[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening and Welcome from Buxton Lookout Health Club :)
    The weather was very nice today.  I awoke to a strange orb in the sky.   
It glowed a pleasant orange color.  Currently it is on the other horizon  
sinking into the Coast Range.  Only a few clouds all day with low 60  
degree temperatures.  I got plenty of exercise climbing my ladder and  
moving lots of material.  I am glad my mother is not around because I  
called the plywood a few things she most likely would not like to hear :)   
Sheeting a new roof is a snap.  Placing sheets into an existing roof is a  
royal pain.  I finally gave up the fight and covered what I had done for  
the evening.  Tomorrow I hope to get the last few sheets pieced in and  
some rolled roofing over that.  Then seal the place against the bats.
    Last night (or was it early morning?) I had to move three of them  
outside.  I think I got to sleep around 4 AM.  No soffit and no fascia  
board gives them easy access.  However, you would think they would go out  
the same way they came in.  Today, when I uncovered the roof, there were  
three of them flying around inside the house not able to find their way  
outside.  There was a very large hole in the roof at that point you'd  
think they'd look up!  Crazy critters.
    I got on the air to OK City a few times this week but it was never very  
solid.  Very weak signals were interrupted by rolling QSB.  We ran for 30  
minutes most days but it was not easy.  Then, last night, I read about a  
solar wind which was due to hit very soon.  This may disrupt the bands for  
a while and then make them a little better.  Hopefully tomorrow we will  
get the benefit of more ions in the Heaviside layer to help us work each  
other.  According to my satellite photo it looks like the middle of the  
country is having a wonderful day of storms.  Maybe tomorrow they'll have  
moved off and 40 won't be so loud.  Never can tell.
   As far as the Health Club intro?  Well, some folks pay good money to get  
exercise.  I figure I can take their money and get them outside cutting,  
splitting, hauling, and stacking wood.  Sets and reps?  Why sure :)  I'll  
start them off with a limbing chainsaw until they gain enough strength to  
run the larger Stihl for a tank or two.  I am unsure of how much to charge  
them for my exercise facility; does anyone have suggestions for me?  They  
probably should pay for the gas, oil, and for getting the chains sharpened  
but how much extra should they pay for my expertise and facility  
maintenance?  I think the franchise to this will take off like a rocket!

Please join us tomorrow evening.

   Tomorrow:

1) Hail signs  (first letter or two of the suffix of your call)
2) 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

     73,
        Kevin.  KD5ONS

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