[Elecraft] ECN Activity for Sunday (Monday), September 7(8), 2003

[Kevin Rock]

Hi Bill, 
    You should have tried 14052 kHz where I was running the net.  Were you the one on 14050 kHz a few 
minutes before 0100z.  One time you were talking to Sam when I was trying to start the net so I moved up to 
start it on a clear frequency.  If the frequency is at all busy I just move up until I find a place to call QRL ?.  
Then I start the net.  I don't bother trying to figure out who is on.  If it is busy I move up.   Sorry for the 
confusion.  It would have been nice to check all you folks in.  Then we could have had quite a number of people 
to use for relays.
   Kevin.   KD5ONS


9/7/2003 7:22:13 PM, "William M. Spaulding, Sr." <billspau@att.net> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Dave, W1EUY and I made a noble attempt to put together some ECN activity
>tonight.  Kevin (KD5ONS), our main man, and Sam (KL7V/5) were not to be
>heard.  So a couple old CW hacks (at least I'm old - not sure how old Dave
>is) tried to see if we could hear some folks come out for the net in very
>poor conditions.  During it all, I think we heard:
>
>1) W1EUY, Dave, in Boston running a Texas KW from his K2 somehow.
>2) NA7Y, Bill, in Washington getting more than spec out of K2 #3413.
>3) W1WCN, couldn't copy his name, and can't find that call listed.  QRP
>pirate?  Said he was in CT.
>4)W3JGG, Justin in FL running QRP from venerable K2 #337.
>5) KS4VL, Randy, running 10W.
>6) W0NTA, in CO, and that's where about all my copy here in Washington
>ended.
>
>Thanks to those brave souls who were patient as we must be in poor
>conditions and low power.  But please note, I could hear Florida on Justin's
>QRP level!
>
>I was going to try a QSY to 40 Meters.  When I got there, my radio truly
>lost it's mind for unknown reasons and rendered itself temporarily useless.
>After all kinds of ATU "Init"s and power cycling, it finally woke up.
>
>Thanks to those who gave it a try but couldn't quite make it.  I know I
>heard a couple tries I couldn't copy.  I think Dave did, too.  Hopefully,
>we'll return to "normalcy" for the net.  What's normalcy?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bill
>NA7Y
>
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