[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Afternoon,
   I have to get this out before I lose my phone line again.  Rain is getting into everything and my Internet connection keeps getting dropped.  Ever since yesterday around noon it has been chilly and wet.  This morning we got a lot of rain and now we are getting more.  I am thinking about starting a fire to warm up the house.  Sam is giving me 'the look' which normally means he is cold and wants a fire.  Propagation on 20 meters was poor this week.  Nothing like what we had during the Field Day activities.  I am not sure what happened.  No coronal holes, no reports of aurora, just poor propagation.  However, we will try to make things work.  I cannot go outside to cut wood even though the temperature is perfect for that activity.  There is simply too much rain.  Felling trees when the ground is muddy is not safe.  I am working my way through a bunch of trees which are leaning due to broken roots from the wind storm.  Getting them to fall correctly is not going well.  This means I need to repeatedly whack off four foot chunks and let it fall again.  Once they get hung up in their neighbors it is a laborious, dangerous procedure.  I try not to get squished in the process.  I may try the two come-alongs I gave Pat for Christmas a few years ago.  Yes, they were a Christmas present.  Don't worry I gave her something nice too, I am not [that] crazy :)  They may be able to move the recalcitrant tree out of the crown of the other.  But then I am stuck with a come-along attached to a falling tree.  I need to rethink my methodology!  Please remember Tom is not going to be with us except in spirit.  He is doing very well so he may be helping us again on ECN soon.  

Please join us tomorrow evening.
 
1) Hail signs  (first letter or two of the suffix of your call)
2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP <relay> help)
 
Sunday 2300z (Sunday 4 PM PDT) 14050 kHz
Monday 0200z (Sunday 7 PM PDT)  7045 kHz
 
   Stay well,
      Kevin.  KD5ONS

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