[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-09-15 Thread kevinr
Good Morning, After an unseasonably warm week it is back to normal again:rain, fog, and cool. Currently it is booming outside so all the antennas are unplugged. Two thunderstorms in less than two weeks is very unusual. Propagation has been decent though. All of the talk about net pr

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-09-07 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The sun is setting much earlier now. All those extra hours of light during the summer let me get outside after dinner. That is no longer true. I did step out onto the deck during dusk and had a doe watch me. The red of the setting sun and her coat had much the same hue; it

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-09-01 Thread Fred Jensen
On 8/31/2013 10:50 PM, lmar...@mt.net wrote: Hi all, Do CW nets operate similar to SSB nets? I would like to learn how. I checked into a couple, but I think I was out of order. They graciously worked me in, but I think I was not going by the working format. I listened, but am not good

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-08-31 Thread lmarion
Hi all, Do CW nets operate similar to SSB nets? I would like to learn how. I checked into a couple, but I think I was out of order. They graciously worked me in, but I think I was not going by the working format. I listened, but am not good enough at CW to be sure I am doing things co

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-08-31 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, A chilly wet week began the rainy season. Quite early this year but the forecast is for little sun and more rain. Luckily it doesn't get too wet to work outside and the cool temperatures are good for cutting wood. Great exercise once your body becomes acclimated to the abuse

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-08-24 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, During this week summer changed to fall. Nights were crisper and the smell of the forest has changed. Luckily it has been a fairly moist year with all of the fog. Very, very little rain but when the fog rolls in the trees rain on themselves. Fire danger has not gotten very

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-08-17 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Propagation was rather good this week with the normal summer QRN and some QSB. Weather was pleasant, if cool. Our normal dry season had a few very light showers. Luckily the fog the stormy weather brings provides enough moisture to keep the forests from burning. Fall is co

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-08-10 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, It has been a very nice week with mild temperatures and mostly sunny days. Currently the thunder is booming though I've not seen any lightning. This is very rare for the PNW. When I first started hearing rumbles I was thinking military jets. But when the sky got a charcoal

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-08-04 Thread kevinr
Good Morning, After a chilly week the temperatures are climbing back into the upper 60s again. It feels good not having to heat the house. Summer should be a time where I can work on my garden rather than carry wood. It was nice to receive some precipitation though since fire danger was

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-07-13 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, A fine week in the Pacific Northwest. The dry season is here with no rain in sight. Just the morning fog dropping its normal amount of moisture. The hummingbirds have been very active catching insects between the fir branches. I am also seeing elk sign every time I go for

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-07-06 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, After a long, hot week it is cooling back to normal. Feels good not baking in the sun. Propagation was better for the times I was on twenty meters but I have yet to find any activity on six meters. It is always fun when six is open. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-06-29 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Last week it was rainy and chilly. This week has turned out very different. Humid, even for here, and temperatures in the 80s. That means the folks who don't live on a mountain are cooking. In the morning the humidity is often at 99%. When it is chilly it's not so bad; ex

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-06-15 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, After a chilly, wet week the sun has come out and the temperature rose to 62 degrees. It is nice to be warm again. Gardening is tough when your seeds won't germinate. The doe I saw last weekend may have been the mother of the fawn I saw yesterday. She was trying to be invis

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-06-09 Thread Gary Smith
Interesting, After 35 years as a ham I made my first ever 6M qsos last night with my K3. The ARRL VHF Contest was on and I have no 6M antenna but long ago I found my 160M antenna works nicely as far as a match goes for 6M (for 10M. 12M and 15M as well) but I never heard anyone on 6M ever. Pe

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-06-08 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, I was hiking downhill this morning making more than enough noise when I saw a doe bounce almost straight up in the air. It seems I had awakened her from her mid-day nap and cornered her. I was walking along a path I had made by cutting through all of the wind fallen timber.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-05-25 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, After a week of 70 degree, sunny weather it was hard to go back to 40, with rain and gloom. But there was an hour of sun today so it got dried out enough for a hike. The paths I thought would be more overgrown were as used as when I had been hiking them regularly. Lots of e

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-05-18 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, After last week's warmer than normal temperatures we are back to normal again: rain with highs in the low 50s. It was nice but it is easier to work in the mist. The loggers are now keeping better hours. They are not starting at 3 AM but rather 5 AM. Farmer's hours are somet

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-05-11 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The weather has been very pleasant this last week. After a long winter of snow and rain the last ten days of sun and 70 degree weather was very nice. But we're going back to normal for the next few weeks: 50s and rain. I knew it was too soon, almost six weeks too soon. I'll

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-05-04 Thread Tom H Childers
Kevin, How about "Elecraft CW Net D Day Celibration"? 06 JUNE 1944 was when the Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy. 73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member On Sat, 04 May 2013 18:49:38 -0700, kevinr wrote: >Good Evening, > I have gone t

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-05-04 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, I have gone two full days without a fire; this is very unusual for this time of year. Looks like two more days of heat and then we go back to normal. Hopefully the coming cool weather will take care of this year's black flies. Right now it is no fun going outside unless it

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-04-13 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Propagation has been up and down this week; mostly down. The sun has been active but from where I sit it has not been out in a week. Currently it is snowing, again. I hope it will be the last snow of spring. Without decent propagation and inclement weather I have been stuc

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-04-06 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Typical of this season in this part of the world the weather has gone from nice to wet. The forecast for the foreseeable future has many variations on some kind of precipitation. Rain, showers, snow, hail, mist, etc. All of that means very high humidity too. However, lots o

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-03-30 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The sun felt very nice after all the snow last week. Today I took a hike and listened to all the new birds. I got squawked at by a Pileated Woodpecker and stared at by two hummingbirds; they may be trying to tell me something. The birds who stay around all winter are looking

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-03-23 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, A rare sunset (for this time of year) is just about over. If only this had happened a week ago. Then I would have had a better chance at seeing another comet. But the next one should be even better and during my dry season. After a very mild February I am back to snow

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-03-09 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The last few days have been quite nice. So nice I have had a hard time not staying outside all day. I keep looking at my shovel but I know it is far too early to start turning soil. Gardening will just have to wait for spring :) But with a temperature of 50 degrees and no c

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-03-02 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, I have been out moving wood uphill and have found it is truly not the heat but the humidity. For the last month the dewpoint and the temperature have been either the same or quite close. This means the fog gets dense and the humidity approaches 100%. Even at 40 degrees moving

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-02-23 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Currently I have a wintery mix of precipitation. I have seen four inches of snow, some sleet, a little hail, rain, and then what appeared to be clumps of slush falling. The trees were bowed and I heard a few cracking noises but the sun came out for ten minutes and most of it

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-02-16 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Another good week of propagation. There was just a little more noise though. Maybe it is the angle of the sun as our day length increases. The weather was pleasant enough to walk outside without getting soaked. The deer are moving back up here. I saw eight of them slowly bro

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-02-09 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, It has been a foggy week. I have seen the dewpoint follow the temperature step for step as the fog stays heavy. There was a brief glimpse of the sun yesterday so I took a short walk. Good thing it was short because the dark clouds came back and it started raining before I go

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-02-02 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, I spent a few hours today cutting, hauling, splitting, and stacking wood. Now I am trying to stay awake :) The weather was perfect for this kind of work: sunny and not too warm. Once I got moving I no longer needed a jacket. A little while later my sweatshirt was soaked th

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-01-26 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The weather has been quite mild this week. Some sun, a lot of rain, fair temperatures, and today - a little snow. In Oregon, "if you don't like the weather wait fifteen minutes", is commonly true. Only this morning I had large fluffly flakes falling madly for ten minutes only

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-01-19 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, It has been sunny this week and today the temperature rose to 57 degrees. There is still some snow left but you have to look for it. With the temperature inversion I am warmer than the valley folk. My chimney sends its smoke upward a few feet and then it all flows downhill.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-01-12 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The last few mornings have been frosty. Each night there has been freezing fog so every morning there is more hoarfrost on everything. Today there was some sun so all of the trees were like jewels; then they were making sounds as the icy helictites melted off. Radio co

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2013-01-05 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, I enjoy reading the weather forecast. In this case it says wintery mix. I am glad I am not driving in it :) It doesn't look like the freezing rain part of the mix will last too long so my antennas should be up come tomorrow. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-12-29 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Most of the snow has melted but it looked quite nice for Christmas. Now the weather is milder and the critters are out and about. If I go for a walk the Grey Jays follow me in a group. Sometimes they will watch me reading on the deck. It is not always about food. They are j

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement (tentative)

2012-12-15 Thread kevinr
Good Afternoon, I have to get this out now before I lose power. When I went to bed last night the forecast for today was light snow with little to no accumulation. The forecast I read this morning was very different. Four to seven inches of snow today may take down my antennas and power

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-12-08 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The rain has been trying to change to snow without success. I don't think I'll get any icy surfaces at this temperature. Good, my antennas can stay in the air longer. Propagation has been mostly down but I did try 40 meters in the middle of the day. I heard a sound which

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-12-01 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The rain is falling steadily but at the rate of only an inch per day. Much less than last weekend. Even though the West Coast is being hit by a large storm most of it is south of me. I did have a frost last week so all of the bracken fern have turned brown and are starting

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-11-18 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
But, you know, those sounds are the ones I best sleep by. And we have the sound of surf banging away here closer to the water. Zz I do enjoy your weekly updates. 73 Ron AC7AC -Original Message- Good Evening, It has been very foggy this week. It is hard to tell the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-11-17 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, It has been very foggy this week. It is hard to tell the time of day. If you walk too fast you get pretty wet :) Under the trees there is a steady dripping which soaks into the fir needles very well. I saw one elk disappear into the mist, a grouse who left a wake, and a de

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-11-10 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Tonight is the coldest of the season; my first hard frost will make the alders lose their leaves overnight. The deer and elk will lose cover so the hunters will do that much better. Propagation is also changing with the seasons. I moved the second net an hour earlier - h

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-11-03 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Daylight savings time ends early Sunday morning so note the new net times. They are the same local time while the zulu time changes. 7 PM has been a good time for forty meters lately. After it got dark around then my check in rate increased. Another soggy week but it ha

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-10-27 Thread Fred Jensen
On 10/27/2012 8:37 PM, kevinr wrote: > > Good Evening, > It has been quite foggy. I was out collecting wood when I kicked up > a grouse. I never saw him but I did see the curlicues forming in the > fog where he had passed. From dead silence to a flurry of wings to dead > quiet in only a few

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-10-27 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, It has been quite foggy. I was out collecting wood when I kicked up a grouse. I never saw him but I did see the curlicues forming in the fog where he had passed. From dead silence to a flurry of wings to dead quiet in only a few seconds. With the fog it was possible to tel

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-10-20 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Greetings from the soggy, but no longer dusty, Pacific Northwest. There have been spates of sunshine now and then but they do not last long. Next thing you know it the fog is rushing past and the rains begin. During the breaks I keep banging away on the woodpile; it keeps

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-10-13 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The weather switched abruptly yesterday ending the month's long dry spell. One inch yesterday, one inch today, and two more tomorrow. The rainy season is upon us; next look at the sun will be in April or May :) One fan of the new conditions was a tree frog who woke me up th

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-10-06 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The weather has changed a great deal over the last week. The mountains are preparing for the deluge of winter. It is very dry here as can be seen by all the fires filling the Columbia River Gorge with smoke. The coming rains will clear the air and hopefully help the firefi

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-09-29 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Another week has zipped by. Temperatures are drifting down as the sun sets earlier each day. The plants are turning a variety of fall colors while the elk are readying their antlers for the upcoming challenge. My cedar trees are showing a lot of damage higher than I can re

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-09-23 Thread kevinr
Good Morning, It is easy to tell we have entered autumn. When the week began it was in the mid 70s. Now it is in the mid 50s. Trees are changing color and a few have begun to lose their leaves. Spiders are everywhere. As I am cutting wood I try to avoid the largest webs but inevitably I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-09-15 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday 0200z (Sunday 7 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - _

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-09-08 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday 0200z (Sunday 7 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - _

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-09-01 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday 0200z (Sunday 7 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - _

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-08-25 Thread Fred Jensen
On 8/25/2012 8:04 PM, kevinr wrote: > Good Evening, > > Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. > > 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) > 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) > > Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz > Monday 0200z (Sunday 7 PM PDT) 7045 kH

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-08-25 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday 0200z (Sunday 7 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - _

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-08-18 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday 0200z (Sunday 7 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - _

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-08-11 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, This week had some temperature extremes (at least for here). Highs of 55 degrees one day and 89 degrees the next. Then into the 60s and 70s. At least we have variety :) No rain but the fog does condense on the trees most mornings and drop a lot of precipitation. This is ve

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-08-04 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, It was quite sunny today. And warm too. Hottest day of the year so far at 86 degrees. Quite a change from a few days ago when 62 seemed warm. Propagation has been good too. A little up and down each day but for the most part there is little noise. The sun is covered with

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-07-28 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Another chilly, damp week has ended. I have gone back to heating my greenhouse each night. The propagation was pretty good to good each time I was on the air. During one contact we could each hear the noise increase as the ionosphere was effected by the sun. A quiet band d

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-07-22 Thread kevinr
Good Morning, A rather chilly week this week. Some rain but temperatures did break into the 60s now and then. Propagation was often not very good. I was met with a loud roar more than I heard signals this week. One sunspot was very active for the entire time it was visible. Even a gl

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-07-14 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, It was a great week. Temperatures rose into the 70s most days while the sun was only covered by clouds a few times. It feels so good to be outside I have a hard time coming back to the keyboard. Summer is finally here in Northern Oregon. No rain at all in over a week.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-07-07 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, A week of sun and decent propagation was nice. I enjoyed it. The flowers are telling me the countdown to fall has begun. Turk's cap lilies and foxglove. Seems like summer only got here yesterday :) Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first lett

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-06-30 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The last two weeks have been cold and wet. Highs in the upper 50s are the best so far but that may change next week. Looks like I'll get a little sun, a short reprieve from the rain, and temperatures in the low 60s again. I wish I could send my weather east to Colorado; the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-06-16 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Another cool rainy week has passed. No sun today but it was warm and humid. High humidity is rare here no matter what you may think of the Pacific Northwest. It can be in the rainy season when it rarely stops pouring and the humidity is only in the 40% range. But today it

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-06-02 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, After a week of partly sunny skies and cool temperatures it looks like we're due for a change. Colder temperatures with rain most of the week. It is surprising to think it is June and I've not had one day in the 70s yet. I was hoping for a much warmer year. Last year there

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-05-26 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, A quick note about tomorrow's first net. Depending on how close the contesters are around 14050 kHz there may or may not be a twenty meter net. Listening today I heard quite a few on twenty, fifteen, and ten meters. So if they all spread out I may get a frequency for the n

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-05-19 Thread Bob
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-05-19 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Another fine week here in Oregon. Now to have a clear day for the solar (annular) eclipse tomorrow. Does not look good for me with the clouds rolling in from the ocean. Looks like Alaska is sending me another storm when I should be getting them from Hawaii. Guess the seas

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-05-12 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Propagation has been up and down lately with our active sun tossing ions our way on a very regular basis. A CME is on the way due to give our ionosphere a glancing blow. From what I have read it will hit after both nets tomorrow. It got very warm today; all the way to

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-04-28 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Since forty meters does not open up as early this time of year the second net has been pushed later by an hour. If this does not work I'll push it another hour next week. Thus the forty meter net will begin at 0100z or 6 PM Pacific time. Hopefully the time change will help

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-04-21 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Spring has arrived. The temperature got into the 60s today for the first time this year. Flowers are popping out. Birds are happy. The local population of frogs is ecstatic. When I looked at the satellite photo of the Western US there were no clouds over land from Souther

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-04-14 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The sun is about to set on a very fine day. 55 degrees and sunny; the hottest day of the year so far. For an hour and a half I hiked across the property seeing which plants were getting ready to leaf out. Lots of pollen from the alder trees but not enough to sneeze. I never

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-03-31 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, A soggy day spent reading by the fire is a good day. Not much snow last night and today it is all gone. Propagation has been all over the map lately. One day it is great the next you cannot hear a thing. The sun has been mildly active but sunspot 1429 is back to wreak havoc

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-03-24 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, I hope your weather was as pleasant as mine. Temperature peaked at 50 degrees with southern winds. Much of the snow melted and a few bugs appeared. I got to split a lot of wood and clear off some of the storm damage. I still have plenty of antenna bits to collect. Now to

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-03-17 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Another soggy week but I saw some snowdrops blooming a few hundred feet lower. Maybe spring is coming. Heavy wind tested my antenna again but as of dusk it is still there. I expect it to stay up until next winter at this rate. But losing it twice in two months was enough.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-03-10 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The sun has been quite active this week. I have been following the news since Paul Harden first sent a message to QRP-L. Here are two links to follow the action: http://spaceweather.com/ http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/downloads/20120310_202000_anim.tim-den.gif Today the solar

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-03-03 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, There will be a net tomorrow but I will not be the net control. Even though I have found most of my latest antenna it may not be repaired in time. So there will be at least one net control if not two of them. If I get my antenna back up I will check in but the nets will be

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-02-26 Thread FredJensen
On 2/25/2012 7:56 PM, kevinr wrote: > Sunday 2300z (Sunday 3 PM PST) 14050 kHz > Monday 0100z (Sunday 5 PM PST) 7045 kHz > > Don't think we'll be home by 0100Z Kevin. Next week. 73, Fred K6DGW TDY Sparks NV __ Elecraft mailing list Ho

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-02-25 Thread kevinr
Good Afternoon, I have to send this out early or not at all. Looks like I will be losing power any time now. I better top up the battery bank for the rigs now. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-02-11 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, I hope you all have had a great week. Weather here has been on the edge of wet and dry and sun and fog. Only a few downpours though there have been some days where the fog was so thick it was dripping. Propagation has been good with various types of QSB making life interest

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-01-28 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Is it just me or is there an immutable order in which songs must be played from the White Album? After a few hours of antenna work I am sitting here listening to tunes. I have a new 204 foot doublet over the house. One end to a Western redcedar, the other leg to a Nobel

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-01-21 Thread kevinr
Good Afternoon, I would like to announce the nets for tomorrow but I have a problem. Oregon and Washington had a little weather earlier this week. Said weather dropped a large amount of very wet snow on the fir trees holding my antennas. The limbs in some of the trees failed and broke.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-01-14 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, I am happy tonight sitting by my warm fire reading as the snow level mounts. Winter finally arrived and decided to drop about two feet of snow on me. Luckily there was some warning so I am ready for a few days without access to the outside world and possibly a power outage.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-01-07 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The fog is quite thick today. While I was bringing in some wood it turned to slush and slid down my neck. With the temperature right near freezing the snow level rises above me and falls below me by the hour. It may snow a lot but the accumulation amounts to zero. Pro

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-12-31 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Propagation has been very nice recently. Much better than the long doldrums we lived through. The sun has been active and almost gobbled a comet. I wish I were in the Southern Hemisphere so I could see Comet Lovejoy. Photos just cannot do justice to something like that.

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-12-24 Thread Lou Kolb
PM Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement > Good Afternoon, >Tomorrow will be a busy day for most of us. I could try to work the > two nets in around all of the other activities but I think it is best to > postpone them until the following Sunday. So, there will be no Elecr

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-12-24 Thread kevinr
Good Afternoon, Tomorrow will be a busy day for most of us. I could try to work the two nets in around all of the other activities but I think it is best to postpone them until the following Sunday. So, there will be no Elecraft CW nets tomorrow. Enjoy the company of your family and

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-12-17 Thread Fred Jensen
On 12/17/2011 8:28 PM, kevinr wrote: > Good Evening, > Weather was quite pleasant today. Dry enough for a crosscountry > walk and sunny enough to see well underneath the canopy. As I was > hiking I kicked up a few deer and few grouse. Grouse always startle me > even when they are not under

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2011-12-17 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Weather was quite pleasant today. Dry enough for a crosscountry walk and sunny enough to see well underneath the canopy. As I was hiking I kicked up a few deer and few grouse. Grouse always startle me even when they are not underfoot when they flush. Lots of sign of elk a

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2011-12-10 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, After a long string of sunny days winter has returned. As I was driving into town for supplies I first saw mist falling. Up here it had been fog while below it was clearer. When I was near the valley floor hoar frost was riming the fir trees. At the lowest elevations the

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2011-12-04 Thread kevinr
There really will be two nets this afternoon. My cutting and pasting left something to be desired last night since I left off the early net. Just trying to do too many things at the same time. I checked for spelling and grammar but not content. H... I need a better Q/A person. Sunday 2

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2011-12-03 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Wonderful early winter weather all week has allowed me to stay outside much of each day. All this sun is unusual so it is very special. But as I work I look down into the valleys and find they are filled with dense fog. That may explain why so few people drove by over the

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2011-11-26 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The weather has been typical of Oregon this week: 60 mph winds, torrential rain, snow, and chilly temperatures. Then sunny and mild with no wind at all. That was in the matter of 12 hours. As usual if you don't like the weather just wait a bit, it will change :) Propa

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2011-11-19 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The first snow of the year is starting to melt. It was odd to see so many leaves showing through the snow today. Many of the trees had not yet changed color let alone lost their leaves. What a very strange year for weather. No summer to speak of and then a swift descent int

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2011-11-12 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The weather switched to foggy and cold and wet yesterday. It has not ceased raining since then. Luckily the very last thing I did before driven inside was to cover the brand new wood pile with plastic. The grasshopper has finally gotten his winter heat supply ready. Now to

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2011-11-05 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Nice rainy day. Good day to stay inside. Well, that is not what I did. I went out for a trip and then a hike and then a little light exercise with a sledge hammer. There is more than one way to stay warm. Lots of elk sign but I never see them. Good thing, if I could see

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2011-10-29 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Weather has really gotten cooler and wetter this week. Rainy days alternate with sunny days but the temperature does not go up. Winter is very close as those folks who shoveled their first snowfall in New York will agree. Propagation is very good so this should be easy

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2011-10-22 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, We had a surprise sunny day which got warm. 50 degrees felt very nice. It got me out working so I could bring back most of a cord of wood. It is now stacked and ready for the fire. Hopefully I won't get to this pile until January. But there is more timber lying down calling

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2011-10-15 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, OK, Rangers are going to the Series. Weather has become a little warmer. Into the 50s with less rain. I saw the temperature forecast at 60 degrees for Wednesday but I will wait for that to happen. Propagation was very good today. I was monitoring ten for part of the day w

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2011-10-08 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Since last weekend there has not been a day over 53 degrees. Next week even those warm temperatures will be gone. Night time temperatures are just barely in the 40s. Rain and heavy fog almost every single day keeps the sun from warming anything. We went from a very cool an

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2011-10-01 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, It has really cooled down. Dropped into the low fifties and won't go up for as long as my forecast reads. I don't think it is going to frost soon but the deciduous trees are changing colors. Lower down they the leaves are already falling. I spent the last few days collecti

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