[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 28th and 29th, 2010

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
   It took a while after the second net for my hearing to come back!  A couple stations were so loud they were extremely difficult to copy.  The front end of the rig was getting hammered as was my hearing.  They could have turned down to 5 watts or less and been much easier to copy.  The QRN was bad enough but the howling I was getting for CW tones was painful indeed.  At those times I want to rip off the headphones and put a pillow over them to make copy easier!  
   Moving the forty meter net later allowed a few more check ins but it was still light here when I finished.  Much better than last week though so I will keep them at these times for a while.  Weather reports were mostly sunny around the stations worked.  The snow has dropped off my forecast but I did have to rescue some early daffodils from an early demise.  They are sitting behind me in a glass lighting up the room.  Most of them are King Alfreds which are very large.  When I brought them in I thought I saw a spider in one.  On closer inspection I found it was a bee.  I took him outside and told him it was better for both of us if we did not get too close.  He agreed and sat on my potted lilac.  

  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:
K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686
NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820
K9DMV - Joe - TX - K2 - 5628
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457
AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398    ** QNI # 290 **
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866  ** QNI # 240 **
W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139
WC7S - Dale - WY - K2 - 4360      QNI # 45 !!!
W0NTA - Dick - CO - K1 - 446
N7KRT - Jeff - TX - K2 - 5471     QNI # 80 !!!
W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767
WB3AAL - Ron - PA - K2 - 1392

  On 7045 Khz at 0000z:
NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457
AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398
N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183
W0RSR - Mike - CO - K2 - 5767
K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
WB3AAL - Ron - PA - K2 - 1392     QNI # 70 !!!
W7MBR - David - UT
N7KRT - Jeff - TX - K2 - 5471
K0DTJ - Brian - CA

   Hopefully I got the numbers correct.  If there are errors please email me with the corrections.  On my way home Friday I noticed a trillium just a few hundred yards outside of Buxton.  I thought I was mistaken so kept looking and saw another about a mile further along.  They are not blooming up here yet but in two or three weeks they should begin.  I am fairly sure they are the last of the neotenous flowers to bloom.  It's not like we have much of a changing canopy up here but I don't think they realize that :)  In Wisconsin the May apples would blast out of the ground and bloom quickly before the maple/basswood cover would block the light for the entire year.  Here the only deciduous tree of any consequence is alder but the hemlock and redcedar push them out by their acidic detritus and dense cover.  
   Until next week stay well,
      73,
         Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)

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