[Elecraft] Re: Elecraft Net

[Kevin Rock]

Howdy Bob,
    While I was checking frequencies before I started the net on 7043 kHz I heard 
someone ask ECN ? on 7045 kHz to which he received NO.  I checked 7045 a number of 
times as I was checking frequencies and it remained occupied right up until I started the 
net at 0300z on 7043 kHz.  The reason I move down on 40 meters is because of a 
Canadian SSB net which has precedence over my informal net.  
   ECN may still stand for Eastern Canada Net but I was stuck with this acronym early 
on.  I never chose it, it just kind of grew on me like the Oregon moss :)  Oh, by the 
way, we are now having a typical Oregon Winter day: rain, rain, and more rain.  
Sometimes it gets heavy but it has ceased being sunny.  We were not used to it 
anyway :)  
    I sent ECN a lot on 7043 kHz but it appears the bands was quite dead because a 
number of folks mentioned they never heard me when they went searching.  Never the 
less I was calling for over ten minutes with very short pauses.  Normally when I have to 
move that far from the scheduled frequency I make the preamble much longer so folks 
can find me.  In the past this has worked but last night I must not have been getting 
out very well.
   I'll dig on the net today to see if I can find the Eastern Canada Net and what their 
schedule may be.  Then I'll post my results.  May just have to use the long form of the 
net's name from now on.  That will slow us down but that is a very good thing.  I don't 
want this to turn into a contest in any way shape or form!  
   Hasta luego,
       Kevin.   KD5ONS



2/16/2004 2:56:24 AM, "Robert C. Abell" <abellve3xm@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>Kevin,
>
>ECN used to stand for Eastern Canada Net. It may still, I really don't 
>know as I haven't been active in traffic handling for many years.
>Just a thought which may explain why someone heard ECN being transmitted.
>
>Bob, VE3XM
>K2's #2676 & #4031
>
>