[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 9th and 10th, 2006

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    Wow, that last one was fun.  Greg, ND0V, mentioned he could hear K1EV, 
Bill, better than he could me.  Bill had a tough time copying me but he 
agreed when I asked him to run the net for a bit.  After ND0V signed I 
passed the net upstream to Tom who worked Ray, K2HYD, in NC with a much 
better antenna than he had last week :)  Way to go Ray I copied you at a 
solid 339 in Oregon.  Then Tom passed the net to Bill in Connecticut.  
Bill had a very good response to his calls.  I copied all of his side and 
most of the other side of each contact.  After a good showing he passed 
the net back to Tom who ran a few more stations.  Only AK7V was not heard 
at this location.  But Tom, being the good operator he is, sent both calls 
each time.  Thanks Tom, this makes the net just that much more fun.  I get 
to learn from highly skilled ops.  I've got the enthusiasm, they've got 
the brains and experience.  Makes for a good team.  Thank you both for 
such a fun time.
    Twenty meters was one of those nights where I felt I had cotton balls 
in my headphones.  Then at a certain point the band just went away.  Tom 
was running it at the time but I lost him entirely.  Dave, K4TO called and 
I told him Tom was working.  Then Tom slowly faded into the band noise.  
After waiting for a bit, thinking he had turned his beam Eastward, I 
called Dave and checked him in.  Normally twenty is the productive band; 
this evening forty meters netted us the most check ins.
    A few new folks tonight but also a large number of long time members of 
the group.  A few of them were tired.  Ken had worked with the Salvation 
Army to stem the tide of the Red River of the North.  Mike was tired from 
his tower work but checked in none the less.  Ric had worked hard too, 
mentioning a sore back.  But it is Spring so we are all getting out and 
stretching our muscles after a long Winter.  I split more wood yesterday 
and today in the respite we had from our storms.
    Currently it is raining but during dinner it was very warm and sunny.  
I found some trillium blooming in the back yard and a few early daffodils 
in the front yard.  I saw evidence of elk while I was locating those 
trillium.  It appears they were peeking into my radio shack last night :)  
Only one and the hoof prints looked like they belonged to a cow.  I put up 
the hummingbird feeder today so I would not be attacked when I opened the 
front door.  For such little critters they sure have attitude!  The saw 
whet owls are back; each evening I hear one calling for another.  Sounds 
like a sawyer whetting his saw with a file.  Very odd note, very 
distinctive and easy to recognize, as easy as determining the call of a 
veery or the cry of an osprey.

    On to the lists.

On 14050 kHz at a little before 2300z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 43
AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 1031      QNI 110!!!  Thank you Ken.
KG6RII - Timothy - CA - K2 - 3785
K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422
NE5DL - David - TX - K1 - 817
W1TF - Ty - GA - K1 - 1423
K4TO - Dave - KY - K2 - 4117

On 7045 kHz at roughly 0200z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
W1TF - Ty - GA - K1 - 1423
VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968
K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422
K1EV - Bill - CT - K2 - 2152    Thank you for your help Bill.  FB sig too!
ND0V - Greg - CO - KX1 - 1162
K2HYD - Ray - NC - KX1 - 608    Your new antenna is working on 40m FB to 
OR.  QNI #60!!
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 43
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 1031     Strong signal on 40m Ken!
KG6RII - Timothy - CA - K2 - 3785
KB0FB - Carl - IA - K1 - 2126   Fine signal into Oregon tonight Carl.
AK7V - Jason - WA - K1 - 2024
WA7BOC - Roger - WA - K2 - 755   Watery signal down to Buxton Roger ;)
N9SF - Bob - IN - K2 - 5308

As ever if there are any errors in the above lists please email me with 
the corrections.  Thank you all for your help and for your support.  These 
nets are a fun part of my weekend I hope they prove to be so for you as 
well.
    Until next week,
       73,
          Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)