[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    Hopefully a few of you will remember the radio play: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.  It preceded the book by about a year.  Then on to both television and to the movies.  But it began life as a multilayer radiophonic tour de force in 1978.  The final episode of the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft] Fred's HHG vs Elecraft manuals de KE7X

tion may have been a little too broad.    Kevin.  KD5ONS On 04/08/2018 02:37 PM, Fred C. Jensen wrote: Actually, it is five times seven equals 42, and 42 is the answer, not the question. Everyone has forgotten the question. K6DGW Kevin Cozens <ke...@ve3syb.ca> wrote: On 2018-04-08 01:29

Re: [Elecraft] Fred's HHG vs Elecraft manuals de KE7X

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Hexagonal Phase is currently being broadcast directly from the BBC.  Only one episode left to find out what happens to Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Trillian, and her daughter Random.  As for Zaphod?  Well, he's just this guy, you know.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    The wind has been howling all day but the antennas are still up and the power is still on.  So I spent the day watching the Masters and practicing CW with my left hand.  After the first week or so it felt less strange.  The biggest problem I have is to remember how to send

Re: [Elecraft] Fred's vs Elecraft manuals de KE7X

I learn subjects more readily if they keep from diving into the mathematics on page one.  I don't find the math difficult it just distracts me from the broad brush strokes of concepts.  Once I get the idea firmly in my head the mathematics helps me dig deeper. But starting with the math just

[Elecraft] Ron Polityka

The Grim Reaper’s scythe has slipped between us most finely. Cutting the best from amongst us. It is so very sad, we have lost so many but acknowledge only the few :( WB3AAL or to me, “AAL” has gone Silent Key. Each time I lose someone it seems to hurt just a little more. Most of you I have

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] The new KX19

Announcing Elecraft’s super secret KX19 with Time Displacement Circuitry (patent pending). If you want to run a multi-multi single op station simply time jump repeatedly into the contest period from any other time during the year (or century for that matter). Run stations for two hours and

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    Imagine you are driving on a gravel road during a cloudy day. You come around a corner and see perfectly round spots of wet gravel surrounded by dry gravel everywhere else. A few weeks later you drive around that same corner on another gray day. This time the gravel is wet

Re: [Elecraft] Who's On First?

The real question is the name of the right fielder?     Kevin.  KD5ONS On 03/29/2018 05:11 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Bill, If you have updated the K3 firmware in the last few months, it does not make any difference whether the K3 or the computer is turned on first. The K3 now has a SAFE mode

Re: [Elecraft] Pie rack K-Line

Room for expansion too.  Very Cool.    Kevin.  KD5ONS On 03/26/2018 06:36 PM, Mike Markowski wrote: I found an economical way to go vertical with my Elecraft gear and save some desk space.  It's slightly off-beat - which suits me :-) - and I'm very happy with both cost and quality.  For any

Re: [Elecraft] Resistor and capacitor installation

If Günter Grass and Thomas Pynchon had worked together the boy in The Tin Drum could have been a V2 pilot.    73,   Kevin.  KD5ONS On 03/26/2018 11:46 AM, a45wg wrote: So you are all “Rocket Scientists” !! That explains a lot…. Keep up the V interesting posts 73s

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening, There was a knock on my front door.  I looked out the window only to find a Washington County Deputy Sheriff in a very dirty uniform.  I opened the door and invited him in to wash up but he smiled ruefully and refused. So I walked out on the deck and handed him my garden hose. 

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 #39 in operation!

It often takes a few years for the industry to catch up to Elecraft's vision.    73,    KD5ONS On 03/24/2018 12:49 PM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote: On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 11:01 AM, GRANT YOUNGMAN wrote: It occurred to me, even better than a big amp, would be an

Re: [Elecraft] [OT?] Changing which hand you send with

its should always be sent with the thumb and the dashes with the finger no matter which hand you're using. An alternative that I sometimes use as a temporary solution is to grab the key paddle from the other side, with the hand over they keying mechanism. Alan N1AL On 03/18/2018 05:50 PM, ke

Re: [Elecraft] [OT?] Changing which hand you send with

Very cool, I had never heard this way of doing things.  I'll try it.    Kevin. KD5ONS On 03/18/2018 07:08 PM, William Ravenel wrote: I’m right handed but decided I’d use a paddle left handed fore ease of taking notes. In my case I left the paddle sense alone (dahs on right paddle) to

Re: [Elecraft] [OT?] Changing which hand you send with

gets a lot better! One other trick, send the same thing with both hands, it makes it easer to send lefty for me. 73s and thanks, Dave NK7Z https://www.nk7z.net On 03/18/2018 05:50 PM, kevinr wrote: Have any of you attempted changing dominant hands?  My left hand has very few broken bones in it

Re: [Elecraft] [OT?] Changing which hand you send with

Yes SIR, I really want to get to Carnegie Hall :)    VY 73 all ya-all   Kevin.  KD5ONS On 03/18/2018 06:45 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Kevin, Set the paddle menu to PDL Rev, and practice, practice, practice. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/18/2018 8:50 PM, kevinr wrote: Have any of you attempted

[Elecraft] [OT?] Changing which hand you send with

Have any of you attempted changing dominant hands?  My left hand has very few broken bones in it and rarely has the pain I have in my right one.  How difficult would it be to learn to send with my non-dominant hand?  I came very close to giving up CW a few years ago when I had nerve damage in

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    After the first loggers had cleared a path through the northern Coast Range they left open areas between the climax cedar and hemlock forests. Homesteaders filled these areas spending years clearing out the stumps and snags. Once a field was cleared they plowed it and tried

Re: [Elecraft] 2D Fasteners

The same principle has been used in woodworking for quite a long time.  My father learned it from his grandfather for cabinet making.  I am currently watching the British '70s television series Connections.  Re-inventing things over the centuries is quite common.  The problem which needs to be

Re: [Elecraft] News Letters

I use Thunderbird as my email application.  The normal Elecraft list mail goes into its own folder while any ECN mail goes into another.  The Elecraft Newsletter wound up in my inbox instead. Look in your unfiltered email location, I think you'll find it there.     73,     Kevin.  KD5ONS

Re: [Elecraft] 2D Fasteners

They are only able to connect one plane to another plane.  They cannot connect three planes at one time.  Making a 2D connection is what they do.    Kevin.  KD5ONS On 03/16/2018 11:47 AM, Wes Stewart wrote: I've never understood why a three-dimensional object is called "2D". On 3/16/2018

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Correction

With snow on the ground it is difficult to remember Daylight Savings Time begins today. But as always the local times remain the same except for those of you who don't switch to DST. 14050 kHz at 2200z (3 PM PDT)  7045 kHz at z (5 PM PDT) 73,     Kevin.  KD5ONS

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,   The snow has finally stopped falling.  Hopefully that will be the last I see of it 'til December.  The daffodils are pushing through the crusty snow; they are ready.  After talking to a neighbor I found out why there has been so much logging in our area.  Saw log prices have

Re: [Elecraft] Old Keyers (was: FT 8)

The first electronics books I studied came from my dad's WWII foot locker.  He was a radioman on B17s, did a stint as a Marine Corps DI, then went to radar school in Ogden, Utah.  After that he went back to the Pacific Theater and was a radar/radioman for the rest of the war in B24s.  Each

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] The Ultimate List of Hobbies for Men

You have done all of those at once?!     Kevin.  KD5ONS On 03/04/2018 07:58 PM, Charlie T wrote: I think I maybe did 2 or possibly 3 of those listed. However, Bunge jumping, Sky Diving and Alligator Wrestling were curiously absent. 73, Charlie k3ICH

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] The Ultimate List of Hobbies for Men

I am surprised at how few of these I have not done.  However, they don't list XC skiing to which I was addicted for many years. Great way to get outside when the weather is below zero.  Skiing uphill can be fun but the best is skiing to work and back.    73,   Kevin.  KD5ONS On

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    I actually saw sun today.  It has been a while.  The snow has been coming down every day for the last two weeks so a break was nice.  The days are also lasting longer and with that propagation has been getting better.  With all the cold days it feels good to get warm.  Cold

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    The solar wind is helping propagation on the lower bands.  40 meters was open to the East Coast, SW, SE, and up into Canada last week.  The reverse beacon net heard me all over the place.  Fast QSB was a problem with a little noise.  Hopefully all the snow I have received

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    The world DX contest is filling the bands and will do so until z February 19th.  The first net won't have room to run but the second one will.  From the sounds of things the ionosphere has been perked up by the recent impact of a CME and the ongoing solar wind.    Last

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    “What’s that?!”, my visual cortex rapidly scanned its card catalog seeking a best fit solution.  Another part of my brain was trying to decide flight or fight while further processing power was devoted to wondering why there was a bush where none had been before.  Then the

Re: [Elecraft] How many K2's sold

Enjoy it Neil; like your first beignet at Cafe Du Monde :)    73,   Kevin.  KD5ONS On 02/06/2018 04:45 PM, Neil Zampella wrote: I'm working on K2 s/n 7788 right now.  Just started putting capacitors on the Control Board, taking my time :) Neil Z, KN3ILZ On 1/30/2018 2:46 PM, Robert G

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,     It's early February and the Pennsylvania rodent says winter will last a little longer.  But here I actually saw sun, for twenty minutes at least.  Then the mountain ran into a cloud.  It pays to have a plan when it comes to the PNW's rainy season.  A stack of text books, a

[Elecraft] Fwd: Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Seems this epistle did not get out.    Kevin. Forwarded Message Subject:Elecraft CW Net Announcement Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 21:57:54 -0800 From: kevinr <kev...@coho.net> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Good Evening,     It's early Fe

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement for the third time

Good _Evening, _ Morning,     It's early February and the Pennsylvania rodent says winter will last a little longer.  But here I actually saw sun, for twenty minutes at least.  Then the mountain ran into a cloud.  It pays to have a plan when it comes to the PNW's rainy season.  A stack of

[Elecraft] Test

Is there an echo in here?     Kevin.  KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report Errata

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

[Elecraft] Mail system outage

I expect you'll see three Elecraft CW Net announcements this week.  The first one is in limbo as is the second.  The third finally got through intact.  I have no idea what happened to announcements 1 & 2.  They'll probably show up in a day or two.    73,   Kevin.  KD5ONS

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,     The rainy season coincides with the logging season. Since it is so wet fire danger is near zero. Skidding logs during the dry season can start fires just from the friction between logs. During the wet there is little need for the fire watch crew to stand guard for a week

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,     It has been a very good day to sit by the fire and read.  The best time to catch up on my reading is when the power goes out; there is nothing else to do :)  A few days reading by kerosene lantern is enough to get caught up on month's of books and magazines.  When those are

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,     It was a beautiful day to take a hike. Sunny, 50 degrees, with spiders building webs in hope of catching the early insects. The bracken fern has died back to where the contours of the ground are exposed allowing me to find footing with little danger. Normally they range from

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

it open. Eventually somebody will come looking for it, possibly accompanied by the local sheriff. 73, Charlie k3ICH -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of kevinr Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2018 6:39 PM To: elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

It looks like a geocache.  Keep an eye on it and you may see folks wandering around with their GPS gadgets in hand looking for it.    Kevin.  KD5ONS On 01/07/2018 02:15 PM, tomb18 wrote: Negative, no lenses or antennas... Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    Weather has returned to normal: foggy, rainy, and mild.  I remember the cold of Wisconsin winters and am not missing it. Hopefully the folks out east will get a reprieve from the icebox soon.  Plumbers will be making a lot of money as they repair the numerous broken pipes.  

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Announcement

Good Evening,    Christmas day was white and it remained so for a few days.  Then ice and back to rain.  Today was surprisingly sunny and the moon is shining brightly.  The coyotes are making a lot of noise as the pack moves past.  They enjoy the break in the cold and wet but I think the moon

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Christmas Break

Good Evening,    Since the day before Christmas is filled with many activities I think we should take a break for a week.  I wish you all a safe and merry Christmas.    73,   Kevin.  KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    A foggy, rainy, quiet day; very nice to spend time next to a warm fire reading.  The sun may be out of sight but not out of mind: SFU 72 and sun spot number at 0.  The way things are going we'll have had 100 spotless days before January 1st.  We're at 97 days with only 14

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    A dusting of snow started this sunny week.  Each night into the upper 20s, each day up into the 40s.  Great week to collect wood and bring it home.  I have enough to get me through the end of the year now to get another two month's worth in before the rains return.  Since I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Announcement

Good Evening,    Another parcel of cloud pushes its way through a gap in the nearby mountains. It slides, tumbles its way down to a low area. Gradually this space fills with low layer of mist. As it fills the fog becomes more dense. I start seeing waves as an aliquot of cloud hits the ‘lake’

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,    I hope you are all having a great Thanksgiving weekend.  Soon it will be back to work; but before that comes our way you can try the Elecraft CW Net.  The sun, even though it is quiescent, is still throwing ions our way, enough to allow propagation.    ECN is a directed net. 

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,     High humidity days are very common in the Pacific Northwest during the rainy season. You need to work slowly so you don’t overheat when the humidity is at or near 100%. When I walked through the fog I cut a path, leaving eddies in my wake. After slowly moving a few bucked

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening,     It is definitely the rainy season; only a few times has the rain actually stopped.  No gulley washers, just steady, soaking rain.  The smell of the forest changes a great deal from the dry summer spice to the musky, wet scents of decay.  If anything the steady rain of fir

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening, Propagation has been good most of the week. The sun has been active. Spaceweather.com has some interesting facts about the week's solar activity. Multiple active sunspots with more M and X class flares probable. Ten meters and lower have been fun to monitor. Lots of DX.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening, A very sunny week made it easy to collect wood. Now to get it all home before the ground is too wet for my loaded truck to move. The forecast is for at least another week of sun so I will have a great work out by the time it starts raining. Looks like I'll fill my F-250 over

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening, A busy and chilly week has seen me tossing a lot of wood down hill. Much easier than in the other direction. Propagation has been good too. Please join us tomorrow. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP relay

Re: [Elecraft] End fed antenna - length and SWR

Hi Dave, If you want to check in with anyone in Oregon you may want to change the orientation of your antenna. You are at right angles to the main land or Asia with that wire the way it is now. There just aren't a lot of folks north and south of you. Accept geography and try another

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening, After last week's wind and rain today is very nice. Back to short sleeve weather for a while. The elk are moving through and so are the hunters. As I watch out the window it is interesting to see deer only minutes after a truck passes. When I am out splitting wood I find

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Afternoon, I need to get this out before I lose my Internet access. Tonight I am to receive approximately 10 inches of rain with winds up to 80 mph. Currently my connection is terrible; I only expect it to get worse. I should lose power tonight when the broken trees fall through the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Morning, The weather has limited my Internet access over the past day. Heavy rain and clouds between me and the tower makes it tough for the packets to pass forth and back. Even during the heavy weather the elk hunters are hopeful. Last night during a lull in the storm I was out to

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Reports

Here are some of the recent CW net results. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS September 1, 2013 On 14050 kHz at 2200z: K6MGO - Bill - CA - K3 - 5181 AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457 N6MY - Ray - AZ - KX3 - 4624 WB3AAL - Ron - PA - K2 - 1392 September 2, 2013 On 7045 kHz at

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Morning, After an unseasonably warm week it is back to normal again:rain, fog, and cool. Currently it is booming outside so all the antennas are unplugged. Two thunderstorms in less than two weeks is very unusual. Propagation has been decent though. All of the talk about net

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Actually this should read : Please join us this afternoon and evening. KJR. On 9/15/2013 10:53 AM, kevinr wrote: Good Morning, After an unseasonably warm week it is back to normal again:rain, fog, and cool. Currently it is booming outside so all the antennas are unplugged. Two

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening, The sun is setting much earlier now. All those extra hours of light during the summer let me get outside after dinner. That is no longer true. I did step out onto the deck during dusk and had a doe watch me. The red of the setting sun and her coat had much the same hue; it

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening, A chilly wet week began the rainy season. Quite early this year but the forecast is for little sun and more rain. Luckily it doesn't get too wet to work outside and the cool temperatures are good for cutting wood. Great exercise once your body becomes acclimated to the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening, During this week summer changed to fall. Nights were crisper and the smell of the forest has changed. Luckily it has been a fairly moist year with all of the fog. Very, very little rain but when the fog rolls in the trees rain on themselves. Fire danger has not gotten very

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening, Propagation was rather good this week with the normal summer QRN and some QSB. Weather was pleasant, if cool. Our normal dry season had a few very light showers. Luckily the fog the stormy weather brings provides enough moisture to keep the forests from burning. Fall is

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening, It has been a very nice week with mild temperatures and mostly sunny days. Currently the thunder is booming though I've not seen any lightning. This is very rare for the PNW. When I first started hearing rumbles I was thinking military jets. But when the sky got a charcoal

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Morning, After a chilly week the temperatures are climbing back into the upper 60s again. It feels good not having to heat the house. Summer should be a time where I can work on my garden rather than carry wood. It was nice to receive some precipitation though since fire danger was

Re: [Elecraft] Test

59X KD5ONS On 7/26/2013 7:57 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote: __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

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

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening, A fine week in the Pacific Northwest. The dry season is here with no rain in sight. Just the morning fog dropping its normal amount of moisture. The hummingbirds have been very active catching insects between the fir branches. I am also seeing elk sign every time I go for

Re: [Elecraft] 2nd hand prices

Obviously the K3 works much better after it has been broken in. Mine should be worth a premium price for its lengthy run in. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On 7/9/2013 2:25 PM, Trevor Dunne wrote: Hi All I'm looking for advice, as the stock market is not the place to be these days is

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening, After a long, hot week it is cooling back to normal. Feels good not baking in the sun. Propagation was better for the times I was on twenty meters but I have yet to find any activity on six meters. It is always fun when six is open. Please join us tomorrow afternoon

Re: [Elecraft] OT - anyone have experience with effects of metalroofs on antenna performace?

I was just reviewing my copy of Balanis and remembered the grueling effort of the class. I took it in grad school with a crazy Greek professor who worked with Balanis. He wound up being my thesis advisor :) Kevin. KD5ONS On 7/5/2013 1:54 PM, george fritkin wrote: I remember the

Re: [Elecraft] OT: QRZ.com locations caution

I truly believe there is a cartographic rule stating that any feature of interest must be placed on the corner of the map :) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On 7/3/2013 5:53 PM, mcduf...@ag0n.net wrote: How true, Ken. I'll toss one out to you. Last year, I started digging into 10 digit grid

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening, Last week it was rainy and chilly. This week has turned out very different. Humid, even for here, and temperatures in the 80s. That means the folks who don't live on a mountain are cooking. In the morning the humidity is often at 99%. When it is chilly it's not so bad;

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net

Good Evening and Happy Longest (or Shortest) day of the year. In North America we have a radiosport holiday starting tomorrow (or today in some aspects). So there will be both no room for the net and no net control. He will be off working contacts from various locations. Where ever there

Re: [Elecraft] OT: 2m beam orientation

Traditionally it is vertical polarization for FM and horizontal for SSB and CW. Kevin. KD5ONS On 6/20/2013 5:46 PM, Harlan wrote: I have my ten element 2m antenna vertically polarized mainly for repeater op. Was wondering how other ops place their 2m beams. Harlan NC3C Sent from my

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Good Evening, After a chilly, wet week the sun has come out and the temperature rose to 62 degrees. It is nice to be warm again. Gardening is tough when your seeds won't germinate. The doe I saw last weekend may have been the mother of the fawn I saw yesterday. She was trying to be

Re: [Elecraft] the net

I agree with Phil - propagation has not been helpful lately. The second problem we have had is the loss of N0SS in the middle of the country. Tom would call for check ins after I had run through a few stronger stations. Then, if possible, he would pass net control to the East Coast. My

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