Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
   Earlier this week I asked for some reports on 40 meter activity.  Between the respondents' notes and my own experience I find I should move the forty meter net earlier to allow for better propagation.  The best would be to hold the second net right after the first net.  However, that leaves me no time for dinner.  If I could put something into the oven before 2300z and eat around five PM local I would be OK.  I don't know anything which takes that long to cook which I have on hand.  My cooking skills have not yet grown to that level.  How would 2300z and 0100z work?  Last week there was a rather long gap between the two nets.  I'll close it up so we have a better chance.  Secondly, Tom (N0SS), had an ice storm which bowed his beam but broke his dipole.  He will not be available on 40 meters until he can find the wire underneath the snow, ice, and debris.  His skills will be missed.  
   Today I had one of those days where I should have just stayed in bed!  Seems like everything I touched broke.  It took most of the day but I got most of the broken things fixed again.  But that means I got none of what I wanted to get done.  I reiterate: I should have stayed in bed!  While I was digging for tools I found something Pat bought for N6KR.  I forgot to take it to him at Pacificon.  Maybe next year since he never leaves California.  She bought it in 2003 so a few more years won't hurt.  
   The sun has been active this week.  A few times it even shone down on our house here in Oregon.  Other than that it produced a very large and now active sunspot area.  Hopefully that will allow us better conditions for tomorrow's activities.  I did have one clear evening this week.  I was out collecting a few loads of firewood when I looked up.  The sky was very clear and the stars were bright.  I stacked the wood inside and then went back out to look.  After a few minutes to allow my eyes to adjust I found Perseus at the zenith.  I then found Comet Holmes.  It had grown quite a bit since the last time I had had a chance to see it.  It had also moved away from Mirfak.  Averted vision helped me find it but then my eyes got better so I could see it directly.  Too large for even the lowest power eyepiece I own; so I just looked.  Nice.

Please join us tomorrow evening.
 
1) Hail signs  (first letter or two of the suffix of your call)
2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP <relay> help)
 
Sunday 2300z (Sunday 3 PM PST) 14050 kHz
Monday 0100z (Sunday 5 PM PST)  7045 kHz
 
   Stay warm,
      Kevin.  KD5ONS
 
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