[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 25th & 26th, 2007

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    Those were two very good nets.  The first had three NCS folks working  
as did the second.  That really helped gather folks who've not been able  
to work me directly.  Thank you Bill, Mike, and Tom; you were a great help  
to us all.  The propagation needs to be thanked too.  K6PJV cleaned my  
ears most thoroughly with his 100 watt signal.  When he turned it down to  
three watts he more bearable ;)  I am sure we could have worked if he had  
been able to drop the power into the milliwatt range.  Normally I need a  
relay to him because he is too close.  But that was also shattered this  
evening when I worked NM7N (lately known as N7NLU) in Beaverton on twenty  
meters.  Normally we have to use forty meters and then are just barely  
able to copy one another.  Dale thinks the rain made the RF more  
slippery.  Who am I to differ?
    It was nice to hear all you folks out there.  The hail signs are  
working admirably as is letting the folks out east work first.  Best of  
all is the NCS help I am getting.  If W0NTA had not have been sleeping for  
part of the twenty meter net I am sure he would have been tapped too ;)   
Normally it is too chilly in my shack to sleep unless I am under the  
covers.  One of these days I just may get all the cracks chinked and I too  
will be able to snooze in a chair.  Sam will like that since he and Ms. P  
used to hang out on the couch together as she studied.

    On to the lists =>

On 17050 kHz at 2251z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
K3OOL - Craig - PA - K2 - 4790   QNI #10!
K2HYD - Ray - NC - KX1 - 608
AL7N - Ed - AK - non Elecraft    QNI #10!
K1EV - Bill - CT - K2 - 2152
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031      QNI #155!!!!
W3MC - Mike - MD - K2 - 5568
K5BGB - Rod - TX - K2 - 1126
NM7N - Karl - OR - K2 - 4227     QNI #70!!!
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K2 - 5345
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798
W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767
AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993
NE5DL - Dave - TX - K2 - 2887
VE1DY - Paul - NS - K2 - 5678
N0BK - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646
W0NTA - Dick - CO - K2 - 3900    QNI #75!!!

On 7045.50 kHz at 0155z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008       QNI #190!!!!
W3MC - Mike - MD -  5568         QNI #15!
K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422
VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968      QNI #135!!!!
K1THP - Dave - CT - K2 - ??      QSB got in the way of a SN
WD4LST - Pete - FL - K2 - 5813
W1BPJ - Terry - CO - K1 - 1800
W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767
K1EV - Bill - CT - K2 - 2152
NM7N - Karl - OR - K2 - 4227
W0NTA - Dick - CO - K2 - 3900
K2HYD - Ray - NC - KX1 - 608
WA4MQW - Bob - NC - KX1 - 1466
AK2B - Tom - NY - K2 - 4482
NK6A - Don - CA - K2 - 1217       QNI #25!!
W1OH - Jeff - MA - KX1 - 1317
W5PEH - Pete - TX - ??
AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993      QNI #90!!!
K0RS - Larry - CO - K2 - 2072
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K2 - 5345

    I enjoyed myself this evening and got a good workout.  I have yet to be  
skunked while running ECN.  There have been times when I thought it may  
happen but there was always someone to keep me company.  Propagation seems  
to make little difference unless there is a full blown solar storm under  
way.  Then just wait a few hours and the bands are great.  What will it be  
like in two or three years?  Good thing we are practicing a few procedures  
to break the pileups.  Only once this evening did I hear a howl of check  
ins.

    As ever, if there are any errors in the above lists please email me and  
I'll fix the database.  Now that the email computer is in the coldest room  
of the house I don't check as often as I do in the warmer months of the  
year.  Hopefully by next winter the front room will be rebuilt so I can  
have a couple more computers running close to the fire.  Currently I have  
just a couple up there and the rest of the network lives back here.

    Please stay well and stay warm.  I know there will be a lot of snow to  
contend with in various parts of the continent.  Drive carefully since  
there are crazy folks out there who think an SUV with 4WD makes them  
invincible.  Funny thing about that, one slippery corner and their vehicle  
seems to go into the ditch.  I have found 4WD just gets me more stuck if I  
don't use the experience earned by 40 years of driving in the snow.

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