[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
   A very nice week has come and gone again.  The snow has ceased falling and sun has reappeared in the skies over Oregon.  I have sat on a nearby stump and watched as the planets appeared from the glare of the sunset.  Finally, after almost forty years of off and on again viewing, I have seen Mercury at this far northern latitude.  Not just once but three times as it sank lower toward the sun.  On the 15th I saw it with the crescent moon and Venus making a scalene triangle in the sky.  Cool!
   Lately propagation has been getting hammered by a sequence of coronal mass ejections.  Too many too often caused propagation to worsen rather than improve.  When the sun quiets down just a bit the ionosphere should be well charged for our use.  Hopefully the higher bands will open more often too.  I have had a few contacts on 15 meters during the last month and have heard of 6 meter openings.  I need to monitor that band more often.  I have a loop raised for it but currently the coax is not attached to the rig.  There was a thunderstorm which caused me to pull all the plugs and ground all the antenna switches.  It is difficult to hear with the antennas unhooked.

Please join us tomorrow afternoon and 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 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz
Monday 0000z (Sunday 5 PM PDT)  7045 kHz
 
   Stay well,
      Kevin.  KD5ONS
 
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