Good Evening,
Spring has finally arrived in Oregon. In the matter of just a few days
the sun came out and the temperatures rose into the 70s. The daffodils
which had been slowly growing opened in the matter of a few hours. Half
of the thousand plus flowers have now created a yellow beacon for the
passing aircraft. The sun made working on my friend's deck quite pleasant
for most of the week but by Friday it was getting downright hot. Luckily
we were in the shade for most of that day. The inspector will come one
day next week and then we get to sheet it. Next the sunroom will cover
that and our work is done.
I did have a chance to get on the air a few times during the week and
found both twenty and forty meters working pretty well. Tomorrow we get
to test the sun's effects again. There are no sunspots but the opening in
the corona has given the ionosphere a little shaking so we may have QSB on
both bands. QRN? Probably since the spring storms are starting. Today
we had quite a downpour for about an hour but the sun was shining as it
set.
If it had not been raining so much I would have burned more of the
brush pile. I don't know when I will be able to get to that because I'll
be back at work for the next few months. Seems like we won the second
level SBIR grant so there will be more money. Now those circuit boards I
designed will be put to the test. Hopefully I can work out a few more
revisions to make the systems smaller and lighter.
I hope to work you all tomorrow. Good luck!
Please join us:
Sunday 2300z (Sunday 4 PM PDT) 14050 kHz
Monday 0200z (Sunday 7 PM PDT) 7045 kHz
Kevin. KD5ONS
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