[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening Folks,
    Weather here is quite nice today.  The sky is blue and there is a large 
orange ball up there too.  Not quite sure what to make of the ball but it 
is warm.  I think I could get used to it.  However, while working on the 
roof trying to find a leak which has been evading every attempt at being 
repaired I heard something.  At first I thought it was wind in the fir 
trees.  But no wind.  Hmmm... odd, what is it?  I was busy though, 
sweeping and searching so I did not think about it.
    I got on to the ground and figured since I was dressed for the weather 
I would do a little antenna work.  I found the break in my support line so 
pulled it out of the tree and coiled it.  The sound was louder over 
there.  Since the bushes and brush were not too wet due to a few hour 
respite from the deluge I went walk about.  Aiming at the noise and 
avoiding the slash in the nearby clearcut I went down hill.  Sounds like 
water.  Lots of it.  Kept walking.  Avoiding the ankle breakers made life 
interesting and a few wrens watched as I approached.  They gave me a good 
talking to as I moved on by them.  Feeling fearless now that they had 
scared me off their tune changed to a less challenging one.
    I was in amoungst some very tall fir and some stately cedar trees now.  
The rushing water was very loud but I had still not sighted it.  There, in 
between those two trees, I saw my first glimpse of a tiny waterfall.  A 
temporary stream has taken up residence a few hundred yards away from our 
house.  Pat would want to put a hydropower gathering device there if she 
could but we'd have to finagle with one of the logging firms for a 
permit.  She would have tried though.  I was only Sancho Panza as she 
tilted at the towers of justice in Washington County.  She won every once 
in a while too!  Good for her.  I miss her very much.
    Well enough about new streams, glowing balls in the sky, and Oregon 
weather.  On to real news befitting the Elecraft Reflector.  We are going 
to follow the same skeds as last week.  They worked wonderfully.  We came 
very close to setting an all time check in record.  Maybe tomorrow with 
sunspot central sprouting a few more dots we can do better.  If you can 
hear any of us please check in.  If you can hear someone we obviously 
cannot please relay their information along.  One can never tell when they 
will be called upon to become acting NCS.  We may just brevet you on the 
spot!  It is not too tough.  If I can do it so can you :)

    Please join us:
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Monday 0200z (Sunday 6pm PST)  7045 kHz

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

Keep your soldering iron hot,
    Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator with rosin scented hair :)