[Elecraft] Finally managed QNI on ECN on 40m

[Margaret Leber]

...although I really had oodles of artificial help on a very noisy 
night. Ended up using my FT-847 at 50 watts CW (a real light-dimmer 
around here) and KAMPlus on RX to decode the other traffic I could 
hear--because my CW RX skills just really aren't net quality as yet.

Apparently I send OK because Tom N0SS checked me in (after I remebered 
to retune my recently repaired G5RV antenna system from 75m to 40m :-) ) 
with me sending using one side of my Bencher paddle as a straight 
key...the keyer still tends to run away on me a bit when my attention 
wanders momentarily.

(I *am* practicing my CW RX and I don't use the KAM for CW RX--except 
here where I think my inability to copy faster would interfere with net 
operations.)

So it was nice to finally manage to be heard on ECN, even if it wasn't 
with the K2. Earlier today with the K2, I had a long phone QSO with a 
local ham after signing into our local club's 75m phone net (3.993 MHz @ 
10:20am et Sundays)  and he was quite impressed with the K2 (although 
apparently at max power he could hear some key chirp when I tested my CW 
signal). On the club's  "Ten-on-ten" net (28.383 MHz 10:00am et Sundays) 
I could barely copy signals that the FT-847 heard easily, so obviously I 
still have some work to do on the 10m or 10m-12m sections of the radio; 
on 20m and lower this K2 clearly way outperforms the FT-847 on RX using 
the same antenna system.

  73 de Maggie K3XS

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