[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 23rd & 24th, 2007

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    The QRN was not too bad this evening.  Enough to cover a few of you  
until QSB brought you up a few notches, but not painful as it normally is  
Sunday evenings.  The oddest note I heard was on NM7N, who lives in  
Beaverton, Oregon.  He sounded like he was over the pole and I was hearing  
auroral scattering.  Karl had a very watery signal as Tom checked him in.   
How odd, he is only about thirty miles away.  On twenty he was great copy  
but normally he and I cannot work each other because my antenna shoots  
right over him.
    Now that we have entered Autumn the sun sets moments before the second  
net begins.  As the darkness arrives earlier we should experience better  
propagation for ECN/40 now that Daylight Savings Time has been extended.   
Let us see how it effects the twenty meter net.  When I got started on  
14050.50 kHz I heard knocking.  So I got up and checked the door.  No one  
was there.  I sat down only to hear it again; this time I localixed the  
sound to the roof.  Sounded like they were trying to bang their way  
through to me.  I think it was a crow; even the Steller's jays don't pound  
that hard.  Now that the trees have been thinned the crows can see my  
house.  Previously they did not have enough room to maneuver.

    On to the lists =>

On 14050.50 kHz at 2300z:
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866    QNI #80!!!!
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
NO8V - John - MI                 QNI #5!!
AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993
N0SS - Tom - MO - K3 - 008
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138
K4DXU - Bill - TN - K2 - 5540
N7KRT - Jeff - NV - K2 - 5471
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138
NM7N - Karl - OR - K2 - 4227
N9SF - Bob - IN - K2 - 5308
N0BK - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646    QNI #105!!!!

On 7045 kHz at 0200z:
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031
K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422
K5BGB - Rod - TX - K2 - 1126
W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138
N7WX - Gary - WA
K9ZTV - Kent - MO - KX1 - 1354
N7KRT - Jeff - NV - K2 - 5471
N0BK - Bruce - MN - K2 - 3646
KG4FSN - Juan - FL - ?
N0SS - Tom - MO - K3 - 008
K6DGW - Fred - CA - K2 - 4398    QNI #65!!!!
WD4LST - Pete - FL - K2 - 5813
N2YC - John - NY - K2 - 5949
NM7N - Karl - OR - K2 - 4227
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866

    Hopefully propagation will continue to improve over the coming weeks.   
Soon there will be more K3s coming on line and I hope they join us.   
Should be quite a party :)  Now to get the dishes done and put away so I  
can work on a little code before bedtime.  Next week I should be running  
the net from this room instead of near the wood stove.  I am moving  
everything out of there for a few weeks while construction makes a mess of  
the front of the house.  Dry wall dust and my radios and computers would  
not mix well.  I'll miss having the space but hope it is only for a short  
while.  I know I'll not be able to get all the drywall sanded before I  
seal the house up for winter so I will have to move a number of times.   
However, each time I move the computers and radios their various cables  
are dressed more appropriately.  Seems like when a radio or computer  
system is put in place wires get added and only make a mess.  When you can  
start from scratch with all of the cables and accessories handy to the  
task the lines lay in a more orderly fashion.  Well, practice should make  
perfect ;)
    Stay well until we meet again,
       73,
          Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)