Good Evening,
Conditions are conspiring against us but let's see what happens once
the RF hits the aether. First there is an X class flare zooming toward us
due to smack the ionosphere sometime tomorrow afternoon. The initial
effects allowed some interesting DX contacts to be made on 10 meters.
Make hay while the sun shines folks 'cause the slower fraction of that
flare will most likely create a little havoc. 20 meters may, just may, be
really good but 40 will be worse than normal. That's not saying much
because 40 has been less than happy recently. But one can never tell.
I'll run on 40 as usual but if you can't hear me just trust that I am
there.
The second problem is more local to Oregon. We have conditions such
that icing is occurring at 2000 feet. My antennas were 1 inch in diameter
by 10 AM today but have since shrunk. Currently the freezing rain is back
and my antennas are getting thick again. I have seen them at 2 inches in
diameter before but I do not know either how long they can stay up nor how
well they will radiate. I will update the list on whether the antennas
are still up early tomorrow afternoon. Keep your appendages crossed and
all will go well. Propagation will be good and the antennas will be
adequate to the ice load.
Please join us :
Monday 0000z (Sunday 4pm PST) 14050 kHz
Monday 0300z (Sunday 7pm PST) 7045 kHz
Visit our web site: http://ecn.visionseer.com/ for net details. Thank you
for the web space Dan.
No special requirements or exchanges necessary on ECN just check in and
see what happens.
Thank you for your support,
Kevin. KD5ONS
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