hear you all again next week and maybe, just maybe the bands will be
better. Stranger things have happened ;)
73,
Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator very 5th Class)
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