[Elecraft] Late Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[kevinr]

Sorry for this being so late. I had sent it last night but from the 
wrong email account.  With Thunderbird you are not always sure from 
which account you are sending.  Oops.

Good Evening,

It is time to prepare for migration season.  I scan a few bird books to 
memorize identifying marks.  Birds normally appear in low contrast 
locations, looking little like they do in photos. Habitat and behavior 
let you narrow your choices, but I find the best method is to learn 
their calls.  Even if you don't see them you can mark them off your life 
list.

A good source of bird songs is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. They have 
quite a list of Eastern songbirds as well as other species.  This is the 
same lab which developed Spectrogram; the program many  of us used to 
adjust our K2 filters.  I need to find a similar site for the Western 
part of the continent.  Many species pass through on their way to Alaska 
and Canada.  I only see them one or two days a year.  It is my best time 
for spotting a new one.

Now to gather a goodly number of their recordings, and start listening.  
Much like CW, it takes practice to learn more species' songs and calls.  
Some birds make ten to twenty different sounds. There are a few which 
can only be differentiated by their calls; the species look exactly the 
same.

The sun has a fading spot and some solar wind flowing.  Low flux 
readings with a feeble auroral oval.  Propagation may be weak, but the 
noise should be less.  Listening for faint bird calls in the forest is 
much like this However, that is why we do these nets. Learn about 
propagation and break the enforced containment of the age.  Hopefully 
spring will bring improvement in both areas.

Please join us tomorrow on:

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday  (2 PM PST Sunday)
  7047 kHz at 0000z Monday  (4 PM PST Sunday)

73,

    Kevin. KD5ONS




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Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
and thus the native hue of Resolution
Is sicklied o'er, with the pale cast of Thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
with this regard their Currents turn awry,
And lose the name of Action.