[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 3, 2005

[Kevin Rock]

I rushed to the radio for the second net after having a much too leisurely 
dinner.  Four minutes late and the antenna needed tuning!  The dual dipole 
was tuned now call QRL ? and get going.  Nobody is using the frequency, 
good, we're are ready to rock and roll.  CQ about ten times.  Hmmm... how 
much power am I running?  100 watts not like when I started the 20 meter 
net at 20 watts :(  Ok, am I really on the air?  Call CQ and watch the 
power supply needles bounce.  Tuner's needles are bouncing too.  What's up 
here?  OK, tune off frequency, tune up the trusty G5RV and see if the Left 
Coasters are awake.  Call one CQ and there is Dick, honorary Left Coaster 
in CO.  We chat, I mea culpa, he laughs and tells me he will hang around 
to QSP for me.  I call a few more CQs on the G5RV and ask Dick to call.  
No luck for either of us.  So I go back to the dual dipole 40/17 antenna 
and call.  No luck.  So I proceed to retune on the G5RV.  Finally some 
luck: Dick with N9IV and I hear K5GUS.  We work them and then I call again 
only to land a KX1 in AK.  A bit of work but it was fun to hang out with 
Dick and see what would happen.  Thank you Mr. W0NTA for the company on 40 
meters.

20 meters was a bit more lively but no one East of the Ohio River except 
for Ric up in Ontario.  He was just above the noise but wished the net a 
Happy New Year.  On to the lists:

On 14050 kHz:
W0NTA - Dick - CO - K2 - 1787
K6DGW - Fred - CA - A QRO rig
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031       Sorry Mychael.  Last week I gave Ken 
your rig :(  You can have it back now.
VE3XL - Ric - ON - running 10 watts with his K1 on the bench.
AB9V - Mike - IN - KX1 - 718   with a fine signal
WB8JOL - Parker - OH - Hallicrafters to warm the aether and the shack ;)
N6JW - John - CA - K2 - 3290
NM5U - David - NM - K2 - 3014    Very fine signal into Oregon
W0QQS - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646   Making me homesick again.  Enjoy God's 
country and Beloit.

On 40 meters 7045 kHz:
W0NTA - Dick - CO - K2 - 1787   Thanks for the help Dick!
N9IV - Russ - IN - KX1 - 742
K5GUS - Dan - TX - K2 - 4426
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798   Nice clean signal when it came up out of 
the noise.

Happy New Year to you all and thank you for dropping by.  Warms this snowy 
day just a little.  That and the strawberry, rhubarb, raspberry pie that 
awaited me afterward ;)  Now it is back to work for both Pat and I and 
back to school for her too.  But her MS is only a few months away.

73,
     Kevin.  KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class)


Happy 2005 to you all!


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