[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    I got up early this morning so I could work our November SET with the  
ARES group.  I had fun with the folks at the county EOC.  I asked the EC  
what my job was to be and he stated, "You're the supervisor."  So I got to  
boss the EC a little and facilitate comms with our neighboring counties on  
UHF, VHF, HF, packet, and SSTV.  I also learned to have fun while jumping  
between responsibilities.  Some how or another I also landed the most  
paperwork ;)
    However, the SET was about an emergency power outage.  This may soon be  
true in our area.  We've been having a lot of rain lately with little  
respite.  Today it was light but currently the rain has begun to gain  
intensity.  Tomorrow we are supposed to get quite a bit of it.  By 4 PM  
PST we are to have winds gusting to 60 mph or better.  Unfortunately Ms.  
Pat's land has been completely circumscribed by clearcuts.  Wet ground and  
high winds are a recipe for Douglas fir falling like ten pins.  Our land  
was also thinned so the trees are not yet used to their freedom.
    If you are not familiar with forestry Doug fir do not have very deep,  
nor wide spread roots.  They are quite prone to being blown over if they  
are not surrounded by their childhood friends.  Ours' are prone for some  
wind damage.  I will be on the air as long as possible tomorrow evening.   
I may need to work from batteries if I lose commercial power.  But, if  
trees start falling around me I'll be gone quite quickly.  If I go QRT do  
not expect me back in short order since I may have lost one of the major  
trees which surround the house.  The rest of the property is OK because  
they'll not fall on the house nor block the main road.  With any luck the  
temperature will drop below freezing.  Then I can enjoy a large amount of  
snow which may slow the winds.
    If all goes well we can enjoy the great propagation I experienced on  
Friday.  I had to keep turning down the gain on my K2 when I was working  
on twenty meters.  I was wearing my headphones in front of my ears but it  
simply kept growing louder as we went along.  Hopefully the solar wind  
also helped forty meters.  I know eighty was doing well for us during the  
SET since we worked well over a dozen counties.  With any luck we shall  
have two great nets tomorrow afternoon and evening.  Please keep your  
fingers crossed.

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    Kevin.  KD5ONS