[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
   This week was rather pleasant.  I got a lot of work done inside and out and then, on Thursday evening got caught in a long novel.  I was able to put it down the first night but last night (or should I say this morning?) I read until 3 AM!  And then again today until I finished it.  Wow!  I normally don't read much fiction but was so enchanted that I was living inside the story.  It has been far too long since I have had this pleasure.  I used to read a lot of fiction but in recent years (the last ten or so) I have been deluged in a mountain of textbooks, trade magazines, and journal papers.  Reading for fun is only a small part of my life left to my monthly Analog subscription.  I have been reading it since around 1963.  However, now that I have completed my novel I must go back to living in the real world again.  
   Propagation on twenty and thirty meters was good this week.  Even before the new sunspots appeared the conditions were good.  I do believe it is due to the sun angle and the change in season.  The sun is rising later each morning and setting much earlier each evening.  This has caused the ionosphere to be different than it was only a month ago when conditions were not as good.  Hopefully we can plot a trend line but I know that is never a predictive certainty given how odd propagation and solar conditions can be.  The best measure of success is a simple CQ.  Listening is not a good way to determine if the band is dead.  If no one calls none of us can hear them.  A Zen coan if ever there was one :)

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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