[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for Aug 29th, 2004

[Kevin Rock]

ECN/1 was held on 14051 kHz this evening.  Starting at 2253z Ken called me 
while I was establishing a presence amoungst the piggies.  Quite a lot of 
those out there for their Run for the Bacon.  Too bad they schedule it for 
ECN/1's time slot or I would exercise my prerogative as FP # 765.  One of 
these days I need to try my hand at one of these runs but lately dinner 
has taken precedence!

The band was uncharacteristically noisy.  It was much like 40 meters.  But 
Tom in Lousiana took the blame because he has all the storms.  I called 
KD5PZO at her mother's house and found SC and NC are getting quite a bath 
too.  13 inches of rain in 12 hours is a bit much.  It was tough to dig 
some of you out tonight because with QRN and QSB some of you were coming 
up to the noise level at times.  The last person I tried to check in only 
got a few letters up to that signal strength.  I kept trying but my ears 
could not drag out a call sign.

The list:
N4SO - Ken - AL - K2 - 3394
K1EV - Bill - CT - K2 - 2152
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968
N2YC - John - NY - KX1 - 336
DL7AVC - Lutz - Berlin, Deuschland - K2 - 5358??     Late model rigs are 
welcome too danke :)
K1PT - Paul - FL - K2 - 2186
VE1RGB - Gary - NS - K2 - 2519
NE5DL - Dave - FL - K1 - 817   I copied FLA when Bill asked your location.
K5VJZ - Tom - LA - K2 - 4279
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
NK6A - Don - CA - KX1 - 656
W6KY - Art - CA - K1 - 141   Late but still welcome :)

Pretty good haul for these conditions.  Too bad the noise could not go 
away for a bit and we could drag the weak signals out too.  We are going 
to try to catch a few EU folks by calling around 0210z for Scotland and 
points east.  Please be ready to relay any information you catch that we 
cannot.

Thank you for the fun.  As always errors corrected upon receipt.
    73,
        Kevin.   KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)