[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 18th, 2009

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
   Another nice day in Oregon.  Unfortunately WS7L announced he washed his car; now we must endure five months of rain until spring appears :(  Oh well, it was nice while it lasted!  Carl, if you drive up here real quick all the fresh mud will fend off the rain :)  If we could only ship our rain clouds south of the border I am sure the folks in California would not mind one bit.  I don't know if they would like five solid months of rain but it may just fill their stone dry reservoirs.  
   Conditions today were pretty good.  I was having problems with the antenna I just repaired; strange problems.  I would send a few characters and then I would hear them echo as I sent the next few characters.  I went out with binoculars after the net and looked at the feed point.  All seems in order but I will drop it this week and see if I can find anything wrong with it.  As long as I am on the roof I will drop the other antenna and hoist it higher once I get a center guy reattached at the feed point.  Both of them are not feeling well after the heavy snow and most especially after the high winds dropped some limbs on them.  It will be nice to get them both up higher again.  The lower antenna has high noise so I was having a tough time hearing the weaker stations.  The QSB was not making life any easier either.
   On to the list => 

   On 14050 kHz at 2300z:
W1TF - Ty - GA - K3 - 696
N0SS - Tom - MO - K3 - 008
W0JFR - John - CO - K3 - 994       QNI #70 !!!
NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820
K7TV - Erik - AZ - K3 - 1837
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457
W0NTA - Dick - CO - K3 - 1208
W6ZH - Pete - CA - K3 - 657
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183
NK6A - Don - CA - K2 - 1217        QNI #55 !!!
W6SU - John - CA - K3 - 1303
NS7P - Phil - OR - K3 - 1826
WB8YQJ/6 - Don - CA - K2 - ????
N9OHW/PM - Mike - CA - KX1 - ??
WS7L - Carl - OR - K3 - 486
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866

   Hopefully all the information I have listed is correct but I do need a few fills on serial numbers.  If you read the reflector please email me with the information and I will get it into the database.  Now to prepare for the car washing induced storm!  I will get even more wood into the house and await the torrential rains.  If only we could aim them south of Ashland.  
   I am glad the Midwestern below zero temperatures have abated.  They can go back to their more normal weather too.  I just got a note from my brother and his farm animals are happy again.  He was fighting the freeze to get them watered.  Now he can go back to his metallurgy which keeps him warm.  
   Until next week stay well,
      73,
         Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)

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