[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 2nd & 3rd, 2012

[kevinr]

Good Evening,
    Conditions for both nets were rather poor on Sunday.  Only today has 
propagation improved enough to have a decent sked.  I may need to move 
the forty meter net earlier to follow the sun. From dusk to about an 
hour later the band is open from here further to the east.  Any later 
and the band is changing rapidly. One minute a station is loud and the 
next they are gone.

    The odd thing was that Ken was stronger on 40 meters than on 20 m.  
Scott told me he heard me on 40 m but not well enough to attempt a 
checkin.  He is about 350 miles or so SE of Ken.  He must be between 
bounces for me while Ken is near one of my hops.

    On to the lists =>

   On 14049.5 kHz at 2300z:
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
KN5L - John - TX - KX1 - 1658
W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139

   On 7045 kHz at 0200z:
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457
W8OV - Dave - TX - K3 - 3139

    In 1965 I built what was probably my third or fourth kit: a Knight 
Kit - Star Roamer.  My K3 is much better; however, it did not require me 
to buck and mow many bales of hay nor trap dozens of muskrats.

    Today the weather here was wonderful.  Sunny and warm at 45 
degrees.  Very nice for me to collect another month's worth of wood and 
enjoy the great outdoors.  The peace and quiet was interrupted by the 
grader shifting the gravel around on my road. But, after his ten passes, 
I could hear him moving off into the distance and there was peace 
again.  It is odd to see him now since this road has not been plowed in 
two years.  I normally only see him when the snow is too deep and 
someone has convinced the powers that be in Hillsboro that there is 
actually snow out here :)  If we can call often enough they can be 
convinced to plow the snow in only four or five days.  The joys of 
living far out in the boonies.

    Until next week stay well,
       Kevin.  KD5ONS   (Net Control Operator 5th Class)

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