[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 18th & 19th, 2009

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
   Another couple of fine nets.  Twenty meters worked OK, not spectacular but OK.  QRN on forty meters was loud and then louder as time went by.  I read between the nets that we are being hit by a solar stream.  It was noticeable on 40.  I tightened up my filters but that only helped a little.  But, on the plus side, tomorrow's propagation should be improved.  OK, that brings me to the next subject.  I received a few reviews of my writing after I posted the ECN announcement.  I ragchew with my mentor for an hour per day each weekday.  We have been doing this since 2002 if I am not mistaken.  We chat about anything and everything for a full hour except for recently when his CG net has taken precedence each Thursday.  It seems to have effected the way I write.  Working DX and contesting are OK but they are nothing like a good ragchew.  I really enjoy hearing what other folks have to say about things.  Weather, sports, cars, motorcycles, nature, construction, hunting, etc.  My training has been eclectic and I enjoy learning every day.  I believe the moment I stop learning is the point where I should buy a plot!
   I have been remiss in my reportage.  The fall colors are at their height here in the Coast Range.  Now that the clear cuts have provided quite a long range view of the area I can see how very many deciduous trees are in the local forests.  Vine maples look like there are fires across the mountains.  Alders glow a golden yellow and the big leaf maple offer a range of colors from green to yellow to red depending upon how much of the chlorophyll has been drawn into the trunk.  There are also a variety of forbs which span the range in colors from the water soluble anthocyanin red to the more stable yellows of xanthophyll and carotene.  As anthocyanin breaks down the colors form a gradient as an ecotone describes the variation in species on a slope in a sunny, sandy environment.

On to the lists =>

   On 14050.5 kHz at 2300z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K3 - 008    *** QNI # 320 ***
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457
AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398
K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422
W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767
KB3FBR - Joe - PA - K? - 1708     QNI # 5!
K7SJ - Roger - WA - K3 - 75
K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642    * QNI # 145 *
AE6IC - Fred - CA - K3 - 2241
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866

   On 7045 kHz at 0100z:
WC7S - Dale - WY - K2 - 4360
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183   * QNI # 145 *
N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994
W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767
W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139
W6BK - Dave - CA - K2 - 4910
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457
WI6O - John - CA - K1 - 922       QNI # 20!!
K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642
K6CSL - Bert - CA

   If there are any errors in the above lists or you have comments for me please send an email.  I will fix the database or respond to your comment.  In either case I will reply.  Gives me practice with my socialization skills.  Living in the boonies, by myself, allows me to slack on them so I need the reinforcement!
   Until next week stay well,
      73,
         Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)

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