[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

    As I had suspected twenty meters was filled with contesters. Signals 
receded into the distance like grain elevators on the plains of Kansas.  
I scanned from 14003 to 14110 kHz without finding a gap.  So I went back 
to writing code.

    Forty meters was open after the contest closed down.  QSB ranged 
from moderate to weak.  Noise levels kept dropping as time passed.  I 
wasn't expecting to reach far on forty; I had been checking with RBN all 
week with no signals east of the Rockies. Twenty meters was better with 
reports from the Maritimes of Canada to Florida, North Carolina, 
Connecticut, New York and many points west.

    The forecast is for sunny, dry weather most of the week.  I will 
cut, build, and hang a new antenna by the weekend.  If all goes well I 
will replace the second antenna too.  Then I can celebrate the 19th 
anniversary of the Elecraft CW Net next week with fresh copper.


   On 7048 kHz at 0000z:

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K6PJV - Dale - CA

K0DTJ - Brian - CA



    Until next week 73,

       Kevin.  KD5ONS


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     Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
     “Sir,” said I, “or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
     But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
     And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
     That I scarce was sure I heard you”—here I opened wide the door;—
     Darkness there and nothing more.