[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

    Conditions were fair to OK on both bands.  Slow QSB on everyone on 
both bands.  There was a storm somewhere on 40 meters.  A steady grumble 
behind the code.  Everyone described cooler weather.  Even in 
California, but they're hoping for less smoke.  There are more fires in 
Oregon, still east of the Cascades.  Drought conditions prevail 
throughout the Great Basin across to the Great Plains.  Ken in North 
Dakota had rain and the start of fall.  Dave mentioned rain too.  It has 
been a few weeks but there have been a couple foggy mornings here.  
Those really help the forest keep moist.  Roy had cooler, much less 
windy weather.

    At the end of the first net I saw the ferns falling over about 
thirty feet in front of me.  They would fall over and then drag 
themselves into a hole.  I never did see the rodent but I am sure of who 
was doing it.  The local mountain beaver - Aplodontia rufa pacifica.  I 
just found out there is a subspecies living north of San Fransisco:  A. 
rufa nigra.  They love to dig burrows into the side-hills, I rarely see 
them in flatter areas except under piles of slash.  They do move around 
in the daytime but you never see them.  They LOVE rhododendrons.  Mine 
rarely have a chance to get very tall, they all get eaten.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_beaver

https://web.archive.org/web/20150205002135/http://www.science.smith.edu/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-431-01-0001.pdf


   On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

NO8V - John - MI

K6XK - Roy - IA

K4TO - Dave - KY

W8RBF - Allen - MI


   On 7047.5 kHz at 0045z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K4TO - Dave - KY

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA


I've got "Run Silent, Run Deep" on pause.  Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster.

    Until next week stay well 73,

        Kevin.  KD5ONS



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