[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 9th & 10th, 2006

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    My K2's fan is still running so this is truly hot off the presses :)   
We worked through a bit of noise on 20 meters but a lot more on 40  
meters.  There were some truly weak signals.  We did have a CME hit a  
glancing blow to the Earth but the noise was from thunderstorms and the  
weak signals were from odd paths.  One station Tom caught while I was  
copying along may show our path was a bit longer than normal: OK1YNM.   
Last week I moved the net frequency a bit due to an SM station.  This week  
we get a QNI from the Czech Republic!
    It grew hot here today but during the first net the shadows dropped on  
to my radio shack's window.  That helped my keying since my arm was no  
longer sticking to the desk.  I've tried papers to eliminate that problem  
but it only leads to my arm skidding around.  Maybe a towel would work  
better.  What do you folks use for a remedy?

On to the lists =>

On 14050 kHz at 2253z:
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 43
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
N9IV - Russ - IN - K2 - 4650
VE6ITA - John - AB - K2 - 5384
KI8JM - Bob - OH - K2 - 3630
VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968   I did copy X1 though.  Are you building a  
new one?
OK1YNM - Broz - CZ
WB2SSB - Joe - NY - K2 - 5047
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798
N0BK - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646
W0SZ - Steve - CO - K2 - 4088    QNI #15!

On 7045.50 kHz at 0200z:
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 43
K2VCO - Vic - CA - K2 - 709    QNI #5!
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
NK6A - Don - CA - ? - 227
VE6ITA - John - AB - K2 - 5384

Any fills or corrections are appreciated.  Please send me an email with  
the information and I'll log it into my database.  Another fun evening.   
Now I need to get my chores done and get off to bed.  A long week is ahead  
of me but it should hold some fun too.  I have volunteered for comms  
during our local airshow.  The training meeting is on Wednesday evening.   
The day we volunteered to work (yes Pat and I both volunteered) is  
Saturday.  I'll hopefully have recovered by net time the next day.   
Sunscreen, hat, hearing protection, HT with spare batteries, and plenty of  
water.  I just need to remember to say something when I hit the PTT.   
Silly thing does not send my callsign automatically like my paddles do.  I  
may need to write my callsign down so I remember how to say it too!

Until next week stay well,
    73,
        Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)