[Elecraft] the net

[Phil Shepard]

Well, I can't speak much about propagation with the CW nets; but I can talk about the SSB net on Sunday at 1800z.  I am net control from western Oregon, about 100 miles south of Kevin.  From my QTH, it is hard to work on 20 meters from northern California up through Washington.  Southern California and Alaska is fine.  I see the same thing in SOTA hamming.  It is just too close for 20m (I have the same problem with Idaho).  I seem to do fine on 20m from the Rocky Mountains east to the Atlantic.  New England generally is good.  Sometimes my signal back east is not as strong as on other times.  I use the K3/KPA500 to a 2 el cubical quad at 75'.  When I don't hear a station well enough, John, N6JW in Riverside, CA usually can get them.  We typically use one or two stations back east who seem strong to me (often Jim, W4RKS, in AL) to look for west coast or other stations that John or I can't get as well.

If you are outside of that 500 mile circle from the net control, you should usually get through.  If it is always hard to get heard, take a look at your antenna or terrain - or? The K2/3/X3 receivers are great for pulling in the weak ones!  Keep in mind that we are not in the best of propagation times.

73,
Phil, NS7P

On Jun 10, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Joseph Carter <jbc5 at case.edu> wrote 

> I listen almost every week and can only get in (or hear it) about once every 4-6 weeks.
> Joe w9jc
> 
> On Jun 10, 2013, at 2:33 AM, Dave Moorman wrote:
> 
>> That's been my experience here in west suburban Chicago, Richard.  
>> 
>> Every couple of weeks I listen for the CW nets.  On a few occasions I’ve been able to hear the NCS signal in the noise but not well enough for any kind of sustained copy.   It's also rare that I can copy the stations checking one. Every now and then, one of them is a little ways above the noise but not by much.  
>> 
>> Maybe there could be a Western Elecraft net and an Eastern or Midwestern Elecraft net.  
>> 
>> Dave K9SW
>> 
>> 
>> On Jun 9, 2013, at 12:29 PM, Richard Neese <kb3vgw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I have been listening and not hearing a thing.
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