[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 16th, 2005

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    The QSB was hard on the folks to the East.  I only noticed it from the 
folks West of me: AH6RE, W6KIP, and NK6A.  It was not too bad for me 
though, slow and moderately deep.  A few folks East of me did complain 
since it was a flutter to them.  I find that the toughest because one 
loses too many dits to make a lot of sense of things.  There was a little 
noise but not bad on my end.  I did have to struggle through some very 
strong QRM at times.  A couple were right on frequency but one was off the 
side with a strong click.  As long as my ear drums don't touch I do fine 
;)
    It was good to hear so many folks on the air this evening.  Yesterday I 
got to listen to the JOTA folks but was working on CW training more than I 
was able to get on the air so I heard the SSB folks.  We had three young 
lady explorer scouts who got the lion's (lioness's?) share of the 
contacts.  All the scout boys wanted to talk with them ;)  We had six 
stations set up at one point so the kids could work on slow scan TV, CW, 
SSB, or packet.  SSB was represented a few times on multiple bands.  It 
was fun but a bit chilly and wet.  Good thing the mayor of the town was 
there to unlock the power so we could run from within the park shelter.

At 2300z on 14050 kHz were gathered:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
K2HYD - Ray - VA - KX1 - 608
N9IV - Russ - IN - ?  Could not get your rig.
VE3XL - Ric - ON - Rig unknown   good signal though ;)
NE5DL - David - TX - KX1 - 1229
N9IV - Russ - IN - ?   Again :)
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031    Congratulations on your Winter work :)
AH6RE - Curt - HI - KX1 - 464
NE5DL - David - TX - KX1 - 1229   Again :)
K1EV - Bill - CT - K2 - 2152
W6KIP - Kip - CA - ?     Welcome to ECN Kip!
NK6A - Don - CA - K1 - 844    Signal went from S5 to S9 to S3 but good 
copy.
WS4S - Conard - TN - K2 - 0074    Fine signal today!
KD3JF - Paul - MD - ?    Got your call but then you went away.
W0QQS - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646   Sorry the QSB got in the way.
KD3JF - Paul - MD - ?   Again :)
W6KIP - Kip - CA - ?   Again :)
NK6A - Don - CA - K1 - 844   Again :)

Quite a few repeats tonight but I guess they wanted to work both Tom and I 
so that's alright :)

I did manage to keep signal reports so here goes:
NOSS - only 589 tonight
K2HYD - 539 to 559
N9IV - 579  he gave me a 529 though :(
VE3XL - 589
NE5DL - 339 to 559
W0CZ - 599  normal for you Ken :)
AH6RE - 559 with slight QSB
K1EV - 559
W6KIP - 339 to 559
NK6A - 539 to 599
WS4S - 579
KD3JF - 579 and 599
W0QQS - 599

Thanks for your support.  What is this going to be like when the solar 
cycle starts to climb back up again?  We may have to call be region 
again.  Don't hold your breath though, it is going to be a little bit 
before it gets too tough to split the pileups!

As ever, if there are any errors or fills for the above list please email 
me and I will post them and correct my database.
    73,
       Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)


  


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