[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    Another soggy week has passed in Oregon.  The temperature in the 
valleys is about ten degrees F warmer than it is up here yet they too are 
below normal.  No more snow but we need to keep the fire banked at night 
to guard against the chill.  Tomorrow I will come home from my friend's 
90th birthday party to run the net.  Hopefully I won't be late but one 
never can tell.  It is at the next door neighbor's house about five miles 
away so I will be close.  Plus the party starts at noon.  He needs to get 
home early ;)  Then he does get up at 4:30 to 5 AM so by dark he is pretty 
tired.  Still runs his chainsaw but he gave up dirt bikes a few years 
back.  I hope to be in half as good a shape as him if I am lucky enough to 
last that long.

    The bands (20, 30, and 40) were open last night around 5 PM so I 
enjoyed playing with my 'loaner' KX1.  It is undergoing head to head tests 
with my ATS-3.  Does pretty well if my experiments are any test.  I've 
been trying three different antennas while using a 12 V gel cell for a 
power source.  The tuner seems pretty handy but I have always like manual 
control better ;)  My home brew Z match does pretty well.  I should see if 
I can bypass the Elecraft tuner and see how it compares to my design.

Today I had a chance to listen on 20, 30, and 40 meters but it was too 
early for 30 to be very active.  Then off to town for errands.  During the 
coming week I hope to be on the air with the KX1 as often as I can get 
away from my chores and business details.  I'll give it a good test 
against my other rigs to see how it compares.  I did miss AH6RE last night 
on 30 when he was working stations from HI.  I tried to tailend him but he 
was off to do some other chores and I missed him.  Maybe next time Curt.

    Please join us:
Sunday 2300z (Sunday 4pm PDT) 14050 kHz
Visit our web site: http://ecn.visionseer.com/ for net details.  Thank you 
Dan.

Take care,
     Kevin.   KD5ONS