Good Evening All,
I just returned from spending a few pleasant hours at a friend of
mine's house. He is a bit older than me. I enjoy hearing his tales of
the countryside. His wisdom is much greater than mine since he has lived
on this mountain for a few more years than I've been on this planet. He
is approaching 92 years but is still just a youngun of 91! What a hoot.
We talked about places and people and things. I used to be a bit jealous
of him since Ms. P and LeRoy had such a great time together. Now we can
cry together and share our mutual loss. He is a great guy and an asset to
our mountain community. I would love for him to gain his Technician
license so the folks on the local repeaters could learn a great wealth of
history and just plain common sense.
The weather is now Oregon summer. Read: dry season here. Each time I
drive either my Ford Ranger or the F250 across the roads I can be tracked
by the great swath of dust following along behind me. Travelling to
LeRoy's house was quite the adventure since no one had taken this route in
almost a year. The washouts were one thing but the alder and scotch broom
had almost closed the path. The long box F250 with the club cab made for
some interesting, if hairy times, getting to his house. I had a tape from
the Teaching Company in the tape deck so I learned more of Martin Luther's
inquisition by the Diet while I was trekking across Green's and then
Long's Mountain.
I did have a chance to check into the MARS net a few times this week
but it was touch and go. Luckily my quiet, mountain location gave me a
bit of an advantage over those city folks down in the valley. There was a
bit of QRN on the high end of 80 meters during the 0200z net across region
10. There were a few good examples of relaying messages from op to op.
Very good training for all of us. Now if I could only get that K2 owning
op to get on CW! Robert, why don't you at least make an attempt? I'll
gladly work you at whatever speed is comfortable for you.
That goes for anyone out there in Elecraftland. I, and my faithful
Co-NCS folks, will work you on CW down to near 0 wpm. Please enjoy the
fine rigs designed by Mr. Burdick, and use the mode thought up by Mr.
Morse and perfected by Mr. Vail to join us on ECN. Trade signal reports,
weather reports, or even recipes and we'll be happy. Simply meeting on
the air is great fun. If you're shy just listen along and laugh at
other's jokes or at my mistakes. I'll try not to take it too personally :(
Please join us:
Sunday 2300z (Sunday 4pm PDT) 14050 kHz
Monday 0200z (Sunday 7pm PDT) 7045 kHz
Visit our web site: http://ecn.visionseer.com/ for net details.
Until tomorrow,
Kevin. KD5ONS
Elecraft: Running light, no over byte.
KJR
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