[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement part two

[kevinr]

    A note on our Elecraft CW Net exchange.  Since it is a directed net 
I call for check ins then work each in order.  I send a signal report 
and pass control to the operator.  They send me a signal report and 
whatever it is they want to talk about and then pass control back to 
me.  Weather is simple and often gets mentioned. Snow, ice, hail, 
floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, forest fires, etc have been described.  
Crop reports, pets, kids, and travel too. Occasionally a new antenna 
will get checked. Other times a new piece of gear will get tested.  We 
did hear the 1500 watt amp first-hand quite early in its history.  As 
the KX1, K3, KX2, and KX3 came along they got checked in too.

    Operators have used the legal limit down to milliwatts to get my 
attention.  My ears were tested at both ends of that spectrum   Some 
folks like to practice copying faster code so they follow along.  I get 
many comments about net reports and how they could hear me even if they 
did not check in.  I have never closed any of the nets; I think that 
would be presumptuous.  At the end of every net I send QNF which means 
there is a free net.  I normally am off the air at that point but I do 
leave the radio on and can hear further exchanges.  It has been fun for 
many years.