Good Evening,
The house is cozy warm -- both Sam and I are fed and happy. The
critters are staying outside these days and they seem to enjoy it too.
I've been hearing a deer bound into the woods as I leave the house after
dark several days this week. She does not go far because I don't seem to
frighten her much. The lawn is the only grass for many miles and she
likes a change in diet now that the fir needles are stiff with late season
age. A few nights ago I was serenaded by an owl - elk duet. Interesting
mixture of tones. The owl was carrying the bass line while adding
percussive effects. I wonder what they were talking about?
A few nights ago 40 meters was very, very quiet; much like 80 meters
gets an hour before dawn. Twenty meters has been supporting comms each
morning so my friend in Oklahoma and I can chat about the weather and
construction projects. Speaking of building I came close but have not
finished the drywall work. My nephew was too busy to come help with the
last few ceiling pieces but I did get the taping and mudding done on all
the rest. A few more days and I'll be done.
I did take a couple of days off from the dust to volunteer for an ARES
exercise, travel into town for legal matters, and study a number of
subjects. I am getting closer to understanding an open source compiler
with multiple front ends and multiple back ends. This will help me get a
few neural network ideas I've been mulling over into a microcontroller.
I'll need to use scaled arithmetic instead of floating point but the slide
rule discussions on QRP-L have reminded me of my time remembering where
the decimal point goes after a long string of calculations.
If I have adjusted Mickey's hands properly I may have the correct Zulu
time listed below. Remember: the local time stays the same while the UTC
changes. This is to keep my feeding time set in stone. I shoveled out
the kitchen after renovating the squirrel ravaged insulation. I awarded
myself by cleaning the counters and getting my oven in working order. It
made me dinner quite handily. I think it did a very good job at creating
a golden brown crust of Parmesan cheese over the casserole while I was out
burning all the trash I have generated.
Please join us:
Sunday 2400z (Sunday 4pm PST) 14050 kHz
Monday 0300z (Sunday 7pm PST) 7045 kHz
Until tomorrow,
Kevin. KD5ONS
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