Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
   It has been quite wet this week in Oregon; good for spending time on indoor activities.  I brought in four day's worth of wood and wrote code for 18 hours a day.  It was just like when I was in grad school but with no advisor hanging over my shoulder pushing me to produce.  I miss him :)  I did get a lot written, debugged, and flashed.
   Due to the inclement weather I have not been able to view Comet Holmes.  It has grown larger than the sun and will pass across Mirfak (Alpha Persei) very soon.  Hopefully I will get a break in the clouds to get my telescope out for a look.  At 25-50x it is very nice; any greater magnification requires photographic equipment.  There are many fine shots on the web showing intriguing internal detail.  Good luck for dark skies in your area.
   Propagation has been down this week.  However, the sun has thrown some coronal material at us and is growing a new sunspot just for us.  Maybe that means we're on the upswing again.  Now we need to pay attention to which hemisphere is sprouting spots to see if we're passing the half way point in this 22 year cycle.  Yes, 22 years, it takes two halves to make one entire cycle.  
   I was invited to participate at a multi-multi contest station this weekend but I did not go.  I have so little experience contesting with a mircrophone I thought my time would be better spent working at home.  The deer have been popping up in my yard again.  It is most likely due to the hunters cruising my road.  As long as they stay here they won't get shot at!

Please join us tomorrow evening.
 
  Tomorrow:
 
1) Hail signs  (first letter or two of the suffix of your call)
2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP <relay> help)
 
    Please join us:
 
Monday 0000z (Sunday 4 PM PST) 14050 kHz
Monday 0300z (Sunday 7 PM PST)  7045 kHz
 
    73,
       Kevin.  KD5ONS
 
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[Don Ehrlich]

>From a minimum it goes up and then it comes down to the next minimum.  That
is one complete cycle, the up half plus the down half and the total is 11
years, not 22.

Don K7FJ


>.  Yes, 22 years, it takes two halves to make one entire cycle.
>

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[Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy]

With respect, my understanding is that there are several solar 'cycles'
superimposed on top of one another, the 11 year, the 22 year and the 160
year cycle - or so it has been claimed.

73,
Geoff
GM4ESD


Don Ehrlich <[hidden email]> wrote:

> >From a minimum it goes up and then it comes down to the next minimum.
> >That
> is one complete cycle, the up half plus the down half and the total is 11
> years, not 22.
>
> Don K7FJ
>
>
>>.  Yes, 22 years, it takes two halves to make one entire cycle.
>>

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