[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
   Winter is truly here; the snow is getting deeper as I write.  Because I may be snowed in for a few days I drove into town with the 4WD F-250.  Good thing I took that instead of the Ranger because on the way back it got very slippery.  Up here there were six inches of snow when I left.  The snow was present until slightly below 500 feet.  By the time I got to town it was gone and the rain was very light.  
   On the way back it just kept getting deeper.  Luckily the transition between rain and dry snow happened abruptly while the grade was very mild.  Normally it changes to snow further up the mountain which makes life more interesting.  Slipping and sliding an F-250 on a 7% grade is exciting to say the least!  Good thing there are plenty of trees to slam into so I don't slide all the way to the bottom of the canyons.
   Soon I have an anniversary I wish I could ignore.  Hopefully I'll have power so I can work my way through it!  However, propagation was incrementally better this week.  Twenty meters was fair during the week and forty meters was also.  Maybe we can hear each other tomorrow.  If it is like the last two weeks we will have to do something drastic.  Like change times or even bands.  I am open to suggestions for better coverage.  
   All you folks out East are getting hammered with heavy snowfall.  I expect only 7 to 18 inches before this one is over so it is not too much.  I remember getting six feet of snow and only missing half a day of school when I was a kid in Wisconsin.  Here things are a bit different.  I have very dry snow up here but lower it is very slippery.  The locals normally freak out at an inch of snow.  More than that causes chaos.  
   I try to stay off the roads because of the two more dangerous types of drivers: those that think 4WD will keep them from skidding so they proceed to drive at their normal ten miles or more over the speed limit.  The body repair folks love them!  Then the other type of driver who cause accidents: they drive at 5 mph and brake erratically and often.  Wending your way between these two types of drivers is an experience I would rather not brave.  The wood is stacked next to the stove, the propane tanks are ready if the power goes out, Sam and I are cozy and warm with plenty of food for the two of us.  

Please join us tomorrow evening.
 
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   Stay warm and be careful!
      Kevin.  KD5ONS
 
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P.S.  The deer have found cover in the reprod near the house.  I saw five of them as I came home.  Definition: reprod -- very young fir trees, closely planted awaiting their first precommercial thin.  Normally less than 15 years old so they are around 60 feet in height and between 6 and 10 inches DBH (diameter breast height).  Great cover and fodder for the deer.  The grouse, rabbits, elk, etc. love it too.
   KJR