[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 26th & 27th, 2009

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
   There is a local station playing music from the '80s in the background.  I have not heard The Clash or The Ramones in a long time.  This is relaxing compared to listening to the QRN on 40 meters :)  Hopefully they will play the Plasmatics soon, I miss Wendy.  However, the nets were OK but not great; conditions were marginal once again.  On 40 meters there was one guy calling CQ with a drifting rig.  He would start out far below my frequency and while he was calling the rig would drift until he was gone again on the high side.  I am not sure where his receiver was tuned or whether he had QSK but he never did hear me respond.  You have to love tube gear; I would have preferred a little chirp though ;) 
   From the reports I gathered it looks like spring is slowly coming across the continent.  I think I may have had the only snow this week.  Even the folks in Colorado and Alaska did not report any, just here.  I had a few daffodils zapped by cold.  Maybe I should cut them and put them in a vase.  Then I can sneeze for a week from all the pollen :)  But, Pat likes them so what's a little sneezing?   
   
   On to the lists =>

  On 14049 kHz at 2300z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K3 - 008    *** QNI #305 ***
K9DMV - Joe - IL - K2 - 5628
NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820
K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686
N6IB - Ron - CA - K3 - 1873
K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183
K9ZTV - Kent - MO - K3 - 21
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798   * QNI #165 *
W9FFU/7 - Glenn - WA
WB5BKL - Nick - TX - K3 - 231
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866

  On 7044.5 khz at 0100z:
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183   * QNI #120 *
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
K9DMV - Joe - IL - K2 - 5628      QNI #50!!!
NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820
N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994
W7KTE - Herb - OR 
W6NF - Jack - NV

   Now that Ron, AC7AC, is on the coast I no longer get calls from Forest Grove.  That changed this evening when I asked W7KTE his location.  Forest Grove to me on 40 meters.  I do believe I have seen that call on a license plate while out driving.  Once again K6PJV buzzed my headphones.  A very distorted signal but I know it is not his rig; he is simply overloading my phones!  Maybe I should turn AGC back on.  But the signal to noise ratio seems better without it in the way.  
   Until next week stay well,
      73,
         Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)

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