Good Evening,
Ah, Oregon weather! Chilly, wet, grey one day - back to 85 and sunny the
next. I had to light a fire this week to warm the house but now I am sitting
in a t-shirt with the windows open and a breeze gliding through. There are
also the hummingbirds which come to look at me. Then they flash their tails at
me and zip off. I imagine they giggle and know I cannot match their aerial
expertise, they remind me of otters with feathers! I did have a long talk with
them (hummingbird time that is) a few days ago but they ignored me like a bunch
of teenager's with iPods in their ears! Even though I feed them I gain no
respect. Our interaction is absurd but rewarding :)
Conditions got a little better from Monday to Friday plus we had an active
sunspot group visit us. Hopefully on the next rotation it will still be
visible so I can carry out the telescope and see it through my solar filter.
This time around the grey weather prevented that so I was only able to view it
on the Internet. I did work some comms on 80 meters and 20 meters but none on
40 meters. I read there is a new band plan for the band delineating operating
modes. I do need to repair a couple antennas and reset their mountings so I
can use a few more bands. I can only listen on 160 meters but would like to
participate thus a longer antenna is in my future. That would also afford me a
little gain on 20 meters.
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 4 PM PDT) 14050 kHz
Monday 0100z (Sunday 6 PM PDT) 7045 kHz
Stay well,
Kevin. KD5ONS
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