[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    Mozart's symphony #40 is playing in the background and snow is falling 
as I write this.  The fire is warm; it heated us as we ate a bit of 
leftover turkey.  Sam (the cat) is enjoying his portion as well.  Hiking 
to the top of the mountain showed us the surrounding mountains were 
covered in snow but the valley was still green.  Then the clouds rolled 
through our location so we could only see a few feet.  But since we were 
on the logging road we could easily find our way home.  If we had been 
hiking cross country we would have had a harder time of it.
    Tomorrow evening at 2400z the non-WARC bands will become silent only to 
awaken a few seconds later to my preamble.  I always enjoy the last few 
moments of a contest as ops dig for their last contact.  The bands are 
filled with CW.  Then the silence.  It is a great way to start ECN.  That 
is also one of the reasons why we start at that time.  The ionosphere has 
been recharged by all those signals flying forth and back.  In this case 
DX should lengthen our reach just a little ;)  One can never tell.
    Thirty meters was fun for me yesterday evening.  I only hope forty 
meters is as good tomorrow evening.  But the contest effect may ease the 
way there too :)  It is perfect weather for me to work on my antennas!  
Some of you don't even start to raise or repair one until the temperatures 
fall below freezing.  I must learn from you all and raise a 40 meter 
antenna replacement in a few inches of snow.  They must work better if you 
all wait until inclement weather occurs to do your work ;)  Might help me 
dig out one of those foxes.

    Join us:
Sunday 2400z (Sunday 4pm PST) 14050 kHz
Monday 0300z (Sunday 7pm PST)  7045 kHz

Visit our web site: http://ecn.visionseer.com/ for further details.  Thank 
you for the web space Dan.

Until tomorrow, stay warm and well,
    Kevin.  KD5ONS


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