[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Report for June 7th 2004

2004-06-06 Thread Kevin Rock
Howdy Folks, It got a bit rough this evening between the QSB, the QRN, and later the QRM of the packet folks but we had a handy number of check ins. I am sorry we did not get back to Bob in New Jersey to see if we could dig in more information out of the muck. We shall try again a bit

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Errata

2004-06-06 Thread Kevin Rock
Please add Ward to the roll call this evening. Going through my rough copy I found him at least twice. Sorry Ward. KG6HAF - Ward - CA - K2 - 3587 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Report for June 14, 2004

2004-06-13 Thread Kevin Rock
Howdy Folks, Another scratchy, noisy night on 40 meters. But we had some fun. Unfortunately my K2/100 decided it was time for a break and would not stay running on 40 meters. I employed my lesser transceiver and muddled through. Who ever would have thought they would use mechanical

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Report for May 10th 2004

2004-06-17 Thread Kevin Rock
The twenty meter net was run but no one showed up this evening. The 40 meter net was a bit better with Tom and John showing up. The list: Tom - N0SS - MO - K2 - 008 John - N2YC - NY - KX1 - 336 Thank you very much for your support. The band was very, very noisy and the SSB folks were all

Re: [Elecraft] European Asian Elecraft CW net

2004-06-18 Thread Kevin Rock
I wish you fair winds and a following sea. Bravo Zulu to my fellow net denizen! Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator Class Four and a Half :) On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 19:44:09 +0400, Dwayne Barbee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello guys, after corrosponding with Kevin I have decided to try a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2004-06-18 Thread Kevin Rock
Howdy Folks, I need to get this announcement out a bit earlier than usual because I am unsure how late I will be getting home tomorrow evening. I know I will be bushed so sending out this note will be a lower priority than finding my bed :) If you are in the Great Northwest please try

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2004-07-03 Thread Kevin Rock
Tomorrow is the birthday of our country. King George had a note in his inbox that we colonials were charting a new course. I will be on hand to run both the early and the late nets but then rush off to nearby Hillsboro to watch the fireworks and breath their sulphurous fumes. I get a kick

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net 20 meter report for July 4, 2004

2004-07-04 Thread Kevin Rock
Howdy folks, It was interesting propagation this afternoon. I received fair contacts for one go around and then folks would be gone. Three contacts from California, Nova Scotia, and then Minnesota. There were some very, very light stations below my ability to copy. Gary gave me a 229

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2004-07-10 Thread Kevin Rock
Another week has rolled around and I am ready to run the Elecraft CW Net. The bands seem very nice today. I listened to folks from France working in both directions and a fellow down in Venezuela was very strong into Oregon on 20 meters. Hopefully this bodes well for the early net. I just

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for 40 meters July 12, 2004

2004-07-11 Thread Kevin Rock
The Elecraft 40 meter net was run on 7044 kHz this evening through much QRN and a bit of QRM. I had Tom for a minute or two. He called the net and got AC7XR but could not drag him in. I got Mark's name and call but that was about it. The noise was just too much. Then along comes John,

Re: [Elecraft] Your favorite bands

2004-07-16 Thread Kevin Rock
The James Gang with Joe Walsh (famous ham :) Kevin. KD5ONS On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:13:24 -0500, Jim Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 13:04:07 -0400, Bob Schreibmaier wrote: Personally, I've always liked the Rolling Stones Without question, Count Basie, especially

Re: [Elecraft] Your favorite bands

2004-07-16 Thread Kevin Rock
20 meters, 40 meters, and for local work 80 meters. Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Zappa in all his incarnations, The Dead, Stevie Ray (may he rest in peace), Glenn Miller, Thelonious Monk, George and Ira Gershwin, Lenny Bernstein, Aaron Copeland, Ravel, Stravinsky, Bob

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Report 20 meters for July 25, 2004

2004-07-25 Thread Kevin Rock
I am a bit sore from pounding out CQs from 10 until 2 but I did get a few BBs. In fact all I got were bumble bees. Wasn't anyone else in the contest? I worked 5 contacts in 4 hours and only one of them was not in a contiguous county. Hmmm... propagation was not very good. But it did not

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Report for 40 meters July 26, 2004

2004-07-25 Thread Kevin Rock
Better luck on 40 meters as I suspected. Lots and lots of QRM though because it is the only band open from what I can hear. I elicted responses from three folks so the world is alright :) There was a bit of QRN and QSB too so the band was as much fun as it could be. Don't want to get bored

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Errata

2004-07-25 Thread Kevin Rock
Tom in California sent his data: W2TER - Tom - CA - K2 - 3662 I was copying R as a W and could not figure out how to find him in the lists. Thanks for the correction Tom. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to:

Re: [Elecraft] email reflector headers glitch or feature

2004-08-02 Thread Kevin Rock
How are we to tell when there is a personal message to us instead of the usual message to the Reflector? I find this new, improved (?) version of the mailing system to be far less than optimal. Kevin. KD5ONS On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 22:41:37 -, Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [Elecraft] ECN 40m

2004-08-03 Thread Kevin Rock
Howdy Geoff, You may have better luck checking in with these folks: === Subject: [Elecraft] Eurasian ECN Hi gang! This is just to say that the Eurasian ECN is still alive. Unfortunately I did not hear Doc, YI9RVT either on 20 nor on

Re: [Elecraft] Another dipole with a simpler tuner and feedline

2004-08-03 Thread Kevin Rock
You just described the antenna I take camping with me and my K2. I have an ATU on the original top so it works nicely. The flex weave makes it very nice for throwing up and taking down. I can tie knots in the wire and they come out fine. I tie a sheet bend to some mason's line and take a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2004-08-14 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening Folks, The airshow in Hillsboro is underway and the Blue Angels are zipping by our house. Tomorrow we have more of the same. Not like Oshkosh but it's ours. The bands have been very nice this week and my K2 is working on 20 again. I went from 3 watts out to over 100 simply

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report Aug 15th, 2004

2004-08-15 Thread Kevin Rock
ECN/1 was run on 14050 kHz this evening amidst a number of contesters from all over the place. Other than trying to pick the wheat from the chaff I was troubled by a hot radio shack and sticky skin. Kept my sending to a less than stellar performance :( But none the less there were a few

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net errata

2004-08-15 Thread Kevin Rock
AE7RW should be named Rich not Ric. Sorry, I have no idea where the H went. You are corrected in the database and my log. This is for public consumption. Kevin. KD5ONS ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for Aug 22nd, 2004

2004-08-22 Thread Kevin Rock
ECN/1 was held on 14051 kHz this evening with a bit of QRN in the form of buzzing. Drove me nuts; well, more so. There were a number of very light stations so I am unsure whether I picked you all up. I am sorry but I tried to work my way through the pileups without missing folks. The list:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for Aug 23rd, 2004

2004-08-22 Thread Kevin Rock
Good evening folks. ECN/2 was held at 0200z on 7045.5 kHz. There was S5 to S7 noise the entire time so my ears are ringing. Bill, K1EV, ran the net for a few calls and got a signal report (via email) from Geoff, GM4ESD of 339. One of these days the band will be good enough for him to give

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2004-08-28 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening Folks, Just got home from a very long wedding and I feel beat. Hopefully the bands will be quiet tomorrow. I worked a few folks over in Europe earlier today. Odd thing is they wanted my grid square. You'd think I was in the middle of a VHF/UHF contest; but no, I was on 20

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for Aug 30th, 2004

2004-08-29 Thread Kevin Rock
ECN/2 was held on 7045 kHz after an abortive start on 7044 kHz. The Run for the Bacon was in full swing so we had number of Flying Pigs root us up. I guess I could have given them my pig number but they might have gotten their snouts bent out of shape since I was running 100 watts :) Never

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2004-09-04 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening and Happy Labor Day, I wanted to find out a little about this holiday and found this: Labor Day,is a legal holiday celebrated on the first Monday in September in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The celebration of Labor Day, in honor of the working class,

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Report for 20 and 40 meters for Sept 5th, 2004

2004-09-05 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Both 20 and 40 meters were good tonight. Signals were a little weaker on 40 but both of them were easily worked. Tom helped me grab a few weaker ones. The most interesting catch was from Sarasota, Florida. Looking at the weather map at 2400z you'll find they had a bit of a

[Elecraft] Sorry !!!

2004-09-05 Thread Kevin Rock
I am sorry K8ZT is really Anthony Luscre but some imposter W8ZT got listed on the report. How in the world did that happen? Kevin (Ageing Net Operator) ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report 20 meters September 12th, 2004

2004-09-12 Thread Kevin Rock
Good evening, The band was quite nice this afternoon. Signals from all over were strong. Mini pileups were happening now and then and we had fun on 14050 kHz. The list: N2YC - John - NY - KX1 - 336 VE1RGB - Gary - NS - K2 - 2519 KC0OSB - Sidney - CO - non Elecraft K0JEM - Joel - KS - K1

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for 40 meters 13th of September 2004

2004-09-12 Thread Kevin Rock
Fourty Meters was a bit noisier than 20 meters this evening but that just made things a bit more interesting. No relays to help but I think I picked up most everyone calling. Some were even using marginal antennas. You may remain nameless if you wish :) I am not sure if running a net is

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Announcement

2004-09-18 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, This week has been very wet up here. The heating season started a few days ago and the fire feels quite nice. It looks like Summer was over a couple of weeks ago but we hope for a return. I'd better get more wood stacked in the shed. My newest crop of ECOM students had

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Reports for 19 and 20 September

2004-09-19 Thread Kevin Rock
Wow, great signals this evening. 20 meters was wide open across the North American continent. I felt like a contester giving out 5NN over and over. Only a few folks were not that strong. There was some QSB from the East so Dan needed a relay through Bill to hear me. I could hear both of

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2004-09-25 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, A long day of classes followed by a day at the beach. Wow, I am tired! The red snapper fish and chips were quite tasty. Cozy little restaurant in Ilwaco, Washington. Foggy day but we did see a number of elk near Seaside on our way back home. Please join us for a little

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 27th, 2004

2004-09-26 Thread Kevin Rock
Another fine net was held on 7045 kHz at 0200z. Signals were pretty good and I got QNI from all over. Some areas are a bit stronger than others but that's the nature of the beast. Fun chatting with you all. Looks like Russ has very fine weather but I cannot compare his to what you folks in

Re: [Elecraft] Missing some dits and dahs thanks all !

2004-10-01 Thread Kevin Rock
Is that what makes working Multnomah County so special? :) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 23:15:10 -0700, Ken K7ZUM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to all who answered my initial question about missing a few dits, and now I know that it is normal with an easy work

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report October 3rd, 2004

2004-10-03 Thread Kevin Rock
I am feeling a bit under the weather but running the net does lift my spirits :) On 14050 kHz the band was pretty good with two way QSB. The East Coast was a bit tougher than normal to pull out. The list: N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031 K2HYD - Ray - VA - KX1 - 608

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Announcement

2004-10-09 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Even though the sunspot numbers have been down 20 meters has been good to me this week as has 40 meters. The weather has not been so kind. It has frosted a few times but the greenhousese are still producing the more robust vegetables. The fire is not yet burning all of the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 10th, 2004

2004-10-10 Thread Kevin Rock
Thanks to help from Bill, Tom, and from the wilds of Nova Scotia: Gary we achieved a very good number of check ins. The band was quiet and the help was able. Thank you very much. We got a few new faces on 20 meters (14049.5 kHz) and welcomed back a number of regulars. Ric was caught using

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 11th, 2004

2004-10-10 Thread Kevin Rock
Howdy, 40 meters was a bit more difficult than was the 20 meter net. First I had to pass off control early since I had tuned on the wrong antenna :( Tom worked away through the Heartland logging folks from ND, PA, TN, KY then branched off to FL. He ran the well dry I thought and then

[Elecraft] Re: 20m net

2004-10-11 Thread Kevin Rock
Hi Ray, I tried sending this email a few minutes ago to the Elecraft mailing list but it was considered spam. K2HYD - Ray - VA - KX1 - 608 QNI #10 Ray was really working from North Carolina

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2004-10-16 Thread Kevin Rock
Hello to you all, Hope your weekend is going well. My AREC level 2 class is running along just fine. Pat and I made up a crossword puzzle for them to fight with for a bit to reinforce the lecture. Next session is NCS class. The scenario meshes with our current volcanic activity. I get

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Report for October 17 18

2004-10-18 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, 20 meter was pretty quiet but 40 meters was quite noisy this evening. ECN/1 was held on 14050 kHz while ECN/2 was a bit up from its normal slot at 7045.5 kHz. ECN/1: AA3WF - Mychael - PA - K2 - 1025 W6JD - Doug - CA - K2 - 1626 W0SZ - Steve - IA - K2 - 88 W0CZ - Ken - ND -

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Report for October 17 18

2004-10-18 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, 20 meter was pretty quiet but 40 meters was quite noisy this evening. ECN/1 was held on 14050 kHz while ECN/2 was a bit up from its normal slot at 7045.5 kHz. ECN/1: AA3WF - Mychael - PA - K2 - 1025 W6JD - Doug - CA - K2 - 1626 W0SZ - Steve - IA - K2 - 88 W0CZ - Ken - ND -

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net WAS

2004-10-18 Thread Kevin Rock
Howdy ECN folks, I did not notice last night but we gained another state toward the Elecraft WAS award, WY. Only four more states: DE, NE, SD, and VT are needed. If any of you are planning trips to or through any of those states please consider checking in to one of the nets on Sunday.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net errata

2004-10-18 Thread Kevin Rock
Sorry Fred. The information listed: K6DGW - Fred - CA - K2 - 4298 Should read 4398. One of these days I am going to strap myself down and play 2s and 3s at myself for a few hours until I can tell them apart! I'll need to add an equal proportion of QRN, QRM, and QSB to make it more like

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 23/24, 2004

2004-10-24 Thread Kevin Rock
Good evening folks, The Elecraft nets for this evening were interesting to say the least :) The first one was getting called by rabid FISTs members asking for numbers and I had lots of pileups to dig out. XL came through loud and clear so I think Ric is a seasoned veteran of breaking a

[Elecraft] (no subject)

2004-10-30 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The annual clock change has me working out a new set of numbers for the net. Thus tomorrow at 2200z it will be 4 PM here in the Pacific Time Zone. The frequencies will remain the same but the propagation seems to have improved. Our sun is back to near where it was a year

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2004-10-30 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The annual clock change has me working out a new set of numbers for the net. Thus tomorrow at 2200z it will be 4 PM here in the Pacific Time Zone. The frequencies will remain the same but the propagation seems to have improved. Our sun is back to near where it was a year

[Elecraft] ECN Announcement Errata

2004-10-31 Thread Kevin Rock
It has been brought to my attention that 4 PM PST is 2400z. Thus the nets today will be held at: Sunday 2400z (Sunday 4pm PST) 14050 kHz Monday 0300z (Sunday 7pm PST) 7045 kHz Sorry for the confusion :( Kevin. KD5ONS ___ Elecraft mailing list

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for November 1st, 2004

2004-10-31 Thread Kevin Rock
After finally determining the correct way to turn the clock in relation to UTC ECN ran fairly well :) 20 meters was much better than 40 meters however. Dave in Texas and Jim in Arkansas told me of a thunderstorm in their area. This was creating a bit of havoc here in Oregon. But I got to

[Elecraft] ECN errata

2004-11-01 Thread Kevin Rock
Last night I worked an op who I thought was K2IU but from his own words, K3IU, not K2IU, name is Ken, QTH is RI and the K2-100 s/n was using last night is 4181. Just goes to show you what a little QSB can do in a coast to coast contact. Hopefully I did not make too many more errors :( 73,

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2004-11-06 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening Folks, There are a few complications for tomorrow's Elecraft CW Nets. First we have the Sweepstakes in progress so the 20 meter net may be problematic. I will play that one by ear. If I cannot find a spare kHz to use for our purposes I may simply cancel the net. The second

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Cancellation

2004-11-07 Thread Kevin Rock
Howdy Folks, Between listening to the bands and reading my database I find there will be a low probability of either a good turnout or finding a vacant spot to run either of the nets. Last year I simply called it off so I plan to do the same this year. I will see you all again next

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2004-11-13 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Another hectic week in Oregon but the weather is quite nice above 1200 feet. Down below it is gloom and mist but up here the stars are bright and the light pollution is minimal. Hopefully the bands will be as great as they were on Thursday and Friday. Then we can have fun

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Report for November 14, 2004

2004-11-14 Thread Kevin Rock
Starting at 2354z with NE5DL there were a number of folks stopping by ECN/1. The band was not too bad because I worked a KX1 from Hawaii. But some of the folks in the Eastern part of the Midwest were tough to extremely tough. I did get a partial on KI8JM until the QSB dragged him up. I am

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for November 15, 2004

2004-11-14 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, It was fun to hear from you all again this evening. I am very curious about what Bill is up to but I'll get more later :) 2 inches of snow definitely had my interest piqued. Propagation was unpredictable. Tom in Missouri was weak but Dan in Georgia was much better than he

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2004-11-20 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Afternoon, My stint as a teacher of emergency communications has come to its holiday hiatus. No classes for a few months. It is nice to have Saturday morning back but I do miss teaching. My students always kept me on my toes and rewarded me by learning. I don't think you truly know

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for November 21-22

2004-11-21 Thread Kevin Rock
Hello All, The twenty meter net went well this evening but some local QRN just drove me off the forty meter net. A wall of noise covered everyone up so I let the net go free. Mr. Hammond was on the air so he may have taken the NCS slot at that point. I'll see an email soon if that was

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Announcement

2004-11-27 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The weather has turned clear and cold after Thanksgiving day. The sun is nice when it pops out from behind the mountain to our south. I hope you all are recovering from the feast on Thursday and are either relaxing or contesting to your heart's content. Last night I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for November 29, 2004

2004-11-28 Thread Kevin Rock
Hello All, 20 meters was fun and 40 meters was a bit of trouble this evening. 20 meters started with me sitting on frequency listening to the testers madly sending code. Could not help myself so I exchanged info with N0IJ. My one official contest contact during the 48 hour period. I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2004-12-04 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Oregon weather has turned normal again. Cold, grey, and gloomy :) But the bands were good the last time I checked and the stove is stoked with wood. I think tomorrow would be a good day to have a net. If the coronal mass ejection is kind 20 meters will work and 40 meters

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Report for December 6, 2004

2004-12-05 Thread Kevin Rock
Howdy Folks, With a little help from my friends ECN was able to get folks from across the continent to participate this evening. 20 meters was much quieter than 40 but what else is new? KE0X, Rich, in Nebraska responded to our plea for another state and brought NE to the list. Only three

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2004-12-11 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I am a bit tired from hiking out a Noble Fir this morning. I must have carried that guy for about two miles. Good tree though ;) Fits nicely in the spot we made for it. Now to find all the accoutrement so we can get it fixed up. The new antenna is growing bit by bit but

Re: [Elecraft] bug posting

2004-12-12 Thread Kevin Rock
I know N6KR gets on the air. I heard folks talking with him. I am not sure if he uses CW, however, since this was an SSB contact into GA. The band was not open between CA and OR that day so I have no idea what N6KR sounds like. I have tried to get him interested in ECN but to no avail. I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2004-12-18 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The Christmas Ships on the Willamette River were very nice this evening in downtown Portland. We used the Marine Band channel 68 to find them and follow their routines. They were quite excited about showing off their ships to the crowds. It is the 50th running of these

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 19th, 2004

2004-12-19 Thread Kevin Rock
Hello All, This evening was not very good for my reception. Without Tom's help I would only have three folks on this list. I heard a few of the others but I do not know if we could have exchanged much more than call signs. The QSB was quite deep on 20 meters but the noise was the biggest

[Elecraft] RF Falling from the Aether (was RF build up)

2004-12-22 Thread Kevin Rock
During the 40 meter Elecraft Net last Sunday the RF was falling short of my antenna. Later that evening I discovered windrows of it scattered East of my antenna. I raked it up and brought it in to sit next to the woodstove over night. I now have a pail full of what appears to be alphabet

[Elecraft] Happy Holidays

2004-12-24 Thread Kevin Rock
To all of you in Elecraftland: Merry Christmas. May 2005 be a happy, healthy, and prosperous time. Please join with me in wishing the world peace. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2004-12-25 Thread Kevin Rock
Merry Christmas, Propagation was good yesterday. If any of you have time tomorrow and would like to get on the air for a little while you are welcome to try the Elecraft CW Net. I expect the turnout to be light since many folks are visiting or being visited. All the wrapping paper will

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Report December 26-27, 2004

2004-12-26 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening Folks, Well that was interesting! There are some die hards out there who take time from their Scrabble games and feasts to check in with us on ECN. QSB plagued both nets with QRN rising near the end of the 20 meter net. QRN and QSB were strong on 40 the entire time. But we

Re: [Elecraft] 80m ECN?

2004-12-27 Thread Kevin Rock
Now guys! A loop antenna is in the works. I hope to get the ladder line built today. The main problem is getting the ladder line through the wall. My other antennas use coax which routes through the foundation, into the crawl space, and then up through the floor. The openings are too

[Elecraft] 80 meter ECN

2004-12-31 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening and Happy New Year! My white paper is coming along quite nicely. Another ten pages or so and it will be ready. This will free me up to finish my 80 meter loop. If the snow stops it will be great weather for antenna raising. And kneeling at the foundation to snake muddy ladder

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2005-01-01 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening All, I hope your 2005 is starting off nicely. We are getting more snow but it appears to be tapering off. The fir trees shed their load last night approximately every 15 minutes. I did get some sleep but the whumping noises did interrupt my slumbers. I have gotten a few

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2005-01-08 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening All, Another week in the new year has passed. We now have about 8 inches of snow with more on the way. Hopefully I can free the 40 meter dipole from the clutches of the fir tree overhead. It has drooped considerably under the snow load. I may have to shovel the roof once I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 10, 2005

2005-01-09 Thread Kevin Rock
Hello Folks, Another evening on the air. Some folks were taking a break from the RTTY contest and others from the NA QSO party. Thanks for stopping by. The KX1s seem to have something special going for them once again. From Hawaii to Virginia to California to Alaska those rigs are

Fwd: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 10, 2005

2005-01-09 Thread Kevin Rock
to face :) Kevin. (Lowly Net Op.) --- Forwarded message --- From: Kevin Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 10, 2005 Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 20:25:13 -0800 On 40 meters at 7045 kHz: N0SS - Tom - MO - K2

[Elecraft] Logging clock?

2005-01-14 Thread Kevin Rock
A few of you mentioned the desire for larger digits on your logging clock. Here is just the thing for you ;) http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/~yugo/storage/monocrafts_ver3/03/index.html Kevin. KD5ONS -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 /

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2005-01-15 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Conditions are conspiring against us but let's see what happens once the RF hits the aether. First there is an X class flare zooming toward us due to smack the ionosphere sometime tomorrow afternoon. The initial effects allowed some interesting DX contacts to be made on 10

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement Addendum

2005-01-16 Thread Kevin Rock
The ice storm has abated here in Oregon. I am not sure what the valley folks are experiencing but the icing conditions have given way to rain at 2000 feet. My antennas are clear and still in the air. They are also working on 10 and 15 meters this morning. 10 has since gone away but 15

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 17, 2005

2005-01-16 Thread Kevin Rock
Good evening, Both nets were productive this evening. 20 meters was very quiet and 40 meters was too. 20 was open from Nova Scotia to Georgia to Texas to California to North Dakota and Minnesota. Colorado and Missouri had representatives also. A couple folks had their new K2s to show

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2005-01-22 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Morning to most of you, I just had an enjoyable hour of soldering surface mount devices. I never knew how easy they were to handle. Much less mess than the through hole type of components. Now on to some microcontroller circuits and assembly language programming! The sun gave us

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 24, 2005

2005-01-23 Thread Kevin Rock
Good evening all, 20 meters was very good this evening while 40 had some QSB. Through the help of Dick, W0NTA, and Tom, N0SS, we got 19 QNI on 20 meters. I missed one however. I have a serial number but I could not get the call. QSB was eating folks after the first contact so fills were

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2005-02-05 Thread Kevin Rock
Good evening, I had a very busy day helping license and upgrade a number of amateurs. I enjoy working as a VE and get a kick out of copying CW at 5 wpm. T EE EEEEE EEE ETETTE ETE ... and so forth. It takes a little while but it comes back to me :) Then we went in search

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 7th, 2005

2005-02-06 Thread Kevin Rock
Another interesting evening on ECN. We had quite a geographical spread with very good signals on 20 meters. Unless you told me I could not tell the difference between QRP and QRO signals. It was hard to believe some of you were simply running 3 watts. It also pays to advertise. I asked

Re: [Elecraft] 2 k2

2005-02-09 Thread Kevin Rock
2 K2s come in handy as bookends for all of your amateur radio literature! It just does not look right to hold your books up with one if them and a KX1 is just not heavy enough to do the job. The 100 watt amps give the rigs enough heft to handle a goodly number of tomes. 73, Kevin.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2005-02-12 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Grief! where did the time go!!?? Just a few minutes ago I made dinner and started working on soldering SMT parts down. Wound a few toroids too. Now it's almost 11 PM with Steely Dan, Stevie Ray, Alan Kay, Alanis Morrisett, Joan Jett, and crew keeping me company. Pat is off to her

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 13-14,2005

2005-02-13 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, First off, thank you very much to Tom Hammond. N0SS ran most of the show this evening and deserves praise for his help and efficiency. I am not feeling very well and will be in bed soon with Nyquil soothing my sore throat and sinuses. Luckily my colds only last a few days

Re: [Elecraft] ECN/30m Tuesday night

2005-02-14 Thread Kevin Rock
Good luck Daniel, Tomorrow I will not be available since I need to be at the local ARES monthly meeting. I hope you get a number of check ins from around the continent. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 08:26:43 -0800 (PST), Daniel Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2005-02-19 Thread Kevin Rock
Howdy Folks, If any of you are still standing after z tomorrow I will be holding the first net. The RF may be in ragged shape from all these signals flying around but things will slow down abruptly at z Monday. I'll probably not be on the air at all before that time since folks

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

2005-02-20 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening All, At z the 20 meter band fell silent. Then, out of this silence sprang the Elecraft CW Net. Folks were not too tired to slow down from 40 wpm contesting speed to check in. 17 folks on the first net and 12 on the second one. The bands were not worn out but seemed

Re: [Elecraft] I will have to catch the next one

2005-02-25 Thread Kevin Rock
The Elecraft CW Net announcements are sent out each Saturday and the two nets are run on Sunday evenings. Hopefully you don't have to work then. Please join us : Monday z (Sunday 4pm PST) 14050 kHz Monday 0300z (Sunday 7pm PST) 7045 kHz Visit our web site: http://ecn.visionseer.com/ for

Re: FW: [Elecraft] Looking for local K2 ops

2005-02-25 Thread Kevin Rock
Dan, It gets awfully tiring saying dah-di-dah-dit dah-dah-di-dah di-dah-dah dah-dah-dit di-di-di-di-dah di-di-dit dah-di-dah over and over again. I would get rid of that mike thingy and spring for a nice set of paddles ;) Kevin. KD5ONS On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:20:08 -0500, Dan

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2005-02-26 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Once again I had a very late night in the big city. The campiest production of a Shakespeare play I've seen since the scene in The Magic Christian. Last night I made a good contact into South Dakota on 40 meters and the Fox hunt went well on Thursday evening so that band

[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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net errata

2005-02-28 Thread Kevin Rock
Sorry folks, I seem to have given Russ, N9IV the wrong rig. Not once but twice. I cannot justify nor determine how in the world a 0 became a 2. My records all have him owning 4650. How I gave him 4652 I will never know. My apologies to Russ and to whomever may own 4652. Hopefully this is

Re: [Elecraft] K2 4768 arrives in VP8 land (eventually)

2005-03-01 Thread Kevin Rock
My thesis advisor made the same mistake. He sent a bound copy of my thesis from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Buxton, Oregon via DHL. First time DHL lost the package. So my professor gets another copy printed and bound. Then he sends it to me via DHL once again. They cannot find my house so

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net errata

2005-03-02 Thread Kevin Rock
Once again Net Control Operator 5th Class is showing his faults. I did not include WA2DKG on my net report for the 40 meter net. WA2DKG - Jerry - NY - K2 - 2549 His partial call was in my notes and then got the fill from Tom, N0SS when he sent his list to me. But for some reason I did not

Re: [Elecraft] Roger Daltry

2005-03-06 Thread Kevin Rock
My name is 905 and I've just become alive. I'm the newest populator of the planet called Earth. Kevin. KD5ONS On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 16:34:39 -0500, Mike Markowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who Are You? Mike AB3AP -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.

Re: [Elecraft] K2 build planned...

2005-03-08 Thread Kevin Rock
Howdy Lloyd, I use AFIL most of the time. One of these days I am going to change the board to start in AFIL 2 since that is the one which works best for me. Seems to make the signal pop out of the noise so copy gets much easier. Makes the foxes much easier to catch and those folks out on

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Product Selection ..Dummy Run..

2005-03-09 Thread Kevin Rock
Don't worry, Wayne does not mind if you order a dozen K2s at a time! Kevin. KD5ONS On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:45:35 -0500, Mike Markowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My online credit card statement verifies I haven't inadvertently ordered a dozen K2's in my combo experiments. :-) Mike AB3AP

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