Good Evening,
We have made it past the bottom it seems. There was a sunspot of reverse polarity this week which is said to signify the beginning of the upward cycle. We have also passed the shortest day of the year. Winter began today though it was hard to tell the difference from the days before. We've been alternating between snow and rain for the last week although the snow portion of the cycle has changed by staying longer more frequently. Currently there are about two inches on the ground with more coming tomorrow.
Propagation on twenty was better this week than last but QSB persists. Forty meters has been said to be rough but we can work through that by sticking with the time we used last week. Moving forty earlier helped a great deal; I was able to work a few Californians directly. However, Tom should be around on both nets because he was able to locate the truncated dipole's center and splice on a new leg.
Hopefully you are well prepared for next Tuesday. I used up a pile of ingredients Pat had purchased in preparation for Christmas 2005. I now have three batches of Mamie Eisenhower's Million Dollar fudge. What I am going to do with it is still in limbo but it used up most of the ingredients. One more batch should rid me of the overload of chocolate she left me. UPS or USPS will be shipping off many pounds of it to places east of here. As long as it gets out of the house I'll be fine :)
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
ecn.visionseer.com for net details
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