| Greetings
Gang; Well honor of honors.... How privileged I feel to have served as your Straight Key Knight NCS for our final net gathering of the millennium... Yes Sir John... I think perhaps even I may have gotten it right this time. Surely, by all recounts, the millennium is finally now behind us... whether thou counteth from one or from zero. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In 1555, Nostradamus wrote: Come the millennium, month 12, In the home of greatest power, The village idiot will come forth To be acclaimed the leader. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Leaves cause for wander what Sir Nostradamus might have prophesized to come forth from the home of smallest power.... Need I say more? :-) The hour of 2100 came forth upon the spectral sources of the land, when the peaceful silence was broken by the mighty thunder of "CQ KL Net de WQ4RP". The host of the succeeding cascade of jubilant responses was none other than yours truly N3GO, Sir Gary in Raleigh, NC. Casting 4 Watts to the ether, the annual celebration of the end of another year had officially begun. The marking of an end of an era, was also the beginning of another that promises to be more prosperous and fulfilling with each exchange. |
| N4DR
Sir Marc
599 from Rockville, Md.
running a mere 2 Watts to a Dipole with his MFJ Cub. AC4QX Sir Lauren (Red) 599+ from Lake Gaston, NC running a QRP KW of 5 Watts with his Ten Tec Delta 2 to a G5RV KE4QZB Sir Brian 599 from Charlotte, NC running 4 Watts from his EMTECH feeding a Sloper (Our first newcomer of the evening) Welcome Sir Brian on your first KL Net visit (Many Thanks Sir Red for QNS of Sir Brian's slightly off channel QNI) N4QA Sir Bill 599+ from Radford, Va with a J38 pushing his 5 Watt Missner Signal Shifter to an end fed Full Wave longwire. Welcome Sir Bill on your first KL Net visit. AB4PP Sir John Paul from Raleigh, NC Thought I heard you in there but you must have slipped into a lagoon Sir JP... Whazzzzzzzup? N9SDT Sir Ed 599 from Chicago, Il running 4 Watts from a Kenwood to a Force Yagi ? Sir Ed... You posted a 5817 number but didn't disclose what it signifies. Is this a QRP ARCI number? Welcome to you also Sir Ed on your first KL Net visit. KE4KAD Sir??? 599+ from Out There Somewhere..... Booming signal in Raleigh with your CQ on top of us OM ... Happy New Year! WJ4P Sir Randy 599+ from Summerville, SC running 5 Watts, and methinks I caught him with his toes curled under. Good Signal Sir Randy. WB4OFT Sir John 599+ from Advance, NC Great on signal but short on words, and back to the family... Glad to hear ye in here Sir John. WG4Z Sir Max 599 from Charlotte, NC a bodacious 13 Watt Ten Tec Paragon, pumped up by a straight key tethered via alligator clips. Bravo Sir Max, and welcome to you too Sir on your first KL Net visit with us. N3GO Sir Gary NCS from Raleigh, NC tipping the scales at 4 Watts to a dipole at 42 feet. I'll bet others would have stopped by to QNI had I not cut it short around 2220, but I felt a burning desire to spend the remainder year with my lovely XYL.... Or was that a burning ear.... :-) This was indeed a milestone occasion for myself as well at the KnightLites. Having our net coincide with straight key night made for an active and fun experience for all. We welcomed KE4QZB (Sir Brian), N4QS (Sir Bill), N9SDT (Sir Ed), and WG4Z (Sir Max) as first time participants in the net, and hope they come back and join us often in the millennium ahead. Also, everybody was operating with a straight key, so it was a duplex event for us all. I think I started out in fair shape, but began to falter quite a bit toward the end of the net. While it was difficult for me to copy what I was sending, I still managed to copy what I meant. :-) God bless you everyone, and may the year ahead bring you great joy and prosperity. May our paths cross many times... on the air as well as by land and sea. :-) Thank you all for making the KnightLites QRP Association a most rewarding and welcoming non-existent entity in the free world. I still stagger at how much we have all achieved, and the bonds we've made through an organization held together only by the spirit and grit of its participants. It's a paradigm unmatched anywhere, but perhaps in history amid the fossils of those very first days of wireless preceding the days even before the word radio was coined. You are truly of special merit among your peers. I'm proud to be among you, and wish you all the very best in the years ahead. 72 and Happy New Year my friends. Regards; Gary O'Neil, N3GO |
| Guys, The propagation was pretty good last Sunday night for the net. Some of our usual "DX" stations, WB0CLD and K1CL, checked in with fine signals. Randy, WJ4P, checked in from near Charlston, SC, with 15mW. I believe almost everyone who checked in copied him! Here's the list: |
| WJ4P
Randy Charleston,
SC 15mW AA4XX Paul Raleigh, NC 75mW N4HAY Dick Morrisville, NC N4DR Marc Rockville, MD 2W N3GO Gary Raleigh, NC 5W W4GFA George Walhalla, SC 5W (Formerly K4PYM) WB0CLD Bill St. Charles, MO 5W K1CL Chuck Chelmsford, MA 5W (Reported Gud Cpy WB0CLD) AB4PP John Paul, Raleigh, NC 3W (The birthday boy) AE4IC Bob Greensboro, NC 5W (your NCS) |