Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    Another blur of a week.  It did not help I was doing volunteer work nor  
did it help that I was not feeling at all well.  Monday night after I got  
home from work I started running a fever and I was pretty hazy by the time  
I drove myself to bed at 0 dark thirty.  Tuesday morning I think I got on  
the air but could not swear on it in a court of law.  Luckily it has  
passed.  By Friday morning I was starting to feel a little better and  
today I felt a lot better.  That was a good thing because I had a five  
hour class to teach which always takes its toll.  I got home after the  
ECOM class, ate, and found my bed.  So, currently, I am doing laundry and  
dishes because tomorrow will be once again quite packed.  Another class  
with the ARES group but I am not the instructor.  I'll simply be setting  
up the gear and running it for a D-Star test.
    I'll leave the session early so I can get home in time for the nets  
though.  Hopefully the solar stream expected to hit tomorrow will not  
cause too much havoc on the bands.  I realize it may get tough to copy so  
I will call from East to West to help work the weaker stations first.  
I've put the three notes on the end of the list.  I will also remind you  
to go to http://ecn.visionseer.com/ for a few details on ECN.  If there is  
ever time in my life I will work on the site to update the lists and give  
some more facts about the nets.  Did anyone come up with the cloning  
machine I requested this week?  Write to me off the list please :)
    On another note: Tom and I will not be on the nets next week.  Both of  
us are going to a town in Missouri to attend a hamfest.  OzarkCon to be  
exact.  I will get to meet a few folks, listen to some music, and have a  
good time.  The only thing which would make it better would be to take Pat  
so she could show off her singing and clogging ability.  If that were  
possible no would realize I was in attendance :)  However, that is not  
possible; I just wish...
    But, the salient point is there will be no NCS for the nets.  If there  
is anyone who would like to volunteer for the task please email me.  It is  
not too tough; simply get on the air and run through the preamble and call  
for stations.  The scripts are on the web site I have listed above.  Keep  
notes on who you worked and send them to me.  I'll write the report.  If  
you want to do that too it's fine by me.  My only request is to keep it  
friendly and informal.  Tom and I will be back for the next weekend.
   This is my first trip since I lost Pat so I am looking forward to it  
(with a little trepidation).  My nephew has agreed to come up to keep the  
house warm and Sam fed.  Hopefully he will have a good time up here.  His  
next task is to help me work on the house this summer.  It will be good  
for both of us!

    Tomorrow:

1) Call by geographic area (East, All)
2) Hail signs  (first letter or two of the suffix of your call)
3) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP <relay> help)

    Please join us:

Sunday 2300z (Sunday 4 PM PDT) 14050 kHz
Monday 0200z (Sunday 7 PM PDT)  7045 kHz

       Kevin.  KD5ONS
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