[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 18th & 19th, 2007

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    Very good nets tonight.  When I left my rig Dale was threatening to  
check in with a pasta antenna.  He and Rick were working each other and  
lowering their power as they went.  Sometimes the band is amazing.  I  
could not hear K6PJV on 20 meters but on 40 he was very strong.  So, after  
the end of the net, he called back at one watt.  I gave him a 589 but he  
could not get his rig down any lower.  That's when the linked noodle  
antenna came in to play.  Hopefully he will cook them first!
    On twenty meters things were changeable from one location to the next.   
I heard Ray in North Carolina very well but could not hear Georgia well at  
all.  Connecticut was very good as was Pennsylvania but West Virginia took  
a relay.  Mike in Indiana was very steady on both nets but did not get any  
others from the upper Midwest.
    I was able to salvage another antenna from the windfall so hopefully I  
can get it up this week between the many storms which are predicted.  I  
have one tree which has been scraped clean on one side so that will make a  
nice center support.  The ends are a bit iffy because I lost so many of  
the large trees.  Maybe I'll make it an inverted V and hope for the best.

On to the lists =>

On 14050.50 kHz at 2300z:  (Yes right on the minute.  Sorry folks, I was  
late!)
K9DMV - Joe - IL - K2 - 5628
WB3AAL - Ron - PA - K2 - 1392 (?)
W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767
AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008     QNI #195!!!!
NN8K - Sonny - WV - K1 - 380   QNI #10!
K1THP - Dave - CT - K2 - 3942
NK6A - Don - CA - K2 - 1217
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K2 - 5345
W6ZH - Pete - CA - KX1 - 85
K2HYD - Ray - NC - KX1 - 608   QNI #90!!!
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798
K4GT - Jim - GA - K2 - 2015    QNI #10!
KT5E - Jay - CO - K2 - 5037
K1EV - Bill - CT - K2 - 2152

On 7046.19 kHz at 0155z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K2 - 008
KH6NO/W7 - Willie - NV - K2 - 1593
N6GQ - Jeff - CA - K2 - 5945
N2FQ - Fernando - CA - K2 - 2330
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798  QNI #70!!!
W6ZH - Pete - CA - KX1 - 85
K2HYD - Ray - NC - KX1 - 608
AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993
WD4LST - Pete - FL - K2 - 5813 QNI #10!   With a brand new KPA!
WA3UCR - Bill - PA - K2 - 4716
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K2 - 5345
K4GT - Jim - GA - K2 - 2015
WU7F - Mark - UT - K2 in the wings
AC7AC - Ron - OR - forgot to ask K2 or KX1 ?

    I know I missed a few things simply because I forgot to ask.  One of  
these days ...  However, I hope you all had fun and I also hope we did not  
leave to many of you in the lurch.  Band conditions being what they were  
one can never tell who is and who is not trying to get into the net.  On  
forty there were a number of contests going on so we did have a few fly by  
calls coming our way.  I have at least three of them in my notes and I  
know Tom heard one or two while I was working on the list.  I know the  
Flying Pigs were running (someone should close their gate :) but there was  
also an RTTY station and a voice station running over the top of us at  
times.  Makes life interesting ;)
    Until next week stay well,
       73,
          Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Station 5th Class)