Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening Folks,
    This year is almost history, only one more day to go.  I want to  
announce the tally of our vote.  Counting the ballots was easy since they  
almost all listed the same decision.  Only one abstention, but even that  
mentioned he'd go with the flow.  Easy going group it seems.  The times  
were originally chosen to avoid contests and allow me to eat dinner.  It  
was to allow me to simply eat but my cook has taken her leave.  Now I get  
to cook my own food.  I am getting better but it is much nicer to be  
spoiled rotten by a good cook who can't stand eating the same thing more  
than once a month.
    The vote was a landslide.  Twenty people voted and all either said  
change the times or it would be alright if you changed the times.  Bottom  
line?  We are going to change the times to suit winter propagation.  I am  
not sure how long this will be in effect but at least until conditions  
allow a change back.  I am fairly easy going too so we will see you  
tomorrow one hour earlier for each net.  Times and frequencies are listed  
below.  Hopefully this will allow folks to the east a better opportunity  
to be heard.
    The last few days I have been inside beating on computers of one ilk or  
another.  Another day and I'll get one of my embedded critters blinking an  
LED :)  Doesn't sound like much until you know all the effort involved.  I  
am working out a cross compiler tool chain for a board I've just got  
running with a new boot loader.  Simply getting an LED to blink will mean  
a lot of work all went correctly.  Once I get this tool chain running to  
my satisfaction I will develop another set for another family of  
microcontrollers.  My goal is to do this for five different families of  
chips.  Then I can use a high level language to create robots (and other  
gadgets) with the best chip for the application and not have to write  
everything is assembly language!
    My winter time has not all been spent fending off the elements.  This  
other work keeps me sane (?) while hopefully creating something for which  
I'll get paid.  Having fun and getting paid will be quite a treat.  I am  
sure the folks at Elecraft know the feeling well :)  Next on the agenda is  
to do a little CAD work and see if my fabricator friends can make the  
desired parts.  Even if I don't get paid it is all fun to do.  Then there  
is a college who wants me to do some work for them.  They may pay me to do  
some of this work and not simply teach.
    Other than that I've got the house tighter; both inside and out.  There  
are still some leaks, heat going out and water coming in.  I am  
incrementally fixing them as they appear.  But, the sun is coming back and  
with it the new season approaches.  This will help our propagation and the  
dry season will allow me to use my contractor and building skills to craft  
a new roof and straighten the tree effected wall.  I get to practice my  
drywall skills on the very area I just completed.  I'll also frame in a  
door and a window.  That way I can look out the window as I run the net.  
I have the opportunity to do an even better job given my new situation.

   Please join us:

Sunday 2300z (Sunday 3 PM PST) 14050 kHz
Monday 0200z (Sunday 6 PM PST)  7045 kHz

       Kevin.  KD5ONS
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