[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

     It was a beautiful day to take a hike. Sunny, 50 degrees, with 
spiders building webs in hope of catching the early insects. The bracken 
fern has died back to where the contours of the ground are exposed 
allowing me to find footing with little danger. Normally they range from 
3 feet to 7 feet in height hiding any deadfalls and burrows. I was able 
to break a trail to a nearby intermittent stream. Before the forest had 
been clearcut the stream to my south flowed year round. Now it is 
seasonal until well below my elevation. As the forest regrows it becomes 
steady at ever higher elevations. Great place to build a blind to 
monitor the elk who bed nearby. With the fern die off they are walking 
new trails which I follow. Elk are tall enough to find paths where I 
don’t have to duck; our local Black-tailed deer are much shorter. Often 
their trails coincide but when a branch intervenes the elk walk around 
while the deer duck beneath it. I am lazy, I follow the elk path.

    The sun has sent us some ions, the aurora are active over Hudson 
Bay. Once this storm settles down we may have improved propagation. One 
can never tell. But radio is like fishing: if you don’t make a few casts 
you’ll never catch a fish and if you don’t catch a fish at least you 
were out fishing – can’t beat that.

Please join us tomorrow on:

14050 kHz at 2300z Sunday (3 PM PST Sunday)
   7045 kHz at 0100z Monday (5 PM PST Sunday)

73,
Kevin. KD5ONS

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