[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[kevinr at coho.net]

Hello,

     Solar activity has slowed providing us with fewer ions each day.  
The solar flux index is around 70 where it had been sitting around 100 
for much of the year.  Propagation is OK if you can work around the 
noise.  However, conditions during the night of FD were great.  Noise 
was very low allowing me to work the East Coast on both 40 and 80 
meters.  Exhaustion finally put an end to that run but signals were 
still strong to the West Coast.  Too bad my K3 is still dead or FD would 
have been more fun.

    Even though the sun has returned to the Pacific Northwest warmth has 
not followed.  Temperatures right around 60 degrees with a little rain 
now and then.  Without the greenhouse I could not grow vegetables.  But 
clearing brush around it has allowed me to raise my antennas a few feet 
higher and make them flatter.  As they get higher the propagation 
pattern becomes more selective. If only I could get them closer to the 
tops of my tall trees.  100 feet or more above ground level would be 
very nice :)

Please join us on:
     14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
      7045 kHz at 0100z Monday (6 PM PDT Sunday)

    73,
Kevin.  KD5ONS