[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 4th & 5th, 2009

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening!
   First off: the time changes have worked.  I get just enough time to fix some leftovers and eat between nets.  If the first one gets any longer I'll be stuck eating a sandwich.  I used to eat a very nice meal prepared by Pat.  Then that changed to me fixing myself a nice meal.  Now I will see how this works until the seasons give me a chance to get back to normal ;)
   Second: thank you to Rick, KL7CW, for his relay help twice today; once on either net.  Conditions were good enough between us that his assistance was available and appreciated.  At first he was weak but as the first net progressed he got stronger.  On forty meters he was very strong into Buxton.  
   On to the lists =>

   On 14050.5 kHz at 2300z:
AC5P - Mike - OK - K3 - 2170
W0JFR - John - CO - K3 - 994
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K3 - 657
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457
N0SS - Tom - MO - K3 - 008 
K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686
K9ZTV - Kent - MO - K3 - 21
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798
W9FFU/7 - Glenn - WA
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183
W0NTA - Dick - CO - K3 - 1208

   On 7045 kHz at 0100z:
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K3 - 657
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457      ** QNI #260 **
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798
W6SU - John - CA - K3 - 1303       QNI #10!! 
W7AQK - Dave - AZ - K3 - 96
NS7P - Phil - OR - K3 - 1826
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866    * QNI #165 *

   It was nice to hear Dick, W0NTA, again.  I had read of his QNI on the voice net earlier in the day.  I did not know he owned a microphone :)  Yes, I have one, it gets used solely for ECOM work since they frown on me using my paddles :(  They are trying to lead me down a very dark path however; tomorrow I will be handed a TNC and will be expected to know how to use it soon.  Woe is me!  What is the world coming to?  
   The weather is getting brisk.  The wind is howling and the snow is falling.  But, I am nowhere near the temperatures listed by Ken, W0CZ, or Rick, KL7CW, or even Pete, W6ZH.  I am at 20 degrees right now but it looks like the rest of the week will be filled with rain.  Hopefully that will give me a chance to do some much needed antenna repair work.  I tried to fix one of them yesterday but the guy lines were frozen in place.  Earlier in the week it was pouring which also prevented me from soldering the broken antenna.  I could have dropped it but that one crosses the one which is tangled in the branch but is still working.  Maybe this next week will allow me to get both antennas repaired and back in their usual places.
   Until next week stay warm,
      73,
         Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)

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