[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    Another week has soggily passed here in the Coast Range of Oregon.  The  
daffodils have yet to bloom but are starting to gain color in their buds.   
The loggers are starting to build roads and I have seen a few insects  
flitting about.  Hopefully we will not get another freeze or snow storm to  
kill the insects or the daffodils.  After last year's late freeze I did  
not have that many bloom.  But this year there are far more stalks so the  
energy went into splitting instead of blooming.  Pat would be very happy  
indeed!
    Twenty meters was very nice at 1600z early in the week and 40 meters  
was fairly good when I tried it at 0200z later in the week.  I hope these  
fine conditions hold for tomorrow's nets.  Tom, N0SS, will not be  
available to act as NCS from the center of the continent so you'll have to  
do your best to toss your signal way over to the coast where I am  
sitting.  If anyone else can help you are more than welcome to assist.  If  
I ask you please do not feel shy; it is not that tough to call folks who  
are more than willing to meet you halfway.
    Now that the sun is coming back northward we will have longer openings  
on 20 meters.  Then, later, we'll have openings on 40 which will allow  
folks on the East Coast to work across the continent without a relay.   
Someday, hopefully not that far in the future, the sunspots will  
increase.  Enjoy 40 and 80 meters while you can because the summer  
thunderstorms will start their spate of QRN.  Lately they've been great  
fun but soon we'll have our ears full of crashing static.  However, many  
parts of the parched Midwest sorely need the rain.  We can just as soon  
work each other at different times allowing farmers their rain and cattle  
their forage.

    Tomorrow:

1) Call by geographic area (East, All)
2) Hail signs  (first letter or two of the suffix of your call)
3) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP <relay> help)

    Please join us:

Sunday 2300z (Sunday 4 PM PDT) 14050 kHz
Monday 0200z (Sunday 7 PM PDT)  7045 kHz

       Kevin.  KD5ONS