[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 22nd & 23rd, 2006

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    Two very good nets this evening.  Twenty meters just kept providing  
more and more check ins.  There was a moment or two when I wondered if I  
would be able to make dinner!  Copy was quite good considering there was  
QSB on almost every station I heard.  The noise level was very low which  
helped me drag in the weaker stations.
    There may be an error or two in here since I am pretty tired.  The week  
was productive but exhausting.  Soon the drywall will be done and I can  
get back to carrying boxes of books.  Either from one room to another or  
out to one of our containers.  Then the fun begins: setting up the work  
area and new radio operations center.  It sure will be nice to have an  
excess of bench space.  I have no doubt the space will attract as much as  
it can handle until there is no longer an excess.  But until then I can  
enjoy the sight of a clean desk :)  I have not written any software or  
soldered any components in over two weeks.  My fingers are getting jittery!

    The lists =>

    At 2259z on 14050 kHz:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422
K6DGW - Fred - CA - K2 - 4398
NE5DL - Dave - TX - K1 - 817   (I think your K2 is on the bench.  Copy was  
tough.)
K2HYD - Ray - NC - KX1 - 608    QNI #80!!!
N3AO - Carter - PA - K2 - 678
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798
K1EV - Bill - CT - K2 - 2152
ND0V - Greg - CO - K2 - 4411
AA7EQ - Bob - AR - K2 - 922
N9SF - Bob - IN - K2 - 5308     QNI #10!
K4ZM - Jim - GA - K2 - 18
WA4MQW - Bob - NC - KX1 - 1466
KT5E - Jay - CO - K2 - 5037     QNI #30!!
N0BK - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646

    At 0157z on 7045 kHz:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968     QNI #125!!!
WD4LST - Pete - FL - K1 - 2194
K2HYD - Ray - NC - KX1 - 608
KT5E - Jay - CO - K2 - 5037
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866   QNI #30!!
N9SF - Bob - IN - K2 - 5308

    Please email me any corrections necessary.  Once I have settled into my  
new work area I will work on the ECN web site.  I have not updated it in  
quite some time.  It is here if you would like to see it:  
http://ecn.visionseer.com  Last updated in December of 2004.  Looks like  
it will be December 2006 before I fill out the blank spots and add some  
history notes.  Somewhere or another I have WS_FTP so I can manipulate the  
site.  Pat used to take care of web site management because she had far  
more experience than I'll ever have at creating them.
    I need to get to bed so I can sand drywall all day tomorrow.  The fun  
seems to never cease ;)  Enjoy the propagation this week.  The sun is  
providing us with a steady stream of ions allowing some contacts into the  
Northeast which were quite good this evening.  If sunspot 917 keeps  
growing we may get an even bigger dose of radiation.  Luckily it is past  
the midpoint on its journey across the sun.  If it blows the blast will be  
directed past us.  However, get on the air and see how your rig works.   
Predictions aren't always correct and you may find a duct to someone  
interesting.
    Stay well,
       73,
          Kevin.  KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class)