[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 29th and 30th, 2006

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    Well that was fun!  Twenty meters changed within ten minutes of the 
start.  I was met by a wall of sound when I first called CQ so I had to do 
it again to sort them out.  That was nice.  I know I missed a few of you 
as you faded out before I had a chance to work you.  I worked poor Tom 
twice as hard on twenty but he was up to it and gained a few more the 
second time around.
    On forty meters things were very interesting.  Four folks worked as 
NCS: me, then Tom, then Dave, K4TO, and then Bill, K1EV.  It was quite a 
bit of fun to follow what I could as each worked around the country.  The 
stations calling from the East were quite strong here but they each 
complained of QSB on my signal.  Thus when K1EV checked in with a 
fantastic signal I had him call the net from Connecticutt.  The loudest 
signal on 40 was Ken's vertical from North Dakota.  I just about turned 
him down because my ears were ringing :)  I hope I have Rick in the 
correct state.  Last week he was in Arizona but he sounded like he was 
working me from home in Palmer, Alaska.  I am sure I will find that out 
soon.  He had QSB on his signal so I got about half.  John, N6JW also had 
QSB on his signal but I got his new (?) rig signed in so the serial number 
list is growing.
    This was also the first time I have worked Sonny from West Virginia 
without a relay.  I may just have to send him a QSL card to hopefully get 
one in return.  I may just gather all the cards for CW WAS one day.  I've 
worked all the states but simply have not put in the effort to collect 
cards.  ECN is close to WAS but the elusive Delaware has still not 
appeared nor have we had anyone from the lovely state of South Dakota 
check in.  I think it would be nice to work someone from the top of Harney 
Peak.  How about it for a nice outing next Summer?  Is anyone game for a 
little hiking?
    I do have a problem with one call.  N6IJ is listed as a club call from 
Monterey.  This may or may not be the station worked on ECN.  
Fills/corrections?  If I missed you this evening I am sorry.  QSB and 
rapidly changing propagation conditions was causing problems for us all.  
However we had a pretty full house tonight as you can tell from the two 
lists.

On 14050.50 kHz at 2255z:
K2HYD - Ray - VA - KX1 - 608
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
K4BEH - Pat - GA - K2 - 5041
NN8K - Sonny - WV - K1 - 380    First time I've worked him direct.  Good 
signal tonight Sonny!
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
W0QQS - Bruce - MN - 42 - 3646
K6DGW - Fred - CA - K2 - 4398   QNI #20!
KS4L - Randy - AL - K2 - 337
N6JW - John - CA - K1 - 1642
N7NLU - Karl - OR - K2 - 4227
K7KBS - Geoff - MT - K1 - 1158   Should this really be listed as a K2 
instead of a K1?

On 7045 kHz at 0155z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
N2HTT - Mike - NY - KX1 - ?
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
K4TO - Dave - KY - K2 - 4117
VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968    QNI #85!!
K2HYD - Ray - VA - KX1 - 608   QNI #55!
AK2B - Tom - NY - K2 - 4482
AA2BN - John - NJ - ?? - ??
W1EUY - Dave - MA - K2 - 744
WA7BOC - Roger - WA - K2 - 755
K4NVJ - Joe - AL - K1 - 764
N7NLU - Karl - OR - K2 - 4227
KS4L - Randy - AL - K2 - 337
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798
K1EV - Bill - CT - K2 - 2152
W0QQS - Bruce - MN - 42 - 3646
W1TF - Ty - GA - K1 - 1423
N6IJ - Monterey Bay Amateur Radio Association ???   I think I may have a 
broken call here

Thank you for the fun.  I enjoy the work of keeping track of all the 
details but you all are the ones who make these nets enjoyable.  It is 
nice to hear all of the weather and propagation reports from around the 
continent.  Poor Ric will have to shovel out tomorrow if the snow ever 
lets up.  Sounded cold but I would enjoy being snowed in at that 
temperature.  Let's see: green wax or maybe special green :)  It would be 
nice to have dry snow skiing again.  Here in Oregon it is purple or red 
klister at best.  Very sticky, yucky stuff but if you love skiing you'll 
use it.  Now blue klister, frozen with a layer of blue or green hard wax 
over the top is not too bad.  I'll take those snow conditions any day!  
The best, in my humble opinion, is special green or even polar.  Between 
-10 and 15 degrees F is very nice skiing.  Just cool enough to where you 
don't overheat but not so cold as to make the snow sticky.

Oregon is currently very windy with precipitation falling.  What form of 
precipitation changes by the minute.  Right now I can not hear anything 
hitting the roof so it is most likely snowing.  However, the wind is 
causing the lights to flicker.  I may lose power tonight so I will ship 
this off ASAP after I give it the once over for glaring errors.  Please 
send any fills or corrections and I will change the database to reflect 
them as soon as power returns again tomorrow (if we lose it that is).

Stay warm, stay dry, and keep your rigs on the air,
    73,
       Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)