[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 7th & 8th, 2010

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
   No mention of my allusion to Jim Reeves on the net announcement.  Hmmm... I may need to start quoting 17th century poets again :)  I had to check my rig when I moved to 40 meters.  I thought I had bumped something because the tuning was way off on my antenna and the noise level was so very much greater than it had been on 20 meters.  But after I checked the switches and settings I found it was not the rig but the band.  Forty meters was simply noisy this evening.  Most likely somewhere is getting a thunderstorm or the sun is whacking us again.  I have not read Space Weather in a few days because I have been beating on my browser and computer.  The former was getting dog slow (think bloodhound in August) and the latter was laden with a couple viruses and a trojan horse or two.  After a day of maintenance I now have a new instantiation of the browser at a new revision level and my computer has been scanned numerous times with three different malware gadgets.  I am glad I did not have to burn the system to the ground and rebuild.
   Between nets I went out on the deck for a breath of air.  The temperature had dropped over 20 degrees since before I started the first net.  The snow level is at 3000 feet currently but by morning it will drop below me.  I expect the ground to be covered with a thin layer of snow when I awaken.  One daffodil was turning yellow and ready to pop open.  I told it to hold back for another week or it would need to come inside.  Pat likes their scent, I just sneeze a lot.  But these King Alfreds are large and very pretty.  I guess I can sneeze for a few weeks ;)  Hopefully by Thursday the snow will change back to rain and the temperatures will go back into the high 40s again.  I am sure the flowers will be much happier with that.  

   On to the lists =>

  On 14050 kHz at 2300z:
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457
K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686    * QNI # 125 *
W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767
AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993
N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994     * QNI # 120 *
K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422
WB3AAL - Ron - PA - K2 - 1392
K9ZTV - Kent - MO - K3 - 21
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866  ** QNI # 235 **
VE3XL - Ric - ON - K1 - 968
AE6IC - Fred - CA - K3 - 2241
KD5ZLB - Edwin - LA - K3 - 3147

  On 7045.5 kHz at 0000z:
WB3AAL - Ron - PA - K2 - 1392
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183
N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994
AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457
K7SJ - Roger - WA - K3 - 75
W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139
AE6IC - Fred - CA - K3 - 2241
K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767   * QNI # 135 *

   I did see my very first hummingbird last week.  I was on the air and he (most probably since they scout around first) gave the back of my rigs and their cabling a very intense look.  The bright red cables and plugs attract them every year as do my blooming crown of thorns.  The Christmas cactus does not seem to be of interest to them since it is somewhere between a pink or purple.  It is also on the north side where it is not as easy for them to see.  I hope they moved somewhere warmer for this last blast of winter.  When they return I will have the feeders up and they can zoom around my head to terrorize me.  There is simply no reasoning with them!  Feed me Seymor!  
   Until next week stay well,
      73,
         Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class) 

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