[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
   The weather has been rather nice here this week.  Cool enough to let me cut and split wood but warm enough so I don't need a fire.  It is getting dry now that the sun is out more often.  The fire danger signs are up and the burn ban is in effect.  Luckily the fire danger is very low so we are in pretty good shape.  South of the border, in Schwarzeneggerland, the conditions are dry and the fires are many.  I am glad they are recalling their National Guard troops and using them for what they do very well: fight fires and aiding the populations of the several states.  Sending the National Guard overseas is wrong when they are needed here for their valuable emergency services.
   Conditions on twenty meters during the past week has been ucky to say the least.  I have tried to keep a sked into Alabama but been stymied at every pass.  I have been too busy with other concerns to try any other band or time of day.  My antennas have survived my tree felling operation.  I have been proceeding from leeward to windward which is also downhill to uphill.  Two of the doublets are attached to trees in the windstorm effected area so I must be careful.  When the time comes to fell the windward most trees I'll drop my wires and proceed.  There are some very large (four foot DBH) trees which need to be felled.  Notching them is difficult because I have to aim upward from beneath the tree.  I have not been squished yet so my luck is holding :)  Once I clear out the space the surviving trees will add lumber rapidly.  Plus I can get up the two wavelength 160 meter loop I've been dreaming about.  Twenty acres should be enough room to find the space for a decent antenna :)

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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