Good Evening All,
Today, during a VE session, I was asked an interesting question. We
were getting ready for the CW exams when one of the future Generals asked
if I knew anything about the Elecraft K2/100. He wanted to know a bit
about building and operating it. I smiled and told him I did know a
little but suggested he register for the Reflector to get more answers.
Hopefully he did so when he got home and will receive this email amoungst
his first from Elecraft. I gave him the times and frequencies listed
below but reinforcement does not hurt. Now that we have a new crop of
folks interested in operating CW we can all hope they enjoy the mode and
keep using it. It is the most interesting mode of all in amateur radio
for me.
The weather is phenomenal. After snow a few days ago we are
experiencing a very sunny and warm day. I spent the morning hours hauling
and splitting more wood so I was warm when I got into my truck for the
journey into town. Quite a few test takers. All but one either upgraded
or got their new license. Next door they were working on their First Aid
skills with CERT classes so the fire station was quite full of people.
Our amateur radio community is very well received by the emergency
management establishment in Washington County. Ms Pat worked for them as
a dispatcher during the 1970s and we trained quite a number of the ARES
personnel in emergency procedures. Community service and working for the
VEC were only a few of the ways we paid back a little.
Wednesday evening, at 7:30 PST, forty meters was open into Oklahoma.
However, twenty minutes later it was gone. But I got to work with my
mentor for a good fifteen minutes. This bodes well for tomorrow's forty
meter net an hour and a half earlier. The sun may not have any spots but
there is still some activity exciting the ions above us. Does not take
much to allow the CW ops to communicate. I forgot, the head VE asked me
to work with him passing a bit of traffic on NTS. I may try that again;
it is a good way to keep one's CW skills honed.
Please join us:
Sunday 2300z (Sunday 3pm PST) 14050 kHz
Monday 0200z (Sunday 6pm PST) 7045 kHz
Visit our web site: http://ecn.visionseer.com/ for further details. Thank
you for the web space Dan.
Until tomorrow,
Kevin. KD5ONS
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