[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 5th & 6th, 2012

kevinr kevinr at coho.net
Tue Aug 7 13:47:09 EDT 2012


Good Morning,
    I awoke this morning to the sound of rain falling on my roof. After 
the last few days of sun and heat today is back to fog and cool.  The 
dense fog keeps things very quiet around here except for the dripping 
from the trees.  After the Hillsboro Airshow this weekend the quiet is 
very welcome.  Having a B52 flying over the tips of the trees very near 
the house was something.

    Our Sunday nets went well.  Conditions were very good on 20 meters 
if you could dig through the deep fading.  However, I was hearing a 
steady tone after calling CQ.  I gradually worked through the pile but 
some moved to an alternate rig before I got to them.  Others I would 
call only to find dead air again.  Still others would come out of the 
noise, make the exchange, and then fade again.  A few KX3s tried to 
check in only to jump to another rig to make the contact.  It was fun to 
hear so many after the last few week's paucity of contacts.

    On to the lists =>

   On 14050 kHz at 2200z:
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457
N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994
K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686
AC5P - Mike - OK - K3 - 2170
K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113
K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398
KN5L - John - TX - K2 - 7212
W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139
VE8RT - Ron - NT - K2 - 7176
WA5BDU - Nick - AR - KX3

   On 7045 kHz at 0200z:
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457
K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113

    I hope next week's conditions are as good as they were this week.  I 
just completed a sked into Alaska which started with fading and weak 
signals but grew much stronger over the course of thirty minutes.  Now 
that the sun is not acting up on a daily basis we can take advantage of 
decent propagation again.  It is fun to hear the new KX3s checking in.  
A few more each week so I know folks are getting them.  Another few 
months and I am sure that assembly line will settle down to steady 
production.  Then maybe Eric can get a day off to relax :)
    Stay well,
       Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)

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