[Elecraft] belated Elecraft CW Net Report for April 15th & 16th, 2007

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    Twenty meters was pretty noisy this evening.  This was not helpful.  I  
know I lost a few of you because I could hear below the noise but not well  
enough to copy characters.  I am sorry.  Forty meters was much more  
accessible to contacts.  (This was as far as I got before my system  
froze.  The problem was caused by a few emails sent to me which had  
attachments of 8 and 16 MB in length.  Since I cannot beg, buy, nor borrow  
broadband access in this part of Oregon I am using a dial-up account.   
Thanks to Verizon I can only achieve half the speed of a 56k connection.   
Thus large files take hours to download.)
    This week has been hectic and proves to be even more so as it  
progresses.  If any of you have perfected a machine to clone a person I  
would appreciate your services.  I figure three of me may be able to  
accomplish all I need to do.  On Sunday I need to be three different  
places at the same time.  This will be quite a feat!  Hopefully I can work  
part time at each location.  Which brings up another topic: I will be gone  
on Sunday the 29th of April.  If any of you would like to start the nets  
and keep notes I will write the report when I get back to Oregon.   
Otherwise I will have to cancel them for my trip.
   On to the lists =>

On 14050 kHz at 2255z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138
VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968
AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993
K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422
N3AO - Carter - VA - K2 - 678   QNI #15!!
KI6WX - John - CA - K2 - 1083
NK6A - Don - CA - K2 - 1217     QNI #30!!!
K6DGW - Fred - CA - K2 - 4398
N7KRT - Jeff - NV - ??
KW6LA - Tony - CA - Kenwood
N5BZ - BZ - LA - K2 - 5884
KH6KW - Jamie - HI - ??
N9SF - Bob - IN - K2 - 5308

On 7045 kHz at 0257z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008   !**QNI #200**!
W6PSC - Vinton - CA - ??
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138
NK8Q - Mark - PA - K2 - 4786
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
WA4MQW - Bob - NC - KX1 - 1466
ND0V - Greg - CO - K2 - 4411
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
K4GT - Jim - GA - K2 - 2015     QNI #15!!
K2HYD - Ray - NC - KX1 - 608
KT5E - Jay - CO - K2 - 5037
NK6A - Don - CA - K2 - 1217
N0BK - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646   QNI #100!!!!
AB3CV - Jim - MD - K2 - 5874
W2NRD - Art - NY - ??
NM7N - Karl - OR - KX1 - 1200
N7KRT - Jeff - NV - ??
K7KBS - Geoff - MT - k1158/3211 (?)

    Thirty-two contacts; very nice.  Considering the band condition on 20  
meters it is very heartening to have so many.  This Sunday I hope to work  
with folks in the local ARES group on setting up D Star radios.  These are  
digital FM which can simultaneously pass digital packet messages.  I am  
getting some of the software setup on my laptop computer and will set up  
the IP addresses for their network.  This is too much like a "busman's  
holiday" for me.  Mixing radio and computers has been something I've tried  
to avoid.  Email is as close as I have come to my day job since this is  
suppposed to be a relaxing hobby.  Even the casual contesting I've done  
has been paper logged to keep within my 'rules'.  Seems like I am being  
drawn toward the dark side because of my computer skills ;)  Hmmm... how  
to avoid this slippery slope?
    However, I hope to be back in time for the Sunday nets.  If you don't  
hear me right off the bat it means I am still driving up the mountain from  
Hillsboro.  I will be there eventually.  Have a good time without me  
because the week after that I will be far away in the Midwest.  Oh, I  
forgot, on Saturday I will be teaching the local ARES group from the  
material I've gathered and created on emergency communications.  My  
weekend will be filled with amateur radio activity.  I am trying to train  
another instructor so I can develop another course for the group on some  
other topics.  Once I create the material I can hand it off to future  
instructors.  Keeps me from getting bored :)
     Remember the cloning machine; I could surely use it!

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