Good Evening,
This evening I got my telescope out of storage and dusted it off. I
wanted to see if I could find Uranus near lambda Aquarius. I put a 2x
Barlow in one pocket, my homemade LED light in the other, and carried my
telescope to the clearcut above me. Pegasus was easily found due to its
bright, square asterism. To get my mind back into viewing the night sky
through a telescope I star-hopped to M31 and M32. Wow am I rusty! But I
was competing with a half moon about 90 degrees away. I had to shade the
side of my eyes to limit the glare. I could not get a good look at either
Aquarius or Capricorn since they were nearer the moon and are drawn from
dimmer stars than Pegasus. Now that I've found a good spot to view Uranus
I'll wait until the moon is further along in its path.
After a warm week the temperature started to drop today. At dinner
time I finally gave in a built a fire. Sam is in his box next to the wood
stove and looks quite content. Hopefully the autumn rains will hold off
for a week so I can get a bit more accomplished outside. I moved quite a
few boxes and furniture today and located two 15 or 20 amp lines. Pat
must have run those two before we moved to Albuquerque. I hooked my DVM
to them and flipped breakers to see if I could light them up. No luck. I
may have to dig through the crawlspace to find where they are terminated.
Another option is to put a battery on them and check for 12 VDC on other
boxes to see where each stub runs. She left far too many mysteries for me
to solve. I wish I could ask her for a few answers!
I've not been on the air this week other than on the MARS net so can
not predict what will happen tomorrow. I'll simply hope for the best and
call CQ ECN and see who I get. SpaceWeather.com lists a sunspot number of
38. This may be good. Depends on what else is going on with our
ionosphere. Much like the weather rock it is simpler, and more reliable,
to simply look and see what is going on in our neighborhood.
Please join us:
Sunday 2300z (Sunday 4pm PDT) 14050 kHz
Monday 0200z (Sunday 7pm PDT) 7045 kHz
Until tomorrow,
Kevin. KD5ONS
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