Good Evening,
Remember the time change this week. Both nets will start an hour
earlier if you use your local time as a reference. But if you use UTC
to reckon time there is no change. I tried this last year and it better
fit the propagation than did the previous method where the local time
remained the same while the UTC time changed. If the propagation does
not cooperate we'll try the old ways. Whichever works. The forty meter
net time may change over the winter too. Propagation is so fickle
during the doldrums it is hard to make better plans.
After numerous attempts I finally found my SW corner post. It is
partially embedded in an alder tree. I better cut that tree down before
I lose it entirely. Most of the southern border to my property is a
dense thicket of young hemlock trees. But north of that the trees are
taller and more open with salal (/Gaultheria shallon/) and Oregon grape
(/Mahonia aquifolium/) covering the ground. Further north the trees are
even taller and the canopy is mostly continuous. I flushed a few grouse
but the day was so still they broke cover a few hundred feet away.
Normally they prefer the land to the east where the snowberries
(/Symphoricarpos albus/) grow. Maybe they were eating the Oregon
grape. Not real grapes but you can make jam out of them.
Please join us tomorrow on:
14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (2 PM PST Sunday)
7047 kHz at 0000z Monday (4 PM PST Sunday)
73,
Kevin. KD5ONS
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