[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    The fire feels very nice today.  I was simply too cold to go through another day without heat.  But it does appear the forecast has some sun and warm weather in only a few days.  Hopefully this will be the only fire I need in the month of August.  In all the years I have lived here I have only gone a few months without a fire and those were not contiguous.  Luckily I have plenty of wood left over from last year's cutting.  This year's wood is ready but it is a long way from the house.  
    Conditions were on again off again all week on twenty meters.  Yesterday I made a contact but it was marginal at times.  I did not realize solar minimums could be so low nor so long.  I am glad that is not the only means of exciting the ionosphere.  Coronal mass ejections, solar wind, even a good sized contest can all excite the ionosphere enough to allow contacts.  Work on the buried power line has left me with a persistent buzz on 40 and 80 meters which has never been present before.  Since the line is buried for miles in either direction I am not sure of its cause.  Tonight I will pull the main breaker and start listening with a portable AM radio.  Maybe I will find a source or at least a direction.

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 0100z (Sunday 6 PM PDT)  7045 kHz

   Stay well,
      Kevin.  KD5ONS

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