[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    Ah, Oregon weather!  Chilly, wet, grey one day - back to 85 and sunny the next.  I had to light a fire this week to warm the house but now I am sitting in a t-shirt with the windows open and a breeze gliding through.  There are also the hummingbirds which come to look at me.  Then they flash their tails at me and zip off.  I imagine they giggle and know I cannot match their aerial expertise, they remind me of otters with feathers!  I did have a long talk with them (hummingbird time that is) a few days ago but they ignored me like a bunch of teenager's with iPods in their ears!  Even though I feed them I gain no respect.  Our interaction is absurd but rewarding :)
   Conditions got a little better from Monday to Friday plus we had an active sunspot group visit us.  Hopefully on the next rotation it will still be visible so I can carry out the telescope and see it through my solar filter.  This time around the grey weather prevented that so I was only able to view it on the Internet.  I did work some comms on 80 meters and 20 meters but none on 40 meters.  I read there is a new band plan for the band delineating operating modes.  I do need to repair a couple antennas and reset their mountings so I can use a few more bands.  I can only listen on 160 meters but would like to participate thus a longer antenna is in my future.  That would also afford me a little gain on 20 meters.

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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