[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    Another very chilly week with one more on the way.  Folks are already  
talking about how much it feels like Fall.  Next week some days won't get  
into the 60s so it is cooling off.  Not that it ever got hot.  77 was the  
hottest day all year.  But only five days in the 70s is not a summer.  Oh  
well, there is always next year.  There have been more bear around and  
there were signs of at least one mountain lion.  That may be why I have  
not heard many coyotes around :)  The grouse and quail populations were  
very low this year due to the cold and wet hatching season.  I wonder if  
that means the rodent populations will be low too since there will be  
little prey for the coyotes and bobcats and mountain lions to eat?  As far  
as my backyard, crawlspace and house are concerned there are a ton of  
rodents out there.
    Propagation was strongly effected by the sun this week.  There were so  
many flares and CMEs that I was having a hard time hearing for the  
background noise.  QRN was strong from Tuesday onward.  Hopefully the  
ionosphere has regenerated and the influx of ions has slowed to a dull  
roar.  That will help on twenty meters but I think only the onset of  
Autumn will help on forty meters.  I did make one contact beyond the  
Cascades and Sierras last week so that is a good sign.  Maybe I'll reach  
back into the plains again soon.  The sun is rising later and setting  
earlier so that helps.  I'll start checking 80 meters again soon.  It is a  
good band for working up and down the Coast from Northern California and  
up into British Columbia.  I get to meet my neighbors that way.

    If anyone is interested in acting as a relay station on either net  
please email me.  I will turn the net over to you for a few minutes so you  
can call areas in my skip zone.  It sure would prove helpful to those I  
cannot reach directly.

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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