[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 4th, 2005

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    The net ran as usual this evening.  Contacts from Nova Scotia to Texas 
to Virginia to Colorado.  QSB reports from all sectors but the noise level 
was down so contacts were fairly good.  Jim and Dick were giving other 
rigs a chance to breath tonight.  Dick's 70 watts seemed pretty weak 
though.  I think the band was much longer than normal.  Now that the sun 
is going down earlier we may need to reassess whether 40 meters will work 
for us soon.  I heard something about Daylight Savings Time changing late 
this year but have not had this confirmed.  Do any of you know about this?

At 2257z on 14050 kHz:
WU3R - Brian - WV - ?
AA3WF - Mychael - PA - K2 - 1025
K2HYD - Ray - VA - KX1 - 608
KI8JM - Bob - OH - K2 - 3630
VE1RGB - Gary - NS - K2 - 2519
WU5X - Jim - AR - using his IC rig to learn how good his K2 really is!
N5QVF - Dario - TX - K2 - 4327   QNI #5
W0NTA - Dick - CO - K2 - 1787  QNI #55!!

Thanks folks.  I was tired from chores but it appears the cramping to my 
hands has gone away.  Guess that means I may be getting back into shape 
;)  The deck is getting closer to covered, the framing is going well, and 
lastly -- the wood pile has another cord on it with more stacked in the 
forest.  We will be warm this winter!  Feels good to be getting outside 
and changing our environment.  Now to drag a radio out and work QRP for a 
while.

I need to do a bit of antenna work but the other chores are taking 
precedence.  When they get completed I will use my dacron rope to get all 
of my antennas higher and more permanently affixed to the fir trees.  The 
long awaited loop will get up there too, I promise.  Just have to get all 
these other things done first.  I still want to see if we can try 80 
meters.

As ever if there are any errors in the above list I will fix the database 
and post the errata.

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