[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening (it is nearly Good Morning :)
    It is very late here but I will get this out before I hit the hay.  
Long day fighting with software, hardware, weather, &tc.  I was not able 
to get as much done as I would like but lately that seems to be normal.  
My to do list rapidly outpaces my ability to do.  However, I do see some 
progress and that is a plus.  Trouble is my projects each tend to generate 
two more projects producing scaling problems.  There seems to be only one 
of me.  Where do I truncate this never ending tree of projects?  Maybe I 
should look at one of those game algorithms for a hint at a limiting depth 
;)
    It looks like spring is gradually moving up the mountain.  The earliest 
flowers have ceased blooming at around 1000 feet to be replaced by the 
next set.  The snow in my yard is almost entirely gone though the 
surrounding higher elevations still hold their cover.  Each time the sun 
comes out to melt some the resulting evaporation causes the cloud cover to 
increase so the effect is self limiting.  According to the GOES satellite 
we are in a cloud stream.  The area near the mouth of the Columbia River 
is often where this stream remains for weeks at a time.  The difference in 
my weather and downtown Portland is often quite surprising.  I drive out 
of pouring rain only to be met by bright sunshine and dry roads.  By the 
time I get off the train the temperature can be 20 to 30 degrees warmer 
than when I started my commute.  My fellow passengers must wonder why I am 
dressed so warmly.
    Forty meters was very good two evenings this week.  Those were the only 
times I tested though so it may have been good all week.  A few skeds at 
0300z went on until we called it quits.  Light QSB was not a problem.  On 
Friday night we did have to deal with our neighboring SSB stations.  
Occasionaly they would wipe out a word or two but since human language is 
redundant we don't need to hear all the words to make sense of a 
sentence.  Unless, of course, that word is the principle verb or noun :)  
Context is everything and it is fun to work my friend so I dig that much 
deeper.
    If you  are not busy tomorrow evening why don't you join us on either 
twenty or forty meters?  You are welcome to join us on both.  I will be 
there.

     Please join us:
Sunday 2300z (Sunday 3pm PST) 14050 kHz
Monday 0200z (Sunday 6pm PST)  7045 kHz

Hasta mañana,
       Kevin.  KD5ONS

Soon we should move back to 2400z and 0300z.
    KJR