[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 9th & 10th, 2007

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    Now that was something!  Twenty meters made me check to see if there  
was cotton wadded inside of my headphones.  Forty meters seemed weaker  
than normal but that made the QRN more bearable :)  I am happy to say I  
was not skunked.  Oddly enough I have never been skunked in all the times  
I have run ECN.  Thank you!  You make my Sunday evenings much brighter.   
No matter how I feel when I am getting ready to start the nets I feel much  
better afterwards.  How could someone give up something like that?  Plus I  
get critter advice while I am on the air.
    Speaking of critters: the squirrels have moved back inside the house to  
bug me.  However, I have learned a few things about getting them to move  
back outside.  Over the next couple weeks we shall have our little battle  
and see who wins.  The deer and elk have been moving through the property  
on a very regular basis while the birds are starting to move too.  Just  
the other night I was out a few hours after dark when I heard a flock of  
geese passing over.  The seasons must be about to change.  It also means I  
must continue cutting, splitting, hauling, and stacking wood.  The weather  
will be just a little warm for that and the fire watch on medium.  Good  
thing I can cut within the length of my hose.
    On to the lists =>

On 14050 kHz at 2255z:
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138
N5SM - Scott - TX - K2 - 5846
NO8V - John - MI
7D ?   Heard my callsign twice with great copy then the signal dropped  
away.
K?GW ?
K4BEH - Pat - GA - K2 - 5061    QNI #25!!!
N9SF - Bob - IN - K2 - 5308     QNI #15!!
AK2B - Tom - NY - K2 - 4482     QNI #40!!!
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993

On 7045.50 kHz at 0200z:
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
N7KRT - Jeff - NV - K2 - 5471
K6YUU - Yuki - CA - K2 - 3121
AE6GC - Jack - CA - KX1 - 1403  QNI #10!!
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
AL7FS - Jim - AK
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138
AB4Z - Ron - NC
KT5E - Jay - CO - K2 - 5037
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K2 - 5345
W0JFR - John - CO - K2 - 4507

    As you can tell there were a couple stations who barely made it and a  
few who got honorable mention by getting a few characters of their call  
sign noted.  I hope next week brings us better conditions.  Being at the  
bottom of the sunspot cycle is causing a few difficulties but everything  
will get better from here.  The sun is moving back south again so the  
evening hours will extend plus the sun will grow more active.  Soon we'll  
be sitting next to our heaters listening to the tones of CW while the snow  
slides by our windows.  I'd better get cutting so Sam and I are cozy and  
warm while winter comes and goes.
    Please stay well,
       73,
          Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)