[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 4th & 5th, 2006

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    Another two of nets were run this evening.  The propagation was not all  
that bad.  QSB on both nets, QRM on 20 m, and QRN from summer storms on 40  
meters.  Most folks were experiencing fairly pleasant weather too.  Well  
except for those reports from California.  90 degrees is just too warm for  
this time of year.  You folks need to order some showers and 60 degree  
temperatures.  Then it would feel like Oregon ;)
    It sure was nice to have my K2 back on the air.  I've run the nets with  
another rig but it is not the same!  I'll stick with my K2 until I find  
something better.  Say another K2 :)  Maybe when they get into the 7000  
series.  Currently number 2511 is holding up well.  It taught me how to  
copy and send CW so it will always hold a fond spot in my heart.  How can  
one give up their first love?
    Next week we'll have our 3rd anniversary party.  You may have to  
provide your own cake however since this is an action at a distance  
system.  Much like gravity, electromagnetic waves travel in a vacuum.  But  
we do not have a social vacuum.  The Elecraft CW Nets promotes friendship  
and comraderie.  We even have local weather reports for all those folks  
yearning for a spring day in Fargo or a view into what it is like to cut  
grass in Ontario :)  Or those who wonder about me (don't worry, my mother  
wondered about me too!) up here in the mountains of Western Oregon.
    I'll go to bed this evening with a pleasant form of stiffness.   
Yesterday's activities did wonders for how I feel and how I think.   
Hopefully it will help me at work tomorrow as I try to find an answer to  
my noise problem with some digital circuits.  My first answer?  Throw a  
whole bunch of capacitors at the problem.  I may have to take my  
oscilloscope with me on the train.  That should get some odd looks as the  
train glides past the Tektronix campus where it was created!  But a good  
look at the digital and analog signals would tell me a great deal about  
where the problem may lie.  But, in lieu of that, I'll throw my caps at  
the problem and hope for the best.
    Then when I get home I'll attack the wood pile again.  My father used  
to come home from a hard day in the lab and work in the garden until he  
was exhausted.  More and more I understand what he was up to.  The  
vegetables were happy and he resolved his problems with a new ceramic or  
alloy as he did physical labor.  I'll cut and split wood because my  
greenhouse was totalled by last winter's storms and I've not found time  
nor the heart to rebuild.  Maybe next year.

    But, the lists await =>

   On 14050 kHz at 2300z:
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798
N0BK - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646
K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422   QNI #20!!
VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968
N9IV - Russ - IN - K2 - 4650   QNI #40!!
W6BK - Dave - CA - ? - ?  (this information may be on the crashed computer)
VE6ITA - John - AB - K2 - 5384

   On 7045 kHz at 0155z:
K6DGW - Fred - CA - non Elecraft rig :(
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968
K6DBG - Chris - CA - K2 - 3641
W0NTA - Dick - CO - K2 - 3900 (other crying Elecraft rigs in the shack too  
:)
W1TF - Ty - GA - K1 - 1423
WF1S - Jack - MT - non Elecraft rig
N0BK - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646    QNI #70!!!
VE6ITA - John - AB - K2 - 5384  QNI #10!
ND0V - Greg - CO - KX1 - 1162
KG6RII - Timothy - CA - K2 - 3785

There was a DFZ call which was finally resolved to K?DFZ.  I think I heard  
a K2DFZ but I never was able to get a response to my QRZ DFZ? K

Any errors or fills for the lists are encouraged.  Sorry Dave, I am sure I  
have the data for your rig but I had a computer crash last Sunday too.   
The data is on the HDD but I've not had time to dig all of the system out  
yet.  The OS is toast but the rest of the data and apps are in fine  
shape.  They are currently moving across the network so I can burn that  
drive down and rebuild.  The new OS and apps are almost ready for me to  
Ghost the system to a storage drive.  Then I will not have to worry so  
much about rebuilding in the future.  Way too much work to do all at  
once.  I will try to make the next time easier and less painful.  Then I  
may just burn down and reinstall when I feel it necessary.  I'd been  
limping for quite some time when the malware snuck in past the firewall,  
the adware tools, and the virus protection.  Once one got a foothold he  
called all his buds.  I fought a long battle but finally lost the OS as it  
popped into non-existence.  Luckily most of the system was backed up and  
the rest survived intact.  Just the time and effort to rebuild :(  By next  
weekend this all should be history and I'll have a fast computer again!   
Right now there are four computers running across the network to get all  
the work done.  The other three are not required for these tasks.

Thank you all for a good three years.  Running the nets has become even  
more enjoyable over the years.  I hope to be here writing announcements  
and reports for quite some time.  Please join me next Sunday for the  
celebration.
    73,
       Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)