Late Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Sorry for this being so late. I had sent it last night but from the
wrong email account.  With Thunderbird you are not always sure from
which account you are sending.  Oops.

Good Evening,

It is time to prepare for migration season.  I scan a few bird books to
memorize identifying marks.  Birds normally appear in low contrast
locations, looking little like they do in photos. Habitat and behavior
let you narrow your choices, but I find the best method is to learn
their calls.  Even if you don't see them you can mark them off your life
list.

A good source of bird songs is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. They have
quite a list of Eastern songbirds as well as other species.  This is the
same lab which developed Spectrogram; the program many  of us used to
adjust our K2 filters.  I need to find a similar site for the Western
part of the continent.  Many species pass through on their way to Alaska
and Canada.  I only see them one or two days a year.  It is my best time
for spotting a new one.

Now to gather a goodly number of their recordings, and start listening. 
Much like CW, it takes practice to learn more species' songs and calls. 
Some birds make ten to twenty different sounds. There are a few which
can only be differentiated by their calls; the species look exactly the
same.

The sun has a fading spot and some solar wind flowing.  Low flux
readings with a feeble auroral oval.  Propagation may be weak, but the
noise should be less.  Listening for faint bird calls in the forest is
much like this However, that is why we do these nets. Learn about
propagation and break the enforced containment of the age.  Hopefully
spring will bring improvement in both areas.

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




-


Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
and thus the native hue of Resolution
Is sicklied o'er, with the pale cast of Thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
with this regard their Currents turn awry,
And lose the name of Action.

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[Brian Hunt]

Cornell Labs puts out a really nice iPhone app called Merlin which includes regional databases, a search ladder to narrow down what you are trying to identify, photos and audio recordings and a brief description. We use it on hikes all the time to ID and try to call the birds we see. Great fun.

73,
Brian, K0DTJ

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 14:51, kevinr <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> It is time to prepare for migration season.  I scan a few bird books to memorize identifying marks.  Birds normally appear in low contrast locations, looking little like they do in photos. Habitat and behavior let you narrow your choices, but I find the best method is to learn their calls.  Even if you don't see them you can mark them off your life list.
>
> A good source of bird songs is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. They have quite a list of Eastern songbirds as well as other species.  This is the same lab which developed Spectrogram; the program many  of us used to adjust our K2 filters.  I need to find a similar site for the Western part of the continent.  Many species pass through on their way to Alaska and Canada.  I only see them one or two days a year.  It is my best time for spotting a new one.
>
> Now to gather a goodly number of their recordings, and start listening.  Much like CW, it takes practice to learn more species' songs and calls.  Some birds make ten to twenty different sounds. There are a few which can only be differentiated by their calls; the species look exactly the same.

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