[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

    I was listening to the ALCS game 6 on 750 AM.  It was loud but I 
kept hearing tones.  I thought I was imagining CW from the noise.  It 
wasn't repeated often enough to catch more than a character or two once 
or twice an inning.  Then in the 4th I got K7??T.  I put that into 
https://www.wm7d.net/perl/ulsquery.pl but got too many hits.  Then a lot 
of repetitions with DE K7RAT a few times.  I put that into the database 
and I found an amateur radio club station south of Manning.  Put the 
address into Google maps and found their location.  Eight miles as the 
crow flies from me across a clear space between us.  I put K7RAT into 
http://reversebeacon.net/dxsd1/dxsd1.php?f=0&c=K7RAT&t=dx and found 
their frequency of 1817.0 kHz.  I should have completed the loop by 
turning on my K3 and finding them there too.  I was able to copy a few 
other stations on my stereo's receiver but not as well as the club 
station.  From google maps I saw a large vertical antenna.  I should 
drive over for a QSL card :)

    I need to work on my antenna system so I can use 160 meters this 
season.  The ATU on my K3 can't match my antenna; I think it is too 
long.  But I can use it to copy a lot of folks on the low band.  Twenty 
and forty meters are not as quiet nor as productive.  I am hopeful the 
sun will be more active one day. Which day that may be in still in flux.


Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
   7047 kHz at 0000z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

    73,
       Kevin. KD5ONS


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