[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

    Both nets had medium to deep QSB.  Reports of S3 to S7 were common.  
QRN was in a steady hiss with a few crackles of summer storms on 40 
meters.  Hopefully our pleading to the ion provider did not go in vain.  
We may have to sacrifice a metaphor to propitiate it.

   I have a 1965 movie on screen at the moment.  Richard Burton in "The 
Spy Who Came in from the Cold".  I've never seen it before, the B&W sets 
are crisp and noire.  'M' is playing the local grocer for some silly 
reason.

   I am also reading reviews of an American made Linux box from System 
76.  Good company with solid equipment.  They just work and don't get in 
your way.  I am thinking of upgrading to a larger laptop.  Their OS lets 
me transition from my 3 large monitor environment to a laptop screen 
fairly simply.  A keystroke to migrate from workspace to workspace sold me.


   On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - MN - running from solar power from a campsite in Minnesota

K6XK - Roy - IA - enjoying pleasant temperatures with prospects of rain

K4TO - Dave - KY - back home after a trip, etc.

K0DTJ - Brian - CA - eager to get back to his carpentry


   On 7047.5 kHz at 0000z:

W0?Z - probably Ken but I never got him back again.

K0DTJ - Brian - CA - enjoying a cool breeze

W6JHB - Jim - CA - reconstructing his landscape at 99 degrees

K6PJV - Dale - CA - also doing yard work during temperatures in the high 
90s mourning his lost antenna


   According to SpaceWeather.com we are very close to the bottom of this 
cycle.  We can only go up from here.  By early 2020 we should be seeing 
improved propagation.  Hopefully we shall all be around to see the next 
low point.  By then we'll be using our new K6's :)

    Until next week,

       73,

          Kevin.  KD5ONS









The shoe is on the hand it fits, there's really nothing much to it
Whistle through your teeth and spit 'cause it's alright
Oh well, a touch of grey kinda suits you anyway
And that was all I had to say and it's alright

I will get by
I will get by
I will get by
I will survive

We will get by
We will get by
We will get by

We will survive


{Thanks Jerry}

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