[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

    Sunny, chilly weather got me out working on the antenna again.  I 
added more guy line which let me flatten the angle of the enclosed V.  
This will decrease the circularity of the radiation pattern favoring EW 
over NS.  It may not be noticeable. Drier ground lets me walk through 
the recent thinning without slipping around.  It will take a year or 
more for the undergrowth to fill in.  Many fewer branches allow much 
longer sight lines.  I need to build a few more antennas.

    It may be solar minimum but the ionosphere is still getting stirred 
up.  And there is a comet waking up. C/2019 Y4 should brighten until May 
31st when it may or may not break up around the sun.  However, before 
that happens two asteroids are closing on the Earth's location in 
space.  They may or may not break up too. May you live in interesting 
times indeed.

    If your gray cells need perking up I recommend a few minutes at 
https://lichess.org/  Following their moves is like listening to high 
speed CW.

Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
   7047 kHz at 0000z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

    73,
       Kevin. KD5ONS


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