[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

kevin kevinr at coho.net
Sun Jul 3 22:53:34 EDT 2022


Good Evening,

    The sun popped out for a few minutes after a misty, wet day. This 
weather is perfect for growing ferns.  Some of them are now over ten 
feet tall.  They are filling any hollows in the terrain. Occasionally 
you will see one get pulled down out of the canopy. This is about the 
only way you ever "see" a mountain beaver.  They live under the ferns 
creating large mounds of dirt from the holes you need to avoid.  The elk 
and deer eat the ferns and use them for bedding.  They do keep the 
forest floor damp, cool, and shaded.  Perfect for many species of 
fungi.  Fallen limbs are quickly recycled back to nutrients to feed the 
forest.

    Forty meters had more noise with deeper QSB than did twenty meters.  
During the second net the noise level increased in steps.  By the end it 
was hard to hear my own sending.  Twenty meters had less noise while 
propagation was a little better.  I did miss a faint "V" at the end of a 
call.  QSB was not timed effectively.


   On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

NO8V - John - MI

K6XK - Roy - IA

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K0DTJ - Brian - CA


   On 7047.5 kHz at 0000z:

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA


     Until next week 73,

         Kevin.  KD5ONS


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Running Light Without Overbyte.





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