[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    The house is cozy warm -- both Sam and I are fed and happy.  The  
critters are staying outside these days and they seem to enjoy it too.   
I've been hearing a deer bound into the woods as I leave the house after  
dark several days this week.  She does not go far because I don't seem to  
frighten her much.  The lawn is the only grass for many miles and she  
likes a change in diet now that the fir needles are stiff with late season  
age.  A few nights ago I was serenaded by an owl - elk duet.  Interesting  
mixture of tones.  The owl was carrying the bass line while adding  
percussive effects.  I wonder what they were talking about?
    A few nights ago 40 meters was very, very quiet; much like 80 meters  
gets an hour before dawn.  Twenty meters has been supporting comms each  
morning so my friend in Oklahoma and I can chat about the weather and  
construction projects.  Speaking of building I came close but have not  
finished the drywall work.  My nephew was too busy to come help with the  
last few ceiling pieces but I did get the taping and mudding done on all  
the rest.  A few more days and I'll be done.
    I did take a couple of days off from the dust to volunteer for an ARES  
exercise, travel into town for legal matters, and study a number of  
subjects.  I am getting closer to understanding an open source compiler  
with multiple front ends and multiple back ends.  This will help me get a  
few neural network ideas I've been mulling over into a microcontroller.   
I'll need to use scaled arithmetic instead of floating point but the slide  
rule discussions on QRP-L have reminded me of my time remembering where  
the decimal point goes after a long string of calculations.
    If I have adjusted Mickey's hands properly I may have the correct Zulu  
time listed below.  Remember: the local time stays the same while the UTC  
changes.  This is to keep my feeding time set in stone.  I shoveled out  
the kitchen after renovating the squirrel ravaged insulation.  I awarded  
myself by cleaning the counters and getting my oven in working order.  It  
made me dinner quite handily.  I think it did a very good job at creating  
a golden brown crust of Parmesan cheese over the casserole while I was out  
burning all the trash I have generated.

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

Until tomorrow,
         Kevin. KD5ONS