[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 2nd & 3rd, 2006

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    I must apologize.  Friday I called in sick for work and slept until  
Saturday afternoon.  I've not been that ill in quite a while.  Today I was  
still feeling some fever while running the first net.  Nothing like a  
little internal QRM to make CW copy difficult ;)  But, with the help of  
Tom, we got through the net.  I drank a lot of water and cranberry juice  
between the nets but still would rather have been sleeping!  If you  
thought I sounded dingier than usual you were correct.
    When I started looking for a frequency on 20 meters I heard an SM5  
calling CQ on 14050.  That is why I was up a bit when I ran the net.  With  
that kind of propagation it was no surprise when Tom called for a few  
minutes and only received a few replies.  His signal was most likely not  
hitting earth anywhere on North America.  The strongest signal I heard was  
KL7CW with his mighty KX1 from Palmer, Alaska.  Even W6ZH in Southern  
California was not as strong.  I think there is some sort of duct between  
my mountain and Alaska.
    On forty meters there was a little QRN from Midwestern storms but the  
QSB had gotten stronger too.  I know there were a few stations I just  
could not drag above the low, but present, background noise.  Sorry.  We  
did have a special station check into our first net: K6KPH.  Tom had the  
honor of working them.  Something tickled my memory so I looked them up  
and found they use the original maritime radio equipment.  Thus a bit of  
history checked in this afternoon on ECN from Bolinas, CA.

On to the lists =>

On 14050.50 kHz at 2255z:
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
N9IV - Russ - IN - K2 - 4650
K2HYD - Ray - VA - KX1 - 608   QNI #70!!!  Have KX1 will travel ;)
K6KPH - Maritime Radio Historical Society - CA
WA6ARA - Mike - CA - K2 - 5288    Thanks for the new SN Mike.
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798   Best signal on the twenty meter net!
VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
N0MF - Mike - IA - KX1 - 1199    Welcome to ECN!

On 7045.25 kHz at 0200z:
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
N5KEV - Kevin - NM - K1 - 1339   Camping near Santa Fe.  Welcome to ECN!
VE6ITA - John - AB - K2 - 5384

If there are any errors in these lists please send me corrections.   
Hopefully I'll awaken tomorrow morning feeling much, much better.  It's  
off to work no matter what so wish me well.  Thank you all for your  
support and kindness.  I will see you all again next week to find out what  
is new on your end of the paddles.

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