[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Matthew D. Pitts]

Glad to hear you're going to be back tonight. I'll be listening on 20m, 
if I can get  my Realistic DX-160 tuned properly. In a few weeks, I'll 
be able to try to check in, depending on what part of the band that 
frequency is in.

Kevin Rock wrote:
> Good Evening,
>    After a week's hiatus I will be back to start the Elecraft CW Net 
> and pass it around the continent.  We got our power back after a week 
> without it.  My Trojan batteries were down to 12.1 volts after 
> starting at 12.7 volts.  It took two full days of charging for them to 
> recover.  I was impressed with all they did for me.  Lighting, two 
> radios, desktop computer with monitor, laptop computer for many hours 
> of use, and the insurance adjuster's computer too.  The phone service 
> came back a few days before we got power back.  It appears the problem 
> was totally unrelated to the storm or the power outage.  Something had 
> happened at their switching office which kicked me off line.
>    Hot running water and telephone service are addictive!  Since I 
> have a dial up Internet connection it takes quite a while for me to 
> get my mail on a normal day.  Since I was not using this computer, 
> which sits in a back room far from the heat source, I was using 
> WebMail which added another level of indirection slowing access even 
> further.  I am still wading through the 1500+ emails I received over 
> the outage period.
>    Thank you for all the good wishes during the darkness and cold.  
> Yes, it was frightening but with some help I am starting to cut the 
> trees and stack the slash for later burning.  The wood will not be 
> used for timber since the price the mills are offering is too low to 
> make a profit.  I've been advised to sell firewood instead to make 
> money.  Too bad, there is some prime timber in those trees.
>    I have only been on HF for a day since all of my antennas were 
> turned into their component parts.  While brushing out we did find 
> some wires and insulators so I can salvage that and make another one.  
> I did get up a spare G5RV but have only used it once for MARS so I 
> know it works NVIS.  Now to see if it will get to the Mississippi or 
> beyond.  One leg is only a short distance above my head.  But after 
> five hours of struggle I decided that was good enough.
>    I found there is quite a difference between Stren and Berkley 
> Trilene.  I was trying to use Trilene for the first time to get my 
> antennas up using my normal technique of teardrop sinker zipped 
> through the trees with a wrist rocket.  The Trilene did not feed well 
> and snagged a lot in all sorts of trees.  After using about 400 yards 
> in 20 yard segments I tossed the roll and went back to the Stren.  
> First time my sinker hit the roof of the house and I got a line back 
> from there to a tree.  The antenna is nearly level but my property is 
> at an angle so one leg is about sixty feet in the air while the other 
> would injure someone over six feet!  Luckily I am more compact ;)
>    Tomorrow evening we get to test both the aether and my new 
> antenna.  Now if I can only remember how to send CW!
>
>   Please join us:
>
> Monday 0000z (Sunday 4 PM PST) 14050 kHz
> Monday 0300z (Sunday 7 PM PST)  7045 kHz
>
>       Kevin.  KD5ONS
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