[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[kevinr at coho.net]

Good Morning,
    It has been a rainy few days.  The weather has returned to normal 
here with steady, heavy rainfall, wind and cool temperatures.  The 
daffodils got fooled into blooming early but now they are paying the 
price.  Normally they don't even start until April. The sun has been 
active and caused a few communication blackouts this week.  Hopefully 
the added ions will improve propagation for all of us.

    Please zero beat the net control frequency.  I cannot tell you how 
difficult it is to track everyone down who is off frequency. Where your 
signal would be a solid 579 I am forced to give you a 339 or worse 
because you are not zero beat with me.  Yes, I could use RIT and track 
each of you down but I am doing three things at once during each 
contact.  My hands are busy with pencil, paddles, and two sheets of 
paper which makes tracking you down more difficult.  I cannot change net 
frequency to follow you because I normally have to find an open 
frequency near where I have announced them.  Make life simpler for all 
of us and zero beat the net frequency which may or may not be the 
announced frequency.

Here are the times and approximate frequencies of today's nets

   Please join us this afternoon and evening.

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7045 kHz at 0100z Monday (6 PM PDT Sunday)

     73,
         Kevin. KD5ONS

I use CWT on my K3 to keep track of where people are in relationship to 
net frequency.  That is why I can never give you S9 + xxx since that xxx 
part is not displayed while using CWT.
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