[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 15th, 2008

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
   Neither band was very happy tonight.  The first net gathered three check ins from Indiana, Oregon, and Minnesota.  The second net got two from Florida and California.  Forty meters had some ESP stations but I never got more than a couple letters and then they would change the next time I tried.  I did hear some tuners so there was some activity but not on ECN.  

On to the lists =>

  On 14050 kHz at 0000z:
AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398
NS7P - Phil - OR - K3 - 1826
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866

  On 7045 kHz at 0300z:
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K3 - 657    * QNI #150 *
W3TMZ - Jack - FL - K3 - 1169    QNI #20!!

   Hopefully the future will be brighter.  But, the weather has turned out OK.  It is cold, there is snow on the ground, but the water is still running, the power is still on, and the high winds forecast have disappeared.  So, all in all, it is OK.  I am glad I brought in all that extra wood in preparation for this storm.  It is warm in here and there is plenty of dry wood to keep it that way.  The 4WD folks are enjoying the winter wonderland driving by on the hour.  Now that all the logging gates are open for hunting they get to go way back in the woods to try and get stuck.  They also provide me with a path out to the main road since it will not get plowed for a week or two.  
   Next week I expect the bands to be better; they cannot go far in the other direction!  Supposedly there is activity on the far side of the sun.  It may rotate into view during the week so we can gain some ionic input to the Heaviside layer.  Speaking of Oliver I was looking at the original Maxwell equations and find he and a friend simplified the system.  Yes, they do predict what we have come to enjoy but they also eliminated one quantity: magnetic potential.  I wonder what else the "Maxwell" equations could tell us if that simplification had not glossed over magnetic potential.  Are there some other interesting gadgets in those quaternion systems?  
   Until next week stay warm and stay well,
      73,
         Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)

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