[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[kevin]

Good Evening,

   There were a few clear nights this week, cold with many stars.  The 
days have been shades of gray.  It is hard to tell the time of day from 
the sun.  Some rain, ranging from heavy to a mist or dense fog.  You can 
smell next year's soil decomposing.


  The sun has perked up.  Not many sunspot groups but the flux rate has 
increased.  That may help the second hop on twenty meters.  QSB should 
be moderate to deep with more noise.



Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2300z Sunday  (3 PM PST Sunday)
  7047 kHz at 0030z Monday  (4:30 PM PST Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS



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And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
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And Eternity in an hour


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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[kevin]

Good Evening,

   A few months ago I cleaned out my weight room and added a 
workbench.  I use it to rebuild my computers.  I moved one of the 
servers in too.  That keeps the room and the weights warm.  I no longer 
have to wear gloves to lift in the winter.  Now, to get the other two 
servers in there so their heat is useful too.


   The twenty meter net was more difficult than I had expected. Signals 
were weak, QRN was moderate, and QSB was too.  Roy mentioned the sun was 
setting at his home.  I may need to move that net earlier.  The forty 
meter net was better, stronger signals with less QSB.  On twenty it was 
slow around 3 S units deep.  On forty it was faster but less deep, about 
1 S unit.  I did start guarding the frequency early but signals stayed 
strong until I ran out of check ins.  0030z will work for ECN/40, maybe 
ECN/20 should start around 2230z next week.



  On 14050.3 kHz at 2250z:

NO8V - John - MI

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA

K9ZTV - Kent - MO

K4JPN - Steve - GA


  On 7047.5 kHz at 0012z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA

W8OV - Dave - TX

K6DGW - Skip - NV


Until next week,

    73,   Kevin.  KD5ONS








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Now Ziggy played guitar
Jamming good with Weird and Gilly
And The Spiders from Mars
He played it left hand
But made it too far
Became the special man
Then we were Ziggy's band

Ziggy really sang
Screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo
Like some cat from Japan
He could kill 'em by smiling
He could leave 'em to hang
He came on so loaded, man,
Well hung, snow white tan

So where were the spiders
While the fly tried to break our bones?
Just the beer light to guide us
So we bitched about his fans

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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[kevin]

Good Evening,

   It has been a chilly week.  Rain slacked off occasionally, there 
were a few minutes of sun.  I heard a persistent sound yesterday.  Then 
it made sense, they are harvesting Christmas trees with a helicopter.  
With the price of trees, it is cost effective to move them to the 
loading area using nets, where you can park a flat bed trailer.


  The sun is quiet with few sunspots.  There may be less noise 
tomorrow.  There may also be less QSB.  Both make life easier when 
signals are weak.



Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2300z Sunday  (3 PM PST Sunday)
  7047 kHz at 0030z Monday  (4:30 PM PST Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS



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Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.
Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.
You were caught in the crossfire of childhood and stardom, blown on the 
steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter, come on you stranger, you 
legend, you martyr, and shine!


You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon.
Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light.
Well you wore out your welcome with random precision, rode on the steel 
breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you painter, you piper, 
you prisoner, and shine!


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[Elecraft] CW Side Tone in TX Test Mode

[Mike Harris via Elecraft]

Didn't see an answer to the question.

I can confirm that my K3 with USB upgrade does output the CW side tone 
audio. This was confirmed by Launching Logger32 and looking at the audio 
in the MMTTY RX waterfall display.


A simple test that probably took less time than launching an email.

Regards,

Mike VP8NO
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Conditions were so so on twenty meters, better on forty.  QSB was 
mild all around with some storm noise.  Winter is here.  Gloom season in 
the Pacific Northwest, a sodden California, with reports of snow in the 
Upper Midwest.  Even Georgia reported a frosty 55 F.  Propagation on 
forty meters changed during the net, but was still good at the end.  I 
will keep this net time until sunset forces a change.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2300z:

NO8V - John - MI

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K4JPN - Steve - GA


  On 7047.5 kHz at 0016 to 0048z:

K6PJV - Dale - CA

W0CZ - Ken - ND

KG7V - Marv - WA

W9BZ - Lowell - IN

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

W8OV - Dave - TX

KC0EMO - Kevin - IA


  Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS



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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Cool rain changed to warm rain, then torrential rain.  The trees are 
green, as is the moss.  The ferns are either golden, bronze, or faded 
brown.  The mushrooms are getting eaten by a variety of rodents.  The 
wind has caused the fir trees to shed skeins of lichen which the deer 
prefer.  I have not seen any elk this week but I have seen many 
hunters.  I sense an inverse correlation.


   The sun has calmed down.  The spate of CMEs has slacked off to 
none.  I expect 20 meters to have less QSB with a some noise. Forty 
meters should be OK at first with steadily increasing flutter.  I will 
start listening on forty meters early.  This is a test of conditions 
right before sunset.  Over the next two months we may need to move to z.


Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2300z Sunday  (3 PM PST Sunday)
  7047 kHz at 0030z Monday  (4:30 PM PST Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS



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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net preliminary propagation results

[Fred Jensen]

The No. Calif. Contest Club once gave a "Worked All Contests" award to 
Hank, W6SX, who really does "work 'em all."  He posts scores from the 
really obscure ones.  I have yet to work all Delaware counties [1] in 
one DEQP.  Worked all Elecraft Nets seems reasonable


73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

[1] Delaware has three (3) counties 

Bill Frantz wrote on 11/11/2021 7:35 PM:
I wonder if anyone has "Worked all Elecraft Nets" on a single Sunday. 
I have worked 4 of the 5, but the 20M CW net interferes with the 
dinner I'm in charge of cooking, so I haven't been able to checkin to 
that net.


73 Bill AE6JV



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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net preliminary propagation results

[Bill Frantz]

These times should play well with the SSB nets which are:

1800z  14303.5
1900z   7180
0200z   3775

The 80M net details are in flux because the net before us on the 
frequency observes daylight savings time. Either we will be on 
an hour later, or we will find a new frequency at 0100z. (Watch 
this reflector.)


I wonder if anyone has "Worked all Elecraft Nets" on a single 
Sunday. I have worked 4 of the 5, but the 20M CW net interferes 
with the dinner I'm in charge of cooking, so I haven't been able 
to checkin to that net.


73 Bill AE6JV

On 11/11/21 at 8:06 PM, kev...@coho.net (kevin) wrote:


 14050 kHz at 2300z Sunday  (3 PM PST Sunday)
  7047 kHz at 0030z Monday  (4:30 PM PST Sunday) with me on by 0015z


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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net preliminary propagation results

[kevin]

Good Evening,

   With three days of data I have found forty meters wakes up a little 
before 2200z.  It improves steadily for the next few hours.  I copied 
stations from VE2, VE4, W6, K1, N2, A8, KF9, WA0, KB3, K4, W6, and K7 
lands.  Then, right at local sunset, the QSB appeared.  A little warble 
at first, then enough to chop characters.  Earlier I ran into a few 
stations which I thought had QSB on them.  With further reflection, and 
a bit more listening, I found their CW signals had particular 
characteristics unique to the rig.  The variety of fists sending from a 
range of sending devices made picking individuals out of the crowd 
rather easy.


  I will run the 20 meter net at 2300z and the 40 meter net will start 
at 0030z.  However, I will start guarding the net frequency by 0015z.  
If there are a lot of check ins the sunset QSB will take effect.  Near 
the solstice we should be at z or earlier for best results.  The sun 
is waking up so this all can change quickly.  Tomorrow and Saturday I 
will check propagation again. If anything changes I will note it in the 
net announcement.  For now:


 14050 kHz at 2300z Sunday  (3 PM PST Sunday)
  7047 kHz at 0030z Monday  (4:30 PM PST Sunday) with me on by 0015z

   73,

      Kevin.  KD5ONS

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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Sweepstakes Break

[kevin]

Good Evening,

   We are in the rainy season, there is no doubt about that.  A few 
minutes of snow, even with the snow level at 5000 feet. Perfect weather 
for a large expanse of mushrooms.  The birds have fluffed everything up 
for the detrivores.  The mycelial mats now have a great substrate for 
fruiting bodies.  Next year the current crop of ferns will become soil, 
you can smell the forest is still very active.


   Due to the CW portion of Sweepstakes I will take tomorrow off from 
net duties.  The week after I will be back at the PST times. I will keep 
checking forty meters through the week to see where the "knee" in the 
propagation occurs.  It is best to avoid that time because ops can 
vanish in seconds.  We will adapt.


   Stay warm and 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Errata sheet

[kevin]

I worked through the nets in my memory and I did not feel right. I was 
certain I had worked Roy in Iowa but didn't remember typing his name.  I 
was right, I had made a mistake.  Mea culpa.




  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND
NO8V - John - MI
=> K6XK - Roy - IA <=
K0DTJ - Brian - CA
KB3FBR - Joe - PA
K4JPN - Steve - GA

  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

KG7V - Marv - WA
W0CZ - Ken - ND
K0DTJ - Brian - CA
KL7CW - Rick - AK
K6PJV - Dale - CA

Until next week 73,

   Kevin.  KD5ONS


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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[kevin]

Good Evening,

  Conditions were not too bad.  I had expected a CME of more vigor.  
This one rattled the ionosphere but did not leave much behind.  Neither 
I, nor my brother in Wisconsin, saw any aurora. Clear skies with no 
moon, if they had been there ...  However, every signal I copied had 
some form of QSB.  I know I gave one report of S2 to S9.  Some had fast 
QSB, but all had the slower kind.  The low noise level allowed copy to 
S0; the QSB simply added to the fun.


   Forty meters changed as the second net progressed.  Next week some 
of us have a time change.  The first net will stay at 2200z. I think.  
Depends upon where the second net winds up.  I expect the band to be 
changing quickly around net time.  I'll start guarding the frequency 
earlier and see how it goes.  I will solidify this for next week's 
announcement.  Just a little forewarning.  It all depends on the sun 
angle at net time.


   I think I will go searching for the spooks at W0O on forty meters.  
They should be haunting there.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

NO8V - John - MI

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

KB3FBR - Joe - PA

K4JPN - Steve - GA


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

KG7V - Marv - WA

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

KL7CW - Rick - AK

K6PJV - Dale - CA



Until next week 73,

   Kevin.  KD5ONS


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The Mississippi Delta was shining
Like a National guitar
I am following the river
Down the highway
Through the cradle of the civil war


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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Friday the week long foggy cocoon broke open.  Shadows started to 
form, then the birds came out.  They favored a finely seeded bush 
outside my window.  The normal flock of Oregon juncos was preceded by 
another, smaller bird.  Mostly too quick to follow she paused in a beam 
of light.  I got one field mark in that snapshot.  But her behavior and 
size gave me a hint.  A female Golden-Crowned kinglet is now in my log.


  Our sun has awakened.  A number of sunspot groups are sending flares 
in multiple directions.  One of those hit earth today.  I checked twenty 
meters and found DX stations booming in.  The band wasn't noisy, I had 
expected a steady hiss.  Hopefully it will be clear tonight because 
Oregon may get some aurora.  My native Wisconsin is much closer to the 
magnetic pole, aurora were fairly common.



Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS



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There's something happening here
But what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
A-telling me I got to beware

There's battle lines being drawn
And nobody's right if everybody's wrong

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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Conditions were better than they have been in some time. Quiet on 
twenty with a few storms active on forty.  QSB was low to moderate.  I 
did not hear any digital activity.  The sun is slowly waking up.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

NO8V - John - MI

AB9V - Mike - IN

K6XK - Roy - IA

K4JPN - Steve - GA

K4WJ - John - FL

W8OV - Dave - TX


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA

K7TXA - Jim - ID

W8OV - Dave - TX


Until next week 73,

   Kevin.  KD5ONS



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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Another foggy, wet, chilly day.  Perfect to watch 'The Thin Man Goes 
Home'.  Somewhere around reel three the power glitched for about twenty 
seconds.  This takes down two switches, the router, the satellite 
connection, the servers, plus the computer in front of me.  Normally I 
reboot the main server and everything comes up just fine.  Not this 
time, still no internet.  I pulled power to both switches and the 
router, then started rebooting. When the offending switch got powered on 
a DNS collision occurred.  That explained the error I had two weeks 
ago.  Nothing like a power outage to debug the routing tables.


   Our sun has become more active.  New groups are forming on the back 
side and crossing over to the front.  They look fairly active, with one 
tossing a CME away from us.  The flux reading was up to 87 last time I 
looked.  While the local rain storms won't cause much static at HF, the 
ionosphere may give us some noise. We shall see.  I have another Thin 
Man movie in the queue :)




Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS



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I got no deeds to do, no promises to keep
I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep
Let the morning time drop all its petals on me
Life, I love you, all is groovy



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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Conditions were not good.  Twenty meters was noisy and weak. Earlier 
in the day the band was much better.  I was hearing contesters from all 
along the East coast.  It was as if a CME had struck but there was no 
warning on SpaceWeather.com.  Hmm ...  QSB was both slow and fast.  At 
times it sounded like picket fencing on FM.


  Forty meters had digital activity.  At first I had to move from an 
RTTY signal.  There was also some other type of digital, along with a 
few CW operators.  Forty meters is getting crowded :) The changing sun 
angle is changing propagation.  I went to the reverse beacon net and 
found I had triggered a number of stations on forty.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

AB9V - Mike - IN


  On 7048 kHz at z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

AB9V - Mike - IN

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6PJV - Dale - CA

W8OV - Dave - CA


  Until next week 73,

    Kevin.  KD5ONS


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If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint. - Edward 
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Yesterday began sunny, then the temperature dropped and a layer of 
clouds formed below me.  They created a dense ground fog when they 
rose.  Later I saw a swirl in the mist as a head popped out.  A doe was 
feeding, then scanning the surroundings.  Her head would drop into the 
fog and disappear, only to reappear a few moments later.  This continued 
as another head popped out of the mist.  Her yearling was walking up the 
slope toward the house.


   The sun has quieted.  The recent large sunspot has passed beyond the 
limb.  Hopefully more groups will join it.  Less activity should lead to 
less QSB.  Thunderstorms will provide static.



Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS



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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Conditions were as I had expected.  Moderate QSB with some flutter 
on both bands.  I turned my rig on around 9 AM PDT.  I scanned twenty 
and found a station calling CQ in the PAQP.  I scanned a little more and 
found other PAQP stations.  Most of them were easy copy.  So I left one 
tuned as I did my morning chores. Later, during the first net, signals 
were good a little farther west.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

NO8V - John - MI

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K4JPN - Steve - GA

K6XK - Roy - IA


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K7TXA - Jim - ID

K6PJV - Dale - CA


Until next week 73,

   Kevin.  KD5ONS



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Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
Should five percent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all

If you drive a car, I'll tax the street
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat
If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet

Now my advice for those who die
Declare the pennies on your eyes
Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman


for (int i=0; i<10; i++)
   {
   seg[i].N = norm( normal( seg[i].ps, seg[i].pe ) );
   seg[i].C = plus( seg[i].ps, scale( minus( seg[i].pe, seg[i].ps ), 
0.5 ) );

   seg[i].angle = angle( minus( seg[i].pe, seg[i].ps ) );
   seg[i].hit = FALSE;     // the unhit state
   }

bb = dot( minus( pt, seg[i].C ), seg[i].N );

if ( ( bb > -0.03) && ( bb < 0.0 ) )    // tweak here
  {     // bounce velocity vector
  vi = matTvec( Refl( seg[i].angle ), vi );
  }


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Good Evening,

   The snow level is still one thousand feet above me.  The first frost 
arrived early this week.  Chilly, wet, and foggy.  I spent the week 
reviewing the fundamental theorem of programming: "Computers only do 
what you tell them to do, not what you want them to do."  You would 
think I would learn.


   The sun has been, and still is, active.  A CME is on its way, due 
sometime Monday.  The flare did affect the HF bands, solar flux has 
risen to 92.  The ionosphere should be ringing from the impact.  I don't 
know how rapidly that damps out.  How strong is the restoring force in 
the magnetic field?  In any case, I expect QSB to have a fast flutter 
along with slow waves.  Soon the second net and local sunset will 
coincide.  Propagation will change quickly.



Please join us on (or near):

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  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS



-



Bernard: Those Northern Lights are some kind of weird psychic, something?

Chris: Yeah.

Bernard: What causes them to do that?

Chris: Well, this is just my guess, but I think that high speed 
electrons and protons from the sun are trapped in the van Allen 
radiation belt. Then they're channeled through the Polar Regions by the 
earth's magnetic field where they collide with other particles and 
create a brilliant luminosity.


Bernard: What does that have to do with us?

Chris: I swear man, I don't know.




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[kevin]

Good Evening,

  Twenty meters had moderate to deep QSB with some noise.  Forty meters 
had less QSB with more noise.  Conditions did not vary as much as I had 
expected.  However, the time change is coming, which coincides with dusk 
hitting Oregon during the second net.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

NO8V - John - MI

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA

K4JPN - Steve - GA

AB9V - Mike - IN


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6PJV - Dale - CA



   Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS



-





And so she wandered
Through the door-way
Just like a shadow from the tomb
She said her stereo was four-way
An' I'd just love it in her room

Well, I was born
To have adventure
So I just followed up the steps
Right past her fuming incense stencher
To where she hung her castanets


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[kevin]

Good Evening,

  It has been cool and wet.  Today was the first sunny day all week.  I 
walked out on to my deck and startled a deer snoozing under it.  She 
burst out of the ferns and bounced like a pogo stick to the east.  A few 
minutes later I looked out of a window and saw her eating some bush.  
Hunters drove by a few times but she stayed far from the road.


  The sun was active this week.  A number of sunspot groups along with 
glancing CMEs.  Solar flux had risen to 100, it is currently at 91 sfu.  
The sun angle is changing so I expect 40 meters will change during the 
net.  Early is good.


   It is getting easier to use single lever paddles.  The space between 
my thumb and fore finger is much less than with two paddles.  The more I 
relax the easier it becomes.  With practice I am not thinking about how 
to form a character as often.  Context switching between words and 
characters causes me sending problems.  Laughing affects spacing too; I 
use the CW decode mechanism on my K3 to check it.



Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS



-






She had that Camarillo brillo
Flamin' out along her head
I mean her Mendocino bean-o
By where some bugs had made it red

She ruled the Toads of the Short Forest
And every newt in Idaho
And every cricket who had chorused
By the bush in Buffalo

She said she was
A Magic Mama
And she could throw a mean Tarot
And carried on without a comma
That she was someone I should know

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Good Evening,

   Conditions were OK.  Twenty meters has been working since at least 9 
AM.  I turned on my radio, scanned around, and found a strong signal 
near 14017 kHz.  9A2AJ was calling CQ with a little fading.  I am not 
used to hearing European stations.


   The sun is moderately active but I won't see it for the rest of the 
week.  The forecast calls for rain, showers, rain, thunderstorms, and 
rain.  We may be entering the wet season.



  On 1405075 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA

K4JPN - Steve - GA


  On 7045.5 kHz at z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6XK - Roy - IA

K6PJV - Dale - CA


   Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


-




Last night I held Aladdin's lamp
so I wished that I could stay
Before the thing could answer me
someone came and took the lamp away
I looked around, a lousy candle's all I found




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Good Evening,

   I normally hear Pileated woodpeckers, not see them; they are loud.  
That loud call had me looking almost straight up at a rapidly flying 
woodpecker.  I saw the oddly shaped wings and the elbow patches, but not 
the distinctive red head.  I had never truly seen the odd shape of the 
wing.


   The sun is more lively this week but not very accurate.  A glancing 
CME is predicted for tomorrow.  The flux rating is up. The sun was blank 
on Monday.  There are a few groups today.  In breaking news it appears 
we will have a gust of solar wind along with that glancing CME.  
Activity is afoot, will it improve propagation?



Please join us on (or near):

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  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS



-


Happy Autumn



kare eda ni
karasu no tomarikeri
aki no kure


on a withered branch
a crow has alighted
nightfall in autumn


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[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Twenty meters was fairly quiet with light QSB.  Forty meters had 
some fast flutter with a thunderstorm in the distance. Signals were not 
as strong as last week.  Low noise levels helped.


   Both bands had a lot of activity.  There were multiple contests.  
You could work more than one of them per contact.  That had me looking 
for an open frequency.  On forty meters there was a lot of digital 
activity and those many contest.  I'm glad the band had improved.  But 
activity prompts more activity.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA

K4WJ - John - FL

K4JPN - Steve - GA


  On 7048 kHz at z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA

W8OV - Dave - TX


   Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


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[kevin]

Good Evening,

   It was a chilly week.  Mostly sunny with one night near freezing.  
Fall weather in mid-September.  I better collect more wood.  Today deer 
are walking around eating the fallen moss.  A lot of it was ripped from 
the trees in last night's storm.  There is no runoff after two inches of 
rain, the land was thirsty.  The air is cleaner with a spicy scent of 
cedar.


   The sun began the week covered in sunspots.  Today it is blank.  
Solar flux has dropped back down.  Propagation should remain the same as 
last week with some thunderstorms adding noise.  My forecast is for 
thunderstorms tomorrow.  If I disappear it may be because one passed 
through.  They are rare here so that probably won't happen.  They tend 
to follow the Columbia River valley east and north of me.




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  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-




You were caught in the crossfire of childhood and stardom, blown on the 
steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter, come on you stranger, you 
legend, you martyr, and shine!





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[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Both bands supported stronger signals than last week.  Some 
thunderstorm noise with mild to medium QSB.  Around 1000z I scanned 
twenty meters for signals.  A few lower down but most were around 14050 
kHz.  Then above 14070 there were many types of digital contacts.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA

K4JPN - Steve - GA


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

K6PJV - Dale - CA

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

W8OV - Dave - TX


   Until next week  73,

   Kevin.  KD5ONS





-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-  Hadrian Ltd  -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-




Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

They took all the trees
Put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em


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[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Some days were smoky and warm, the next would be cool and clear.  I 
checked an HR diagram to find the sun's color temperature.  G2 on smoke 
free days, M5 on the others.  More plants are losing leaves.  Most of 
the berries are done, but the black raspberries are plentiful.  Tasty too.


   The sun has been speckled all week.  Sunspots are growing. The solar 
flux rose to 104, with a current reading of 99.  Dare I say the sun is 
awakening?  Hopefully conditions will support this new activity with a 
few more contacts.



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   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS





=  Pyramus & Thisbe Construction Co.  ===




After the turn of the century
In the clear blue skies over Germany
Came a roar and a thunder men had never heard
Like the screamin' sound of a big war bird

Up in the sky, a man in a plane
Baron von Richthofen was his name
Eighty men tried, and eighty men died
Now, they're buried together on the countryside





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  Good Evening,

Conditions were poor on both bands.  Forty meters had a few storms with 
medium to deep QSB.  I am gradually learning how to control the single 
lever paddle.  If I can maintain a decent rhythm my mind doesn't switch 
to thinking about mechanics.  If I think word after word they flow 
better.  If I think letter by letter my buffer gets corrupted.



  On 1405.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

NO8V - John - MI

K6XK - Roy - IA

N7ZQ - Diane - MT


  On 7047 kHz at z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA


   Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS



-



My uncle has a country place, that no-one knows about
He says it used to be a farm, before the Motor Law
Sundays I elude the ‘Eyes’, and hop the Turbine Freight
To far outside the Wire, where my white-haired uncle waits

I strip away the old debris, that hides a shining car
A brilliant red Barchetta, from a better, vanished time
Fire up the willing engine, responding with a roar!
Tires spitting gravel, I commit my weekly crime…

Wind in my hair –
Shifting and drifting –
Mechanical music
Adrenalin surge –

Well-weathered leather
Hot metal and oil
The scented country air
Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware

Suddenly ahead of me, across the mountainside
A gleaming alloy air-car shoots towards me, two lanes wide
I spin around with shrieking tires, to run the deadly race
Go screaming through the valley as another joins the chase

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Good Evening,

   It has been a cool and thankfully smoke free week.  The alder trees 
are starting to lose their leaves.  Black berries are plentiful, 
huckleberries are few, with ever more bear berries. The latter are 
bringing more grouse.  I actually saw a bear eating them once.  I 
thought I saw a single elk cow browsing through, but found the rest of 
her troupe a little later.  She was in the lead.


   Propagation remains stagnant, the CMEs are missing the Earth. Not 
many sunspots, none of them very active.  But a lot of activity can 
create a lot of noise.  A strong signal in heavy noise as compared to a 
weak signal with no noise.  Both states have positive features :)


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   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-



Once out of nature I shall never take
My bodily form from any natural thing,
But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make
Of hammered gold and gold enamelling
To keep a drowsy Emperor awake;
Or set upon a golden bough to sing
To lords and ladies of Byzantium
Of what is past, or passing, or to come.


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Kevin,

Thanks for the reminder, that is one of my favorite Entwistle songs!!

Howie / WA4PSC

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Good Evening,

   Conditions were OK to some areas.  QSB was not as deep as I had 
expected with some flutter.  Neither twenty or forty meters had much 
noise.  I did not hear any storms either.  However, there were fine 
weather reports from most places.  Only Dale had high heat along with 
smoke.  I have only smelled it briefly over the last few days.  Some of 
the fires are being contained.



  On 14050.0 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA

AB9V - Mike - IN


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA


Until next week 73,

   Kevin.  KD5ONS


-





We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, 
foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation 
that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an 
open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. - John F. Kennedy


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Good Evening,

   Bear berries have been ripening for the last two weeks.  I was 
expecting a few grouse.  Being ready does not prepare you for when they 
flush.  I have never understood why they flee, I can't see them until 
they move.  Later in the week I was greeted by a few Steller's Jays.  
Normally they flee too.  Then I noticed they were immature, they had not 
yet been trained to be frightened.


   The sun has been active this week.  More sunspots with more flares.  
Yesterday the ionosphere received a blast of ions from sunspot number 
2860.  SpaceWeather.com said it was caused by a solar tsunami.  110,000 
MPH is pretty fast.  Solar flux is at 90 sfu, the highest I have seen in 
a while.  More support for better comms.  QSB should prove interesting :)



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   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-




My name is 905
And I've just become alive
I'm the newest populator
Of the planet we call Earth

In suspended animation
My childhood passed me by
If I speak without emotion
Then you know the reason why
Knowledge of the universe
Was fed into my mind
As my adolescent body
Left its puberty behind

And everything I know is what I need to know
And everything I do's been done before
Every sentence in my head
Someone else has said
At each end of my life is an open door

Automatically defrosted
When manhood came on time
I became a man
I left the "ice school" behind
Now I'm to begin
The life that I'm assigned
A life that's been used before
A thousand times

I have a feeling deep inside
That something is missing
It's a feeling in my soul
And I can't help wishing
That one day I'll discover
That we're living a lie
And I'll tell the whole world
The reasons why

But until then, all I know is what I need to know
Everything I do's been done before
Every idea in my head
Someone else has said
At each end of my life is an open door



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[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Cross-training is good.  I'm am learning to use a single lever 
paddle.  However, when I make a mistake with it I get tense, which 
causes more mistakes.  I tend to miss the dit side when my thumb 
stiffens up.  Then I remembered my breathing exercises.  They calm me 
down, take my mind off of the mechanics and back on what I am sending.  
Breathing correctly slows things down to establish a rhythm.  So hours 
on the firing line, trying to hit the X at 600 yards helped me send 
smoother CW.


  Conditions were better than I had expected.  They were close to what 
Bill, AE6JV experienced last night.  Real world propagation reports beat 
predictions.  Twenty meters was medium quiet with moderate to weak 
signals.  Copy was OK because there was not much noise nor was there 
much QSB.  Forty meters was not like that.  It had QSB and some summer 
storms.


   The crews fighting all the forest fires from British Columbia down 
to California are being overworked.  California has the most, and the 
largest fires.  I am very happy the winds are from offshore.  If they 
were from any other direction it would be smokey up here.  It has been 
very nice to breath fresh air this week.  Hopefully some of the rain I 
am getting will travel East and South.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

NO8V - John - MI

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA

AB9V - Mike - IN

K4JPN - Steve - GA


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA


Until next week 73,

   Kevin.  KD5ONS


-



Chris Stevens:   Today, a belated apology to the much maligned Chicken 
Little. It turns out you were right - the sky is falling. The National 
Space Administration informs us that Uncle Sam's Com-Sat 4 satellite is 
in a rapidly decaying orbit. That's their way of saying a ton of angry 
space trash is heading back home at fifteen thousand miles an hour. What 
does that make me think of? Makes me think of a triceratops, innocently 
munching a palm frond when out of the sky, whammo, a meteor sucker 
punches old mother Earth. Next thing you know, that triceratops, along 
with a hundred and seventy-five million years of dinosaur evolution, is 
nothing but history. To that unsung triceratops and all its kin, here's 
a song for you...



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[kevin]

Good Evening,

  The weather vane switched directions, winds from the ocean instead of 
from the smoke filled valleys.  Cooler, with clouds most mornings.  
Temperatures have moderated to the mid 60s.


   Earlier today I saw a tan patch on the far side of my land. It 
resolved into a black tailed doe grazing beside the road.  Then a fawn 
appeared beside her.  A minute later a second fawn showed up about 
twenty feet away.  Twins are common.  They were browsing on my 
neighbor's land where the greenery is more mature.  In a few years my 
land will recover from the disturbed soil plants filling the thinning 
scars.  The soil will become more complex with a variety of mycellia.


   The sun was blank for two days this week.  There was some activity 
on the far side.  Solar flux is slightly higher.  The ionosphere may 
support comms but they will be faint.  I remember when we had better 
conditions, but that memory is old and faded.



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   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-


Do not try and bend the spoon, that’s impossible.
Instead, only try to realize the truth… there is no spoon.


https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-big-data-carried-graph-theory-into-new-dimensions-20210819/


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[kevin]

Good Evening,

   A story should place the reader inside the scene early. Leverage a 
common knowledge base by alluding to images in movies or literature.  
Through economy of words you let the reader fill in the details from 
their imagination.  Seurat really did paint intricate outdoor scenes 
using only dots.  Your eyes connect them to create colors and shapes.  
So it is with words.


   Conditions were as expected.  QSB was deeper on 40 than on 20 
meters.  20 meters also had contesting from 14052 down to 14050 kHz.  I 
slipped in below them on 14049.5 kHz.  I announced my location for five 
minutes or so while I switched antennas.  On 40 meters I was met with 
storms, but they were not too close.  They do cut down on my signal 
crossing the Rockies.  Sometimes I can't get beyond the Cascades and 
Sierras :)



  On 14049.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA


   Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


-



The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it which the merely 
improbable lacks.


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[Merv Stump]

Ernest Hemingway, eat your heart out.

On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 12:14 AM kevin  wrote:
>
> Good Evening,
>
> It was a hot, smoky week.  The inactive sun stays orange all day.
> The smoke is like fog in the trees without the moisture. Last night I
> woke up because it was getting hard to breath.  The smoke had become
> thick at my elevation.  Fire danger has risen to extreme but there are
> no local fires.
>
> Many of the shrubs and grasses are turning brown.  I saw a coyote
> walking down the road until she heard something.  Then she pounced into
> the grass like a cat on a mouse.  An incautious rodent in dry grass.
>
>The sun has been blank a few times this week.  There was a solar
> flare without a sunspot.  This unsettled the ionosphere a little but
> didn't perk it up much.  Summer storms will pop up throughout the 40
> meter net, QSB will be present on both 20 and 40 m.  This broken record
> needs to be shelved.
>
>
> Please join us on (or near):
>
> 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
>7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)
>
> 73,
>Kevin. KD5ONS
>
>
> -
>
>
>
> But wisdom is proved right by all her children.
>
>
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[kevin]

Good Evening,

   It was a hot, smoky week.  The inactive sun stays orange all day.  
The smoke is like fog in the trees without the moisture. Last night I 
woke up because it was getting hard to breath.  The smoke had become 
thick at my elevation.  Fire danger has risen to extreme but there are 
no local fires.


   Many of the shrubs and grasses are turning brown.  I saw a coyote 
walking down the road until she heard something.  Then she pounced into 
the grass like a cat on a mouse.  An incautious rodent in dry grass.


  The sun has been blank a few times this week.  There was a solar 
flare without a sunspot.  This unsettled the ionosphere a little but 
didn't perk it up much.  Summer storms will pop up throughout the 40 
meter net, QSB will be present on both 20 and 40 m.  This broken record 
needs to be shelved.



Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-



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[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Conditions were as expected with noise, summer storms, and QSB.  My 
new paddles and I are still getting acquainted.  The problem came from 
my thinking about how to send instead of what to send.  Once I interrupt 
the input buffer my timing gets offset. Normally I fill my internal 
buffer with words then my hand sends them.  It is better if I don't 
think too much.


   I walked out on the deck this evening after I got dinner going.  The 
opposite side of my property had a few moving objects.  They resolved 
into four cow elk.  I'm sure there were others, I kept seeing them for 
the next half hour as they ate their way across my field of view.  I 
expect it was a family group but I never saw the bull.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

NO8V - John - MI

K6XK - Roy - IA

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K4JPN - Steve - GA

KB3FBR - Joe - PA


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA

K7TXA - Jim - ID


   Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


-


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[kevin]

Good Evening,

   The sun was orange all week, dark red at sunrise.  Smoke is causing 
the trees to lose leaves.  After I started dinner yesterday I walked 
onto the porch.  The red huckleberries are easy to spot in this new 
color scheme.  I was interrupted by a snort to my right.  The wind was 
coming from that direction, how could she smell me?  I went inside to 
find her.  A black-tailed doe was outside my window for the next half 
hour sampling the greenery.


  The sun has been blank most of the week.  Solar flux is low.  I 
expect weak signals with medium to deep QSB.  There was enough solar 
wind to shake up the ionosphere.


   I received a single lever paddle on Wednesday.  Relearning 
characters went quickly, many of them are easier with one paddle than 
with two.  The one character which has been difficult is Q. With two 
levers the keyer allows you to hold the dash key for all three dashes 
while adding the dit at the correct spot.  I have to force my forefinger 
to release pressure for that dit to be sent.



Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-

How do you get to Carnegie Hall?


My text book of the week:

http://www.r-5.org/files/books/computers/algo-list/realtime-3d/Christer_Ericson-Real-Time_Collision_Detection-EN.pdf



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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[James Driskell]

Hi Kevin,

I'm not much of a CW guy so you haven't heard me on your net.  But I really 
enjoy your net announcements and recaps.  It's obvious that you are in touch 
with nature.  Your descriptions provide me with a clear view in my mind's eye 
of goings on in your surroundings.  I look forward to your announcements weekly.

  73,

Jim
W7OWI


From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net  on 
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To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net 
Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,

Conditions were as predicted: low noise, weak signals.  What I had
not expected was the depth of the QSB.  S7 or 8 one moment to S2 or
below the next.  Lower noise helped me dig out weaker signals.  Forty
meters was its usual self - changing within a minute.  For some reason
the sun has taken a vacation.

However, there were reports of rain, smoke, and fog.  My brother
told me of the smoke in southern Wisconsin.  I had not been paying
attention to the fires in British Columbia.  The wind shifted a few days
ago, now coming from the southeast.  This has kept the cooler clouds off
shore but aimed the smoke from California and southern Oregon at me.  A
medium orange sun, with scratchy eyes and a sore throat.


   On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K4JPN - Steve - GA


   On 7047.5 kHz at z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K6PJV - Dale - CA

W0CZ - Ken - ND



Happy August and 73,

   Kevin.   KD5ONS


-


Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said: “one can’t believe
impossible things.”

“I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was
your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve
believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.



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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Conditions were as predicted: low noise, weak signals.  What I had 
not expected was the depth of the QSB.  S7 or 8 one moment to S2 or 
below the next.  Lower noise helped me dig out weaker signals.  Forty 
meters was its usual self - changing within a minute.  For some reason 
the sun has taken a vacation.


   However, there were reports of rain, smoke, and fog.  My brother 
told me of the smoke in southern Wisconsin.  I had not been paying 
attention to the fires in British Columbia.  The wind shifted a few days 
ago, now coming from the southeast.  This has kept the cooler clouds off 
shore but aimed the smoke from California and southern Oregon at me.  A 
medium orange sun, with scratchy eyes and a sore throat.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K4JPN - Steve - GA


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K6PJV - Dale - CA

W0CZ - Ken - ND



   Happy August and 73,

  Kevin.   KD5ONS


-


Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said: “one can’t believe
impossible things.”

“I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was
your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve
believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.



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[kevin]

Good Evening,

   This week began with another bird mystery.  Outside of the two 
migration seasons the species mix remains stable.  Hearing a new call in 
the middle of summer is unusual.  It sounded like a rusty pump.  I 
started dredging through my Midwestern sound memories. Those mimic birds 
are a long way from here.  This call was repeated about once a minute.  
The clear tones, with few harmonics, eliminated all of my list.  I kept 
watch with eyebrows furrowed.  Then a Steller's Jay hopped out on a limb 
and gave out the call.  Normal bird with an unusual call.  The mystery 
was quickly solved but I don't know how I have missed it before.


  There was one morning of fog and sporadic rain this morning. Other 
than that it has been very dry.  Yesterday was the first time I have 
smelled smoke this year.  All afternoon the sun was medium orange.  I 
first noticed when I saw my begonias glowing. The leaves seemed an odd 
color but the blossoms were bright.  The sun has also been sporadic.  
Blank in fact, with solar flux dropping.  Even the CMEs lack focus and 
vigor.  But low activity means the bands won't have a lot of hissing.  
Summer storms are another matter.



Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-


Thursday a large vulture was ridge soaring over my house.  I kept 
telling myself he was looking for something else.



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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Conditions were less noisy this week.  Twenty meters seemed almost 
quiet.  However, as the forty meter net progressed the noise increased.  
There was a storm somewhere in the distance; lightning static covered up 
a few characters.  QSB was light too. A little deeper on forty.


   Still very dry and hot across most of the US.  I was surprised when 
I ran my well dry this week.  That has only happened twice in over 
twenty years.  The last time was in early October, not in July.  I will 
space out my water use to try to avoid this.  Some rain would be nice, 
or even a foggy morning.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K4JPN - Steve - GA

AB9V - Mike - IN


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA


   Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


-


How to optimize your velocity while touring the solar system.

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/fast-superhighway-solar-system-discovered

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/48/eabd1313




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[kevin]

Good Evening,

   The huckleberries are getting eaten by the chickadees so I have to 
hustle.  Thimble berries are showing the effects of the heat wave during 
their flowering phase.  Few fruit are ripe in this dry weather.  The 
black raspberries are doing great though. I saw a chipmunk on a branch, 
with his back to the sun, eating one like it was corn on the cob.  He 
lives in the middle of a thicket of berry stalks.  Life is good.


   The sun is growing more active with a speckled surface and lively 
flares.  We may, or may not, be hit by a CME in the near future.  The 
pundits are uncertain.  Solar flux rose to 94 sfu earlier in the week, 
but it has dropped back to 87 at the present time.  Summer storms send 
their normal background noise. Hopefully they signal rain and not more 
fires.


   I was standing under a vine maple when a hawk landed right next to 
me.  I heard the rush of wings then a thump as he grabbed a branch.  We 
looked at each other for a few moments before he decided to leave.  The 
thinning has given him more flight paths through the forest.  That 
chipmunk had better be vigilant, an incautious rodent can become a feast.


Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-


Time passes softly and I'm a day older
But still I'm living days gone by
Ashes to ashes, the rain's turning colder
Finding tomorrow, the ashes, the rain and I



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[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Conditions were a little better on twenty meters.  That is not 
saying things were good.  Weak signals in summer noise is not optimum.  
On forty meters conditions were less good.  More noise, some QSB, and 
weaker signals.  Both WM5F and K6PJV were down from normal.  Lightning 
crashes were common too.  I keep reading about increased solar activity 
but this is not mirrored in propagation reports.  Patience can be wearing.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA

K4JPN - Steve - GA

K0DTJ - Brian - CA


  On  7047.5 kHz at z:

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K6PJV - Dale - CA


   I wondered where the deer and elk have been.  This week I found them 
both in neighboring clearcuts.  They are within a quarter mile, but I'll 
have to wait for my land to support them again.  Thinning reduced their 
food sources.  I did find many ripe huckleberries and some very tasty 
black raspberries.  The bears and coyotes will have to fend for themselves.



   Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


-






   while (!godot) // waiting for our hero
  {
  buildBins();   // fill bin structure

  ptr = myList.getHead();                              // walk list 
of particles

      while (ptr)
            {         // Bin method of ball bouncing
            heating(ptr); // add/exchange heat
            nearest(ptr); // indexed neighborhood based on bin size
        updateScreen(ptr);                                // 
display   (it's a primate thing)

            ptr = ptr->next;
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[kevin]

Good Evening,

   It began to feel like autumn this week.  Grasses are drying out and 
turning brown.  I saw a family group of elk at the end of Buxton Lookout 
Road.  Their backs and sides were a close match to the grass they were 
in.  They watched me then started to cross the road.  I turned around 
and they crossed the road again.  Gave me plenty of time to count them 
all.  One bull in velvet, ten cows, and five young ones.  I don't think 
I have seen an elk in velvet before.  His growing antlers were less than 
three feet long.  The various tips were bumps along the way.


   The sun is growing more active.  There have been a number of large 
flares on the back side.  In about a week that area will be aimed in our 
direction.  The side facing us has four areas of activity, one of them 
may send something this way a little sooner.



Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


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[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Conditions were a bit better on forty meters.  There was deeper QSB 
but signals were stronger.  I was surprised at how cool the temperatures 
were around the country.  Then I got to Dale who said 105 F was cooler 
than the days preceding.  Hopefully his A/C keeps working.


   The solar stream is close.  Maybe that will boost conditions during 
the week.  There are a few sunspot groups moving into position.  One of 
them is shooting B class flares.  The sun is waking up.



  On 14050.7 kHz at 2200z:

K6XK - Roy - IA

K0DTJ - Brian - CA


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

WM5F - Dwight  - ID

K6PJV - Dale - CA

W0CZ - Ken - ND

W7LKG - Rick - WA


   Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


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will never be understood,

let alone believed by the masses.  ~ Plato

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[kevin]

Good Evening,

   A cool, moist week, every morning foggy with sun by 10 AM.  It 
dropped into the 40s last night.  Feels chilly after 110 degrees. The 
bugs are growing well.  They find me tasty.  Wild strawberries are 
starting to fade with a bumper crop of salmon berries.  Black berries 
are just starting to ripen while the thimble berries are showing their 
last blossoms.  Huckleberries are coming on too.  In a week there will 
be quite a lot of sun warmed fruit available to eat.


   The sun has calmed down a little.  Only a few active sunspot groups 
with the solar flux back to 74.  Some solar wind is due July 11-12.  
There may be some noise from it during net times.


   After much listening and a little help from W8OV and W5FTD I am 
fairly certain I have a new bird for my life list.  I posted a link to 
the sound files so you can test  your hearing.  The bird books have 
quite a range of similar sounding birds.  You can compare and contrast 
them.  Regional variations make my choice less the 100% certain.  I 
could not find an example of one from Oregon.  His call varies so much 
from cycle to cycle it is hard to compare his song measure for measure 
with my examples.  Any flash of a field marking would be appreciated.


  I have also added two links to various types of information encoding.

Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-


https://www.quantamagazine.org/social-mitochondria-whispering-between-cells-influence-health-20210706/

http://bacona.design/bird.html

https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-kind-of-information-coding-seen-in-the-human-brain-20210707/

https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr260.pdf


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[kevin]

Good Evening,

   Conditions were poor to OK on both bands.  QSB was slow and 
moderately deep.  Summer storms were quite evident on 40 meters. 
Hopefully someone is getting rain, not heat lightning.  Hot and dry in 
most places.  Here there is heavy dew from the morning fog.  It may be 
enough to stave off any fire danger for tonight's incendiary displays.  
The booming has begun.


   My mystery bird is being elusive.  I found one recording with a 
similar song.  However, my bird is in the background, not the one 
singing lead.  I've listened to each of the mimicking birds with no 
luck.  I'm glad I made the recording because he has not returned after 
our recent heatwave.  The bird songs and the bees make a good background 
track for a number of uses.  While Audacity can be used to create 
multi-tracked recordings, I use it only to record and equalize.  I use 
the Openshot video editor for the final cuts.  That way I can add 
titles, stills, and moving images.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA


   Until next week stay well and don't start any fires,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


-


Proposed antennas: resonant inverted Vs for 20 and 40 meters plus an 
inverted L over a ground plane.


How do I connect all of the radial wires so it is not a mess apt to 
corrode?  I've seen metal disks with multiple bolts around the 
circumference.  How about soldering them to a copper loop instead?  I 
could put this radial manifold into a plastic container with weep 
holes.  That will decrease the rate of corrosion.  Any hints?


KJR


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[kevin]

Good Evening,

   The week began with very hot weather.  It peaked on Tuesday at 110 
degrees.  Luckily no one started a fire.  I coped by eating jalapenos 
and drinking a lot of water.  Then it slacked off.  Two days later the 
clouds came back with morning fog.  It did get to 82 today but it felt 
very nice.


    The sun tossed a CME at us but almost missed.  Solar flux is up to 
95 sfu.  I was hoping it would go over 100 too.  The bands should be a 
little stronger with the normal summer noise.  I received three runs of 
coax this week.  Now to craft three more antennas.  The broken antennas 
are ready to become radials.  The main problem with those is all the 
slash lying around.  However, no one says radials have to be totally 
radial.  They just need to form a ground plane so a few zigs and zags to 
avoid large branches should be OK.  That being said it is my only option 
so it will work; it is simply a matter of how well.


Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-


  There is a bird who enjoys singing from the top of one of the large 
hemlock trees in the backyard.  I have not been able to see him, only 
hear him.  I decided to record him which brought up the question of 
how.  Audacity is installed on three of my computers, two of them being 
laptops.  So I grabbed one of those and took it out back.  I captured 
twenty minutes of him calling while bees worked the thimble berry 
blossoms.  The built in microphones were fine, I did not need to use my 
separate mikes.  The tracks all had wind noise so I used the app's 
equalizer to mute it.  I could have used other tools to normalize the 
recording but only added a little compression.


  Now I can listen to my mystery bird as I search through the Cornell 
recordings.  The best I can guess so far is it is a warbler.  Its call 
had between five and sixteen phrases in it. Only the first four are 
stable, the rest are variations with the occasional mimic of neighboring 
birds.  If only I could sort sound files then I could write a search 
algorithm to match my bird.  A view of him in flight, or any sort of 
field sign would be nice too.  It may be a long quest.



https://www.audacityteam.org


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[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   Conditions were not so good.  Some QSB with a side order of QRN.  I 
received a number of emails though.  Fathers were being feted.  Twenty 
meters was good to the east and south.  Forty meters was good to the 
west.  Temperatures are creeping up with some wind.  I was awakened by 
fog rain falling from the trees. Large drops made it sound like a storm 
was starting; but they lasted for less than a minute.  I looked out the 
window to see dense fog with a tree showing here and there.  By 7 AM it 
was clear.  I hope it returns before the dry season begins.



  On 14050 kHz at 2200z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K4JPN - Steve - GA

K4WJ - John - FL


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K0DTJ - Brian - CA


   Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


-



Mr. Spock, remind me to tell you that I'm sick and tired of your logic.

That is a most illogical attitude.


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[kevinr]

Good Evening,

    The weather changed a few days ago.  The cool, wet days became 
sunny and mild.  That is due to change again.  Sun with high 
temperatures and wind.  I'm glad the forest is so wet because it will 
take a few more days for it to dry out.  Luckily this blast of heat will 
end by Friday.  Folks south of me are not so lucky.  They are testing 
the electricity grid with their A/C units.  Good thing it's a dry heat.  
Stay hydrated folks.


   Propagation seems unchanged.  I would rather it was different.  
Nostradamus predicted a solar event for 2021; maybe his forecast will 
prevail.  There are a number of schools of thought, but you only really 
know a cycle's activity level when it has passed.



Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-


After the hummingbird incident last week this article seems timely.  
Without the sun to light her iridescence she appeared brown and gray.  
Steller's Jays in the shadows sometimes present as brown too.  Sun 
brings both species to full resonance.


https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-blue-animals-color-themselves-with-nanostructures-20210616/


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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   Today was at or near 100% humidity, which drains my reactions and my 
brain.  Low blood sugar added extra dits, or whole words. Occasionally 
my mind would start spelling something else entirely. Soon we will 
switch to the dry season like those farther south so I get a reprieve.


   Medium to deep QSB made life interesting, there were a few summer 
storms out there causing problems too.  Roy described drought 
conditions.  I would not mind at all if these clouds of mine moved their 
way east.  They are wet enough to make the journey.  Steve alternated 
between ESP and S5 with rapid QSB. Dave found me right after the net and 
mentioned I had come up out of the noise.   On the next net Brian told 
me I had been ESP to him on 20, at best.  On forty he was S7 to me with 
mild QSB.  Jim came next with a fine signal from Idaho at 569 and slow 
QSB.  Dale tried to win the high temperature award but that had been 
taken by Roy.  Dwight was truly ESP.  I know he replied to one of my 
calls but I could not work him.  Forty meters was indeed moving as we 
progressed.


   When the rainy season breaks I will get back to antenna work. I want 
four choices by the time the snow falls.



  On 14050 kHz at 2200z:

K6XK - Roy - IA

W5TO - Robert  - TX

K4JPN - Steve - GA

AB9V - Mike - IN

W8OV - Dave - TX


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K7TXA - Jim - ID

K6PJV - Dale - CA

WM5F - Dwight - IA


   Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


-


“Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this button?

Ford Prefect: I wouldn't-

Arthur Dent: Oh.

Ford Prefect: What happened?

Arthur Dent: A sign lit up, saying 'Please do not press this button again.”

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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement and birding report

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   It was a chilly, wet week.  Rain was slow, mostly continuous. The 
trees love it, there is new growth showing on all of them. The diffused 
lighting had me guessing about a hummingbird's species.  My first guess 
was immature female Anna's Hummingbird. I don't have much experience 
with the immature ones.  They change to adult plumage as they are given 
flight instruction.  A one second long sun break showed me some 
iridescence.  There was a strong gray bar on the leading edge of her 
exposed wing.  Luckily she sat ten feet away for about five minutes.  It 
took a few minutes to scan through all the possible colors of the Anna's 
Hummingbird.  In bright light they are very colorful.  However, that is 
not the base color but an effect of the light.


https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/annhum/cur/introduction

The third image was the best match if I subtracted the lighting. The 
gray bar is much fainter when the plumage is well lit.


  Yesterday I wrote my brother in Wisconsin about the weather. 
Temperatures here were trying to break the 50 degree barrier.  He told 
me it was 101 degrees with rain falling at the rate of 1 1/2 inches per 
hour.  I imagine the humidity was above 90 too.  While it does not get 
as humid as it does in Houston 'tis enough, twill serve.


  Propagation holds steady at not great.  But there is an article on 
SpaceWeather.com from a so called 'heretic'.  If the Terminator Event 
happens soon we will see a strong cycle.  They are not predicting 1957 
levels but hope springs eternal.  Time to call Arnold :)  This is 
another statistical study.  What is the range of probabilities?  You 
never know how propagation will change until you test it.  Is the cat alive?


Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-



ARTHUR:
Yes, of course! The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch! 'Tis one of the sacred 
relics Brother Maynard carries with him. Brother Maynard! Bring up the 
Holy Hand Grenade!


ARTHUR:
How does it, um-- how does it work?

LANCELOT:
I know not, my liege

ARTHUR:
Consult the Book of Armaments!

BROTHER MAYNARD:
Armaments, chapter two, verses nine to twenty-one

SECOND BROTHER:
And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, 
bless this Thy hand grenade that, with it, Thou mayest blow Thine 
enemies to tiny bits in Thy mercy."
And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and 
sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and 
fruit bats and large chu--


MAYNARD:
Skip a bit, Brother

SECOND BROTHER:
And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. 
Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the 
number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. 
Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that 
thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, 
being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand 
Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, 
shall snuff it."


MAYNARD:
Amen

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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report 19th Anniversary Edition

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   Conditions were mostly poor.  A little QSB with steady noise. But 
the antenna work helped.  Some stations were ESP on one antenna while S6 
to S9 on the other.  I need to order more coax so I can have more 
choices.  Two antennas cut for band frequencies and two others cut so 
matching is required.


   The glass is full no matter the outcome.  I get to use my K3 and 
practice my CW.  The fourth stage of fishing is when you forget to bait 
the hook while enjoying the day.  I just checked 
http://beta.reversebeacon.net/main.php, with my callsign as the DX.  On 
twenty meters my signal landed at four distances, tending toward the 
Northern tier of states.  On forty meters the antennas triggered beacons 
west of the Rockies.  I heard thunderstorms and reports of 
thunderstorms.  I had signal strength readings between 8 and 10 dB from 
NH and MA.  A few more antenna choices will improve my coverage and 
increase my chances of working you.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA

K4JPN - Steve - GA


  On 7047/5 kHz at z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K7TXA - Jim - ID

WM5F - Dwight - ID


   It was a good anniversary.  Next year the net won't land on the 6th 
so I thought it important to celebrate today.  Uncle Irvin was in the 
101st Airborne.  He and his group jumped inland during the night before 
the landing.  They were to prevent a Panzer division from reaching the 
beach without blowing up any bridges. He said it was an interesting few 
days.  Later he got run over by the Battle of Bulge.  He was not in 
Bastogne that day, but dodging soldiers in the snow a few miles outside 
of town.  He said that was less interesting.  I thought it fitting to 
commemorate his experience.



   Until next week 73,

    Kevin.  KD5ONS


-




Sometimes everything seems dark and without hope.
When you begin feeling this way, it’s important to remember
that these are the consequences of being realistic.

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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net 19th Anniversary Announcement

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   This week was sunny and hot.  Plants and insects grew very well.  I 
was able to build three antennas but only raised one of them.  I am coax 
challenged.  A few more runs plus an antenna switch will be on order 
soon.  Four antennas should give me paths into much of North America.  
If the bands ever strengthen the world may open up again.  I have 
checked in folks from European and Asian Russia, Hungary, Iceland, 
Ireland, a few South American countries, and a few island nations in the 
Pacific.  There were a few African contacts with at least one from the 
Middle East. None, so far, from South or Southeastern Asia.  I did 
forget to mention both Australia and New Zealand.  I missed Antarctica 
but logged him via relay.


   I started the Elecraft CW Net on June 6th, 2002.  Many people have 
checked in over the years.  The format of the directed net was designed 
by N0SS, Tom Hammond (SK).  He helped for many years as an alternate net 
control from Missouri.  I miss him.  Wayne, N6KR, once asked me how I 
had kept running the net for so long.  I told him it had become a 
habit.  A good habit.  One where I get to meet new people and learn a 
bit more about the regulars.  I think I have been skunked only once and 
for only one of the two nets. Sometimes the bands are just too poor.  
Other times folks are busy with holidays.  But I still get a few folks 
each week.


   Procedures have changed a little since the beginning.  I am finally 
learning how to run a net.  The only strict rule is to have fun.  Well, 
the directed net part is kind of strict too, but without some control 
there is chaos.  Much like the transition from laminar to turbulent 
flow.  A little disorder is OK as long as everyone knows who is talking 
to whom.  "Little whorls have lesser whirls and so on to viscosity."


  Tomorrow will be the 19th anniversary celebration of the Elecraft CW 
Net.  Lime jello, cookies, and cherry pie for the lucky few.  Oh and 
fresh sour dough bread.  Now for an entree :) The rhododendron are in 
full bloom as are the nicely scented False Solomon Seal.  Many species 
of butterflies are enjoying a feast. Both species of hummingbirds are on 
display (Rufous & Anna's).  So warm up your heaters and get  your tubes 
glowing (I can dream) and see if the bands will support comms to NW 
Oregon (where it is back to 50 degrees with rain).



Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)    Maybe way off if I can 
find room.

  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-


https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-identify-threshold-at-which-shapes-give-way-20210603/



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[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   As I had suspected twenty meters was filled with contesters. Signals 
receded into the distance like grain elevators on the plains of Kansas.  
I scanned from 14003 to 14110 kHz without finding a gap.  So I went back 
to writing code.


   Forty meters was open after the contest closed down.  QSB ranged 
from moderate to weak.  Noise levels kept dropping as time passed.  I 
wasn't expecting to reach far on forty; I had been checking with RBN all 
week with no signals east of the Rockies. Twenty meters was better with 
reports from the Maritimes of Canada to Florida, North Carolina, 
Connecticut, New York and many points west.


   The forecast is for sunny, dry weather most of the week.  I will 
cut, build, and hang a new antenna by the weekend.  If all goes well I 
will replace the second antenna too.  Then I can celebrate the 19th 
anniversary of the Elecraft CW Net next week with fresh copper.



  On 7048 kHz at z:

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K6PJV - Dale - CA

K0DTJ - Brian - CA



   Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


-





    Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
    “Sir,” said I, “or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
    But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
    And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
    That I scarce was sure I heard you”—here I opened wide the door;—
    Darkness there and nothing more.

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[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   The twenty meter net may or may not meet tomorrow.  That depends on 
whether there will be room amoungst  the WPX folks. The second net won't 
be a problem: it will begin the moment after the contest closes.  
Conditions are not auspicious.  However, that has not stopped us yet.  
The sun was active earlier in the weak but less so today.  By the way: 
next Sunday, June 6, the Elecraft CW Net will be 19 years old.


   Sometime in 1957 my brother put headphones on my head so I could 
hear his new shortwave receiver.  He found he could keep me out of his 
hair for hours after he showed me how to use the tuning knob and the 
gain controls.  I was hooked on all the odd noises I could find.  
Listening became a habit I maintained until I graduated from high 
school.  The bands are still filled with odd noises.  Many new ones as 
our neighborhoods fill with electronic gadgets.  But there are still the 
old standards.  Whistling noises which move through the passband.  Snaps 
of distant lightning. Hearing my own callsign echoed a little out of 
sync.  Fewer AM heterodynes, but far more SSB signals.  Then there is 
phantom CW found in static the day after a contest.



Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)    Maybe way off if I can 
find room.

  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

  I was met by a wall of noise, filled with waves of even louder 
noise.  I think there may have been QSB but it was too hard to tell.  My 
ears are still ringing.  Both bands had limited check ins.  Roy 
mentioned we were in the midst of a storm. SpaceWeather.com has a video 
of a solar flare tossing plasma out into space.  One of those blasts 
must have hit Earth because the auroral oval changed a great deal since 
this morning.  However, once the noise abates there should be a period 
of improved propagation.  One of these days the solar flux index will 
get into the three digit range.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA

K4JPN - Steve - GA


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA


   Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


-




“I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, 
and it's very difficult to find anyone.'


I should think so — in these parts!  We are plain quiet folk and have no 
use for adventures.  Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things!  Make you 
late for dinner!”





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[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   It was a cool, wet week.  This slowed the biting flies quite a bit.  
I was able to go out hiking without getting eaten too badly.  Wind 
helped too.  If anything it is more green than last week.  The ferns are 
unrolling, adding their hue to the mix.  The hemlock are adding new 
growth and some of the Doug fir are too. Time to add another antenna 
before the ferns get too thick.


  The sun is waking up.  Multiple CMEs have been shot out of AR2824.  
In a day or two they should be aimed at us. SpaceWeather.com mentions we 
may notice unusual propagation below 20 MHz.  They did not elaborate.  I 
expect more noise and QSB, hopefully that will help me dig you out.



Please join us on (or near):

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  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


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“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You 
certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always 
quite the something you were after.”


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[kevinr]

Good Evening,

  Conditions approached poor from worse.  However, I was able to work a 
few of you, especially on 20 meters.  Forty meters seemed barren.  RBN 
did report my signal in Central Canada.  Thankfully, propagation reports 
mirror my own.  One of these days propagation has to improve, it can't 
get much worse.


   Spring weather reports were mild except for California where coastal 
storms kept things cool and wet.  Here warm weather brings hatch after 
hatch of biting flies.  I can gauge insect population by watching the 
hummingbird feeder.  When there are few insects it's level drops much 
faster.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6XK - Roy - IA

KL7CW - Rick - AK

K4JPN - Steve - GA

AB9V - Mike - IN


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

WM5F - Dwight - ID


   Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


-


Each player gets six cards, except for the player on the dealer's right, 
who gets seven, except on Thursdays when they get five.



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[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   Less rain and more sun have the forest growing swiftly.  It smells 
very good.  The biting flies have been very friendly, I wonder what they 
eat when I'm not around?  The hummingbirds have been very active.  
Eating some of the insect population and draining the feeders.  One of 
them flew into the window right next to me.  He flew to a nearby branch 
and shook his head.  I thought their reactions were better than that.


  I read about a new battery chemistry which uses aluminum in a 
graphene matrix.  Charge rate up to 60 times faster than lithium ion 
batteries.  3000 Wh/kg sounds adequate.






Please join us on (or near):


14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)


   Until tomorrow,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


-



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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

[IK4EWX]

Many thans to all, and a special thanks to KN5L for the oscilloscope
traces
I will insert a debouncer before the key input of my K3S.
I have some MAC bugs with the mechanical debouncers, but  on the Mac 1937
with debouncer seem to persist a bounces problems, and with the Mecograph
the problem seem really a mess...
So I have ordered the Jackson Harbour kit.
I will say you something about the results using it
73,
Ian IK4EWX 





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[Elecraft] Fwd: Re[2]: Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

[Victor Rosenthal]

I rarely use it any more, because I'm lazy. The keyer is easier. Also, 
my bug fist isn't what it used to be. But I do want it to sound clean 
when I do.


73,
Victor, 4X6GP
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Formerly K2VCO
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On 10/05/2021 3:02, Jim Brown wrote:

On 5/9/2021 12:14 PM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote:
I use a reed relay with a capacitor across the coil with my bug. The 
K3 is not the only modern radio that keys poorly with a bug.


A cousin who had used it in the Navy gave me his bug when I was a new 
ham, and when you and I were working on the Traffic Hounds Morning 
Watch. I quit it cold turkey for an early electronic keyer sometime in 
the '60s. I don't debate your advice, Vic.


73, Jim K9YC (ex-W8FNI)

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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

[Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP]

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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   Conditions were poor today.  Lots of QSB which both helped and 
hindered.  Rain was the common subject.  Folks were getting some but 
more would be helpful.  NW Oregon had three days of red flag warnings in 
April.  Dale mentioned smoke in Central California. What will July bring?



  On 14051 kHz at 2200z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

NO8V - John - MI

K6XK - Roy - IA

AB9V - Mike - IN

KL7CW - Rick - AK


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA


   Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

[Jim Brown]

On 5/9/2021 12:14 PM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote:
I use a reed relay with a capacitor across the coil with my bug. The K3 
is not the only modern radio that keys poorly with a bug.


A cousin who had used it in the Navy gave me his bug when I was a new 
ham, and when you and I were working on the Traffic Hounds Morning 
Watch. I quit it cold turkey for an early electronic keyer sometime in 
the '60s. I don't debate your advice, Vic.


73, Jim K9YC (ex-W8FNI)


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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net

[John Seboldt]

Just conditions. Hearing other calling for WES around therw with 
copiable signals, so not totally dead.


On 5/9/2021 5:33 PM, James Bennett via Elecraft wrote:

Ooops - fat fingered it - my call is K7TXA.


On May 9, 2021, at 4:30 PM, James Bennett via Elecraft 
 wrote:

John - surprisingly, I’m glad to hear that! I just moved into a third floor 
apartment and have been struggling to get a stealth antenna put up so I can 
check into the nets. Today I cobbled together my new Buddistick vertical on the 
balcony railing, got the battery charged up in my IC-705 and tuned to 14.050 to 
hear……nothing. Thought maybe it was conditions or just my crappy antenna 
situation. Now, maybe not!

I’ll give the 40 meter net a try if we’re here at the right time, although my 
single radial wire is really short for 40 meters.

73, Jim / K7YXA
Eagle, ID

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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net

[James Bennett via Elecraft]

Ooops - fat fingered it - my call is K7TXA.

> On May 9, 2021, at 4:30 PM, James Bennett via Elecraft 
>  wrote:
> 
> John - surprisingly, I’m glad to hear that! I just moved into a third floor 
> apartment and have been struggling to get a stealth antenna put up so I can 
> check into the nets. Today I cobbled together my new Buddistick vertical on 
> the balcony railing, got the battery charged up in my IC-705 and tuned to 
> 14.050 to hear……nothing. Thought maybe it was conditions or just my crappy 
> antenna situation. Now, maybe not!
> 
> I’ll give the 40 meter net a try if we’re here at the right time, although my 
> single radial wire is really short for 40 meters.
> 
> 73, Jim / K7YXA
> Eagle, ID
> 
>> On May 9, 2021, at 4:24 PM, John Seboldt  wrote:
>> 
>> Nothing in WI near 14050 from 2200-2220. Listening at 7047 in a few hpurs.
>> 
>> John K0JD, Milwaukee
>> 
>> On 5/8/2021 9:32 PM, kevinr wrote:
>>> Good Evening,
>>> 
>>>   Another chilly, wet week.  Spring progresses slowly up here. The rain has 
>>> made it very green.  Moss really does grow on the north sides of trees in 
>>> Oregon.  It grows on most of the rest of the tree too.  But circular 
>>> objects only have two sides: in and out.  Propagation remains weak.  The 
>>> sun tossed a CME, it missed. Bands should be fairly quiet, which can help.  
>>> Maybe QSB will be helpful and pull you up for a moment.
>>> 
>>>   If you wish to exercise your gray cells to examine other circular systems:
>>> 
>>> https://www.quantamagazine.org/solve-math-equations-that-are-stubborn-as-a-goat-20210506/
>>>  
>>> 
>>> https://www.quantamagazine.org/after-centuries-a-seemingly-simple-math-problem-gets-an-exact-solution-20201209/
>>>  
>>> 
>>>   Or if you wonder about cats:
>>> 
>>> https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/what-cats-love-of-boxes-and-squares-can-tell-us-about-their-visual-perception/
>>>  
>>> 
>>> How did they keep the goat from gnawing through the rope?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Please join us on (or near):
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
>>>  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)
>>> 
>>>   73,
>>>  Kevin. KD5ONS
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The ship was the pride of the American side
>>> Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin
>>> As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
>>> With a crew and good captain well seasoned
>>> Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
>>> When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
>>> Then later that night when the ship's bell rang
>>> Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?
>>> 
>>> The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
>>> When the wave broke over the railing
>>> And every man knew, as the captain did too
>>> 'Twas the witch of November come stealin'
>>> The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
>>> When the gales of November came slashin'
>>> When afternoon came it was freezing rain
>>> In the face of a hurricane west wind
>>> 
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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net

[James Bennett via Elecraft]

John - surprisingly, I’m glad to hear that! I just moved into a third floor 
apartment and have been struggling to get a stealth antenna put up so I can 
check into the nets. Today I cobbled together my new Buddistick vertical on the 
balcony railing, got the battery charged up in my IC-705 and tuned to 14.050 to 
hear……nothing. Thought maybe it was conditions or just my crappy antenna 
situation. Now, maybe not!

I’ll give the 40 meter net a try if we’re here at the right time, although my 
single radial wire is really short for 40 meters.

73, Jim / K7YXA
Eagle, ID

> On May 9, 2021, at 4:24 PM, John Seboldt  wrote:
> 
> Nothing in WI near 14050 from 2200-2220. Listening at 7047 in a few hpurs.
> 
> John K0JD, Milwaukee
> 
> On 5/8/2021 9:32 PM, kevinr wrote:
>> Good Evening,
>> 
>>Another chilly, wet week.  Spring progresses slowly up here. The rain has 
>> made it very green.  Moss really does grow on the north sides of trees in 
>> Oregon.  It grows on most of the rest of the tree too.  But circular objects 
>> only have two sides: in and out.  Propagation remains weak.  The sun tossed 
>> a CME, it missed. Bands should be fairly quiet, which can help.  Maybe QSB 
>> will be helpful and pull you up for a moment.
>> 
>>If you wish to exercise your gray cells to examine other circular systems:
>> 
>> https://www.quantamagazine.org/solve-math-equations-that-are-stubborn-as-a-goat-20210506/
>>  
>> 
>> https://www.quantamagazine.org/after-centuries-a-seemingly-simple-math-problem-gets-an-exact-solution-20201209/
>>  
>> 
>>Or if you wonder about cats:
>> 
>> https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/what-cats-love-of-boxes-and-squares-can-tell-us-about-their-visual-perception/
>>  
>> 
>> How did they keep the goat from gnawing through the rope?
>> 
>> 
>> Please join us on (or near):
>> 
>> 
>> 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
>>   7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)
>> 
>>73,
>>   Kevin. KD5ONS
>> 
>> 
>> -
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The ship was the pride of the American side
>> Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin
>> As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
>> With a crew and good captain well seasoned
>> Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
>> When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
>> Then later that night when the ship's bell rang
>> Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?
>> 
>> The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
>> When the wave broke over the railing
>> And every man knew, as the captain did too
>> 'Twas the witch of November come stealin'
>> The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
>> When the gales of November came slashin'
>> When afternoon came it was freezing rain
>> In the face of a hurricane west wind
>> 
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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net

[John Seboldt]

Nothing in WI near 14050 from 2200-2220. Listening at 7047 in a few hpurs.

John K0JD, Milwaukee

On 5/8/2021 9:32 PM, kevinr wrote:

Good Evening,

   Another chilly, wet week.  Spring progresses slowly up here. The 
rain has made it very green.  Moss really does grow on the north sides 
of trees in Oregon.  It grows on most of the rest of the tree too.  
But circular objects only have two sides: in and out.  Propagation 
remains weak.  The sun tossed a CME, it missed. Bands should be fairly 
quiet, which can help.  Maybe QSB will be helpful and pull you up for 
a moment.


   If you wish to exercise your gray cells to examine other circular 
systems:


https://www.quantamagazine.org/solve-math-equations-that-are-stubborn-as-a-goat-20210506/ 



https://www.quantamagazine.org/after-centuries-a-seemingly-simple-math-problem-gets-an-exact-solution-20201209/ 



   Or if you wonder about cats:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/what-cats-love-of-boxes-and-squares-can-tell-us-about-their-visual-perception/ 



How did they keep the goat from gnawing through the rope?


Please join us on (or near):


14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


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The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
With a crew and good captain well seasoned
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
Then later that night when the ship's bell rang
Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?

The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
When the wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the captain did too
'Twas the witch of November come stealin'
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales of November came slashin'
When afternoon came it was freezing rain
In the face of a hurricane west wind

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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

[Louandzip via Elecraft]

 
Straight key is one thing.  The dit contacts of bugs can be somewhat 
sketchy/scratchy. There's very little pressure pushing the contacts together 
when they first make.  It's a common problem on many rigs with many bugs. One 
fix that's been around forever (predates 555 timers and transistors) is a 
little arm that preloads the dit spring.  That's a mechanical fix that can work 
very well.
On Sunday, May 9, 2021, 12:28:07 PM MDT, Jim Brown 
 wrote:  
 
 On 5/9/2021 10:38 AM, IK4EWX wrote:
> now I am sure that the K3S is a CW
> transceiver suitable only for the use of paddles with its internal keyer or
> external pc keying.

Not true. The K3 can easily be used with a straight key, plugged into 
the KEY jack.

73, Jim K9YC
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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

[Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP]

I use a reed relay with a capacitor across the coil with my bug. The K3 
is not the only modern radio that keys poorly with a bug.


73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
CWops #5
Formerly K2VCO
https://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
On 09/05/2021 20:38, IK4EWX wrote:

Dear friends, Elecraft K3S owners, now I am sure that the K3S is a CW
transceiver suitable only for the use of paddles with its internal keyer or
external pc keying.
I had already noticed with the Begali Intrepid bug that the K3S introduced
extra points that were not my manipulation errors.
Today, using a spectacular and magnificent Mecograph mod. 3 of 1908,
restored to maximum efficiency, in transmission at about 25 wpm, the
Elecraft K3S, both in qsk and in vox, generates a lot of errors in
transmission. It generate understandable CW.
The same bug used on a Ten Tec Corsair II and a Cubic 102BXA is instead
perfect, with an excellent cw and without any errors.
There is and has been certainly a problem with the key input circuit on the
K3S.
I hope that the same design and construction error will not happen again on
the K4 Elecraft.
Otherwise it will certainly not be a bug user transceiver.
It is a lot better an IC7300, which my friend IK4DCT uses with his two
Mecographs without any problems.
Ian IK4EWX

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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

[Jim Brown]

On 5/9/2021 10:38 AM, IK4EWX wrote:

now I am sure that the K3S is a CW
transceiver suitable only for the use of paddles with its internal keyer or
external pc keying.


Not true. The K3 can easily be used with a straight key, plugged into 
the KEY jack.


73, Jim K9YC
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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

[John Oppenheimer]

Hi Ian,

All Bugs have some amount of contact bounce. K3 does not have debounce
circuitry. I use a debounce device between Bug and rig. Several can be
found on the internet.

I made one: https://www.kn5l.net/debounce555/

John KN5L

On 5/9/21 12:38 PM, IK4EWX wrote:
> Dear friends, Elecraft K3S owners, now I am sure that the K3S is a CW
> transceiver suitable only for the use of paddles with its internal keyer or
> external pc keying.
> I had already noticed with the Begali Intrepid bug that the K3S introduced
> extra points that were not my manipulation errors. 
> Today, using a spectacular and magnificent Mecograph mod. 3 of 1908,
> restored to maximum efficiency, in transmission at about 25 wpm, the
> Elecraft K3S, both in qsk and in vox, generates a lot of errors in
> transmission. It generate understandable CW.
> The same bug used on a Ten Tec Corsair II and a Cubic 102BXA is instead
> perfect, with an excellent cw and without any errors.
> There is and has been certainly a problem with the key input circuit on the
> K3S. 
> I hope that the same design and construction error will not happen again on
> the K4 Elecraft.
> Otherwise it will certainly not be a bug user transceiver.
> It is a lot better an IC7300, which my friend IK4DCT uses with his two
> Mecographs without any problems.
> Ian IK4EWX
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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

[IK4EWX]

Dear friends, Elecraft K3S owners, now I am sure that the K3S is a CW
transceiver suitable only for the use of paddles with its internal keyer or
external pc keying.
I had already noticed with the Begali Intrepid bug that the K3S introduced
extra points that were not my manipulation errors. 
Today, using a spectacular and magnificent Mecograph mod. 3 of 1908,
restored to maximum efficiency, in transmission at about 25 wpm, the
Elecraft K3S, both in qsk and in vox, generates a lot of errors in
transmission. It generate understandable CW.
The same bug used on a Ten Tec Corsair II and a Cubic 102BXA is instead
perfect, with an excellent cw and without any errors.
There is and has been certainly a problem with the key input circuit on the
K3S. 
I hope that the same design and construction error will not happen again on
the K4 Elecraft.
Otherwise it will certainly not be a bug user transceiver.
It is a lot better an IC7300, which my friend IK4DCT uses with his two
Mecographs without any problems.
Ian IK4EWX



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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   Another chilly, wet week.  Spring progresses slowly up here. The 
rain has made it very green.  Moss really does grow on the north sides 
of trees in Oregon.  It grows on most of the rest of the tree too.  But 
circular objects only have two sides: in and out.  Propagation remains 
weak.  The sun tossed a CME, it missed. Bands should be fairly quiet, 
which can help.  Maybe QSB will be helpful and pull you up for a moment.


   If you wish to exercise your gray cells to examine other circular 
systems:


https://www.quantamagazine.org/solve-math-equations-that-are-stubborn-as-a-goat-20210506/

https://www.quantamagazine.org/after-centuries-a-seemingly-simple-math-problem-gets-an-exact-solution-20201209/

   Or if you wonder about cats:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/what-cats-love-of-boxes-and-squares-can-tell-us-about-their-visual-perception/

How did they keep the goat from gnawing through the rope?


Please join us on (or near):


14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-




The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
With a crew and good captain well seasoned
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
Then later that night when the ship's bell rang
Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?

The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
When the wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the captain did too
'Twas the witch of November come stealin'
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales of November came slashin'
When afternoon came it was freezing rain
In the face of a hurricane west wind

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[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   Both bands were weak and unstable, here one minute, gone the next.  
However, QSB improved signals enough to copy some of what you were 
sending.  I was switching from one antenna to the other. I could hear 
better on one and you could hear better on the other.  Roy remarked on 
how dry it has been.  I read crop forecasts last week which predicted 
poor harvests of hard wheat and canola.  If you like pasta it might be 
good to buy a little extra for storage.  Or invest in commodity futures.


   I plan to use my telescope to inspect both antennas. Something just 
doesn't seem right about them.  Maybe a connection has shorted or 
broken.  Or build another one just for practice. With the wind I 
receive, a spare every other year is good.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

KL7CW - Rick - AK

K6XK - Roy - IA

K4JPN - Steve - GA

AB9V - Mike - IN

NO8V - John - MI


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA


   Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


-




The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,
Your pin wad help to mend a mill
In time o’ need,
While thro’ your pores the dews distil
Like amber mead.

His knife see Rustic-labour dight,
An’ cut you up wi’ ready slight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright,
Like onie ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm-reekin, rich!

Then, horn for horn, they stretch an’ strive:
Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive,
Till a’ their weel-swall’d kytes belyve
Are bent like drums;
Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
Bethankit hums.



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Good Evening,

   It was a week of rapid growth.  Ferns are now three feet tall and 
leaves are filling the empty spaces in the trees.  Bird species keep 
changing.  I heard a Mourning Dove the other morning.  They are not 
regulars here, must have been moving through.  The gray jays are very 
spread out now.  They don't flock the house when I step out.  The 
hummingbirds have lots of insects to eat.  They eat some of the biting 
flies which is appreciated.


   Propagation seems weaker now.  I have been testing twenty and forty 
meters for the last few days with little luck.  Earlier in the week I 
was doing better with the reverse beacon net.  Today was worse.  While 
the sun is not very active, the volcano in Iceland is doing better.  
Lava flow has increased as has the venting of gasses.  They propel the 
magma 100 feet into the air or higher.  There is only one vent now 
creating and breaking a spatter cone.  Flow rate around 8 cubic meters 
per second.  It has been quite a show.


Please join us on (or near):


14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-



There was three kings unto the east,
Three kings both great and high,
And they hae sworn a solemn oath
John Barleycorn should die.

They took a plough and plough'd him down,
Put clods upon his head,
And they hae sworn a solemn oath
John Barleycorn was dead.

But the cheerful Spring came kindly on,
And show'rs began to fall;
John Barleycorn got up again,
And sore surpris'd them all.

The sultry suns of Summer came,
And he grew thick and strong;
His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears,
That no one should him wrong.

The sober Autumn enter'd mild,
When he grew wan and pale;
His bending joints and drooping head
Show'd he bagan to fail.

His colour sicken'd more and more,
He faded into age;
And then his enemies began
To show their deadly rage.

They've taen a weapon, long and sharp,
And cut him by the knee;
Then tied him fast upon a cart,
Like a rogue for forgerie.

They laid him down upon his back,
And cudgell'd him full sore;
They hung him up before the storm,
And turn'd him o'er and o'er.

They filled up a darksome pit
With water to the brim;
They heaved in John Barleycorn,
There let him sink or swim.

They laid him out upon the floor,
To work him further woe;
And still, as signs of life appear'd,
They toss'd him to and fro.

They wasted, o'er a scorching flame,
The marrow of his bones;
But a miller us'd him worst of all,
For he crush'd him between two stones.

And they hae taen his very heart's blood,
And drank it round and round;
And still the more and more they drank,
Their joy did more abound.

John Barleycorn was a hero bold,
Of noble enterprise;
For if you do but taste his blood,
'Twill make your courage rise.

'Twill make a man forget his woe;
'Twill heighten all his joy;
'Twill make the widow's heart to sing,
Tho' the tear were in her eye.

Then let us toast John Barleycorn,
Each man a glass in hand;
And may his great posterity
Ne'er fail in old Scotland!

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[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   Conditions were not good.  QSB was moderate while noise was weak.  
Forty meters was stronger than twenty with more QSB.  I thought the CME 
would cause more hiss but I did not hear it. Weather reports were all 
over the place.  Four sites with rain, two with snow, a few sunny.  
Temperatures from 35 to 82 degrees. I expect there is some wind with 
those differences.  Here it is foggy and wet but much more green than 
last week.  The leaves decided it was time.  The ferns have grown a foot 
in the last day.  They needed this rain.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA


   I walked through the house and counted five T-squares hanging on the 
walls.  There is another one, but it's for cutting drywall ;)  Three of 
them are inherited so I can use that in my defense. However, if you need 
to lay out a sign quickly, or cut glass for that matter, they are very 
handy.  Then there are those times when the power is out and I need to 
draw an isometric view of some idea which is bugging me.


   Until next week stay creative & 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


-


The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. 
-Arnold J. Toynbee





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Good Evening,

   It was a good week.  Sunny and chilly, now wet and foggy.  On 
Wednesday I was out pruning when I saw a largish, white raptor ridge 
soaring past.  The next opening gave me more markings.  An elbow patch 
underneath the wing and little color.  It seemed familiar, accipter of 
Oregon was my first search.  I got five hits but none of them fit.  For 
some reason most photos show hawks from above.  When was the last time 
you saw a hawk from above?  I digress.  I grabbed my Hawks field guide 
and searched for regional falcons.  Still no luck.  Then I scanned the 
photos of the underside of the wings.  That got me the right markings 
but it was not a falcon, or a hawk.  It was an osprey.  Must have been 
soaring from the Tualatin River watershed north to the Columbia River.  
Incorrect assumptions led me astray.  The pointy wings, which hinted 
accipter, were really him while he was slowing down by "crowing".  Since 
there are no rivers or lakes nearby I did not think of a water bird.


  A CME hit today.  The auroral oval is very much awake. However, the 
solar flux rate is down to 77.  This suggests noisy conditions with QSB, 
of course.  There are some sunspots too.  One of them is active and 
aimed at us.  You never know.



Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-


Slide rule: Post Versalog II, far, far away

Drafting set: Dietzgen, five feet away

Triangle set: Post, five feet away

Mechanical pencil: Kohinoor, eight feet away

Architectural ruler: within arm's reach

Engineering ruler: five feet away

Closest drawing board, with T-square: ten feet away

Mechanical drawing classes: 2 years in high school, 1 semester in college.

Typing class: 1 year in high school -- topped out at 65 wpm

16 years of training by a WWII Marine Corps Drill Instructor: priceless :)

I use my typing skills every day.  The construction techniques I learned 
in mechanical drawing help me draw with modern CAD tools about once a 
month.



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[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   Both bands were weak and unproductive.  QSB was deeper on 20 than on 
40 meters.  Noise was higher this week.  The web cams at the 
Geldingadalir volcano now have increased resolution and the sound is 
working.  The sub-woofers are moving the house as the lava flies.  I 
hope they are making a time lapse movie from this live feed.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

NO8V - John  - MI

K4JPN - Steve - Ga


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA



Until next week stay well.


  73, Kevin.  KD5ONS


-



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Arnold J. Toynbee



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Good Evening,

   The new fire station near Manning had a sign which read, "Warning, 
sunshine ahead."  After a long, gray winter the sunbreaks have become 
continuous.  Yesterday the daffodils started to open around 10 AM.  By 
noon they were fully open.  This is after five weeks of growth.  The 
hummingbirds are feeding heavily.  With temperatures in the low 80s we 
are all feeling dehydrated.  They live in constant hunger, it makes them 
a little grumpy.


   The auroral oval is more pronounced than last week though the 
sunspot count is low.  News is the cycle will peak ahead of schedule.  
Maybe we will get a double peak once again.  I have spent the week 
watching the live feed from the volcano in Iceland.  That caused me to 
look up Dante's poem.  He never once mentions lava but does relate all 
manner of boiling substances. Curiously the ninth circle of Hell is made 
of ice.


   California quail worked through the front yard.  The varied thrushes 
and robins had fluffed the detritus layer so the quail had better 
pickings.  The Oregon juncos are attacking the mirrors on my truck while 
the pileated woodpeckers chortle through the woods looking for prey.  A 
few grouse are calling with their low toned whumping.  Currently a saw 
whet owl is filing away.  With all this aural input it is unnecessary to 
turn to electronics.  I have not turned on the BCB gear in a month.



Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-

A few interesting links.  Krita tutorials, navigate a eukaryotic cell, 
live feed lava, how to separate sensation from memory, and the next 
stage of the chip shortage.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zefmloD3KjU

https://digizyme.com/cst_landscapes.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqXr4-U0JEs

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-brain-rotates-memories-to-save-them-from-new-sensations-20210415/

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/semi-fulfilling-prophecy-ongoing-chip-shortage-now-impacting-chipmaking-equipment


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Good Evening,

   Both bands had more QSB than I had expected.  There was more noise 
on 40 meters compared to 20.  There were only a few reports of snow.  
Mostly sunny and warm was a common theme.  It was not very wet this 
winter, I hope the dry season does not bring too many fires.  Two years 
ago they were bad around here.  Last year they were bad farther south.



  On 14051 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA

AB9V - Mike - IN

K4JPN - Steve - GA


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA


Until next week stay well and 73,

   Kevin.  KD5ONS


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You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant
Walk right in it's around the back
Just a half a mile from the railroad track
You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant

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Good Evening,

   I awoke to an inch of snow with more falling.  That lasted until 
mid-afternoon.  Then it started to hail followed by sleet and finally 
pellets of snow.  Lastly it started raining so the snow is gone.  Good 
day to watch the volcano in Iceland.  At least one of their web cams has 
succumbed to the lava when a new fissure opened.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqXr4-U0JEs for a night time view.


   The auroral oval is very weak today.  Low flux readings too. There 
was a sunspot earlier in the week but it is gone now.  Cycle 25 is 
barely underway.  I hope to hear you tomorrow afternoon.



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  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


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"Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time 
to pause and reflect." -- Mark Twain


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Good Evening,

   There was more QSB than I had expected.  On twenty meters an 
operator would be strong one second and gone the next.  On forty meters 
there was more noise with less QSB.  I had to move downward to avoid the 
RTTY folks on forty.



  On 14050.4 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

NO8V - John - MI

KL7CW - Rick - AK

K4JPN - Steve - GA

W8OV - Dave - TX


  On 7046.5 kHz at z:

K6PJV - Dale - CA

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

KL7CW - Rick - AK


   It was a quiet, sunny Easter.

Until next week 73,

    Kevin.  KD5ONS


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Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture
will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.  ~ Plato











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Good Evening,

   There have been a number of sunny days this week.  They are starting 
to form a pattern :)  I saw a few trilliums as I struggled through the 
thicket of hemlock along the southern edge of my land.  I did find a few 
places where the deer had made a path, but they are rather  short.  If I 
follow I have to go on my hands and knees.  I would rather find another 
way.  There are more bedding areas now, some opening up to my east as 
the alder grow taller.  Soon the deer will be more common at this 
elevation as their fodder grows.


  A tiny sunspot showed up today.  Solar flux is still low at 72 sfu 
with a weak auroral oval.  But there are more hours of sunlight now, at 
least in the northern hemisphere, providing more time to ionize the 
Heaviside layer.  I replaced the lighting in my shack which should 
improve my mood, if nothing else.  Oregon's winter offers little 
sunshine, even artificial light can make a difference.  However, a day 
spent bushwhacking through the alder is even better.



Please join us on (or near):

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   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


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I was advised to read journal papers in biology, ecology, and 
linguistics while taking courses in grammars, artificial intelligence, 
robotics, and control theory.  This week I was reading about how flies 
employ their halteres as sensors to determine angular velocity.  The 
information gathered is sent to a central pattern generator controlling 
their flight muscles.


"Central pattern generators (CPG) are neurons or neural circuits that 
produce periodic output without requiring patterned input." Artificial 
neural networks mimic neural pathways in animals. Worms and insects have 
simple neural structures making them easy to study and model.  I created 
a neural network to simulate the motion of a frightened sea slug.  In 
the case of the tritonia sea slug, a single nerve input triggers the 
generator to alternately flex the slug's dorsal and ventral muscles to 
propel it away from danger.  If the triggering enervation ceases, the 
cycle continues for a set period of time.  If the danger persists the 
generator keeps getting triggered, adding another cycle.


The pattern generator allows the organism to use its other nerves, for 
other purposes, while the CPG does its job.  If it was on a computer, 
this method would be called distributed processing.  More complex 
organisms have more generators.  A house fly has numerous generators, 
from those for flight, to those used for cleaning itself.  Avian species 
use CPGs for their songs and mating rituals.  Mammals have generators 
for gait or brachiation, as well as for digestion and other behaviors.  
Neural pathways can be enhanced through training, we call it muscle memory.


I wrote my training set using backpropagation through time to train a 
recurrent neural network.  If I had built a robotic sea slug this would 
have been its escape mechanism.  More recent studies show the pattern 
generators can be nested allowing a great deal of control through only a 
few neurons.  I expect people to use numerous trained neural networks as 
a basis for larger, nested networks.  Leave the weightings trained into 
individual networks fixed, as you train them to work in concert, 
tweaking the interlinking neurons for more complex tasks.


If your little gray cells need exercise here are some links to follow:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halteres

https://academic.oup.com/icb/article/56/5/865/2420623

https://www.pnas.org/content/112/5/1481

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.15.298679v1.full

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0135011

https://jeb.biologists.org/content/222/20/jeb192054

https://d2l.ai/chapter_recurrent-neural-networks/bptt.html

https://machinelearningmastery.com/gentle-introduction-backpropagation-time/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/recurrent-neural-network

https://stanford.edu/~shervine/teaching/cs-230/cheatsheet-recurrent-neural-networks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurrent_neural_network


Remember: neural plasticity is good but it requires you to forget at a 
certain rate.  It is the Red Queen dilemma for engineers :(




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Good Evening,

   Gusting winds have slowed enough to allow the snow to fall. Weather 
reports of 80 degrees with sunshine were appreciated. Spring takes a 
while to get here.  Twenty meters seemed noisy and weak.  Forty meters 
had less noise and less QSB.  Hopefully solar activity will increase 
soon; luckily it has nowhere to go but up.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

NO8V - John - MI

K6XK - Roy - IA


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K7TXA - Jim - CA (for the moment)

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA

K6DGW - Skip - NV


  Until next week stay well and 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS


-






You know, Mr. Tully, you are a most fortunate individual.

I know!

You have been a participant in the biggest interdimensional cross rip 
since the Tunguska blast of 1909!


Felt great.

We'd like to get a sample of your brain tissue.

Okay.



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Good Evening,

   The rain has been falling less often.  Today there was sun for much 
of the day.  I followed the eastern edge of my property from corner pole 
to corner pole.  This was next to impossible before they thinned the 
forest.  Bright green moss dominated the scene. It is too early for the 
ferns and alder leaves.  Very few insects.  That will change.  However, 
more snow is due tomorrow. Luckily the daffodils aren't blooming yet.  
They often get covered by the last big snow of the season.


   The sun has a few spots but there is more activity coming. During 
the equinox ions slip through cracks in our magnetosphere. For a few 
weeks aurora are stimulated with fewer ions.  I am unsure how this 
relates to propagation.  But the longer daylight period enhances the 
ionosphere.  I don't expect too much noise but I don't expect strong 
signals either.  We shall see.



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   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-






The flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow dies;
All that we wish to stay
Tempts and then flies.
What is this world’s delight?
Lightning that mocks the night,
Brief even as bright.


I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."

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Good Evening,

   Conditions were adequate to better.  QSB was deeper on 40 meters.  
The band was changing quickly.  Signals ranged from S1 or less to S9, 
sometimes in the same sentence.  Spring is starting. Flowers are 
blooming ranked by elevation.  The daffodils are blooming down in Banks 
while the snow drops are just starting here.  Birds can keep feeding on 
the same species by flying upward a few hundred feet.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K6XK - Roy - IA

K4JPN - Steve - GA

AB9V - Mike - IN

KL7CW - Rick - AK


  On  7047.5 kHz at z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA


  It is almost biting fly season.  When that starts I work in my 
greenhouse.  Birding by ear is the only way possible with the 
condensation steaming the walls.


  Until next week 73,

  Kevin.   KD5ONS


-



Here's neither bush nor shrub, to bear off
any weather at all, and another storm brewing;
I hear it sing i' the wind: yond same black
cloud, yond huge one, looks like a foul
bombard that would shed his liquor. If it
should thunder as it did before, I know not
where to hide my head: yond same cloud cannot
choose but fall by pailfuls.

[Thunder]

Alas, the storm is come again! my best way is to
creep under his gaberdine; there is no other
shelter hereabouts: misery acquaints a man with
strange bed-fellows. I will here shroud till the
dregs of the storm be past.




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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   It was a soggy, gray week.  The hummingbirds returned after a three 
week absence.  They told me exactly where the feeder should be located.  
Today the sky cleared for an hour.  Long enough to see the moon.  The 
snout and fore-paws of the rabbit on the moon were showing.  Then back 
to fog.


   The sun is shooting streams of ions at us.  I expect the bands to 
sound like hard, fine snow blowing on corn snow.  Yes, there should be 
over a dozen different words for snow.  A small sunspot is showing.  The 
auroral oval has increased since yesterday. Solar flux remains low, near 
the bottom-most reading of the recent doldrums.  Luckily the sun is 
shining longer in the Northern hemisphere, charging the ionosphere just 
a little longer each day.  Even soggy Oregon weather cannot stop that.



Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-







B - None that I more love than myself. You are a
counsellor; if you can command these elements to
silence, and work the peace of the present, we will
not hand a rope more; use your authority: if you
cannot, give thanks you have lived so long, and make
yourself ready in your cabin for the mischance of
the hour, if it so hap. Cheerly, good hearts! Out
of our way, I say.

Exit

G - I have great comfort from this fellow: methinks he
hath no drowning mark upon him; his complexion is
perfect gallows. Stand fast, good Fate, to his
hanging: make the rope of his destiny our cable,
for our own doth little advantage. If he be not
born to be hanged, our case is miserable.

Exeunt



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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   Signals were fair to good on both bands.  They were quiet as well.  
Quiet normally means weak propagation so I received more email than 
check ins.  Oh well, you never know until you try.  I almost missed both 
nets because I was busy listening to bird songs.  If I played the right 
ones I was taken back to canyons, prairies, mountains, marshes and 
streams I had visited in my past.  The right bird song brought back the 
smells, the insects, the heat, and humidity too.  My very own TARDIS.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

AB9V - Mike - IN

K4JPN - Steve - GA

KB9AVO - Paul - IN


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

K6PJV - Dale - CA

K0DTJ - Brian - CA


   Until next week stay well and 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS



-



Ever since I was a young boy, I've played the silver ball
From Soho down to Brighton, I must've played 'em all
But I ain't seen nothin' like him in any amusement hall
That deaf, dumb, and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball

He stands like a statue, becomes part of the machine
Feelin' all the bumpers, always playin' clean
Plays by intuition, the digit counters fall
That deaf, dumb, and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball

Ain't got no distractions, can't hear no buzzes and bells
Don't see no lights a-flashin', plays by sense of smell
Always gets the replay, never seen him fall
That deaf, dumb, and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball

I thought I was the Bally table king
But I just handed my pinball crown to him

Even on my favorite table, he can beat my best
His disciples lead him in, and he just does the rest
He's got crazy flipper fingers, never seen him fall
That deaf, dumb, and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball

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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Louandzip via Elecraft]

 A bit OT, and this is kinda like using a CW decoder, but the Cornell Lab of 
Ornithology has an phone app, BirdNet. which listens and will identify birds by 
their calls.  When started, it displays a waterfall display of sound, you drag 
brackets to surround the call in time, submit it, and it identifies the bird.  
It works amazing well in the wild on calls you might think not loud enough to 
be captured. I tried submitting whistling or talking and it correctly 
identified the distinctly non-avian species. 

https://birdnet.cornell.edu/

On Saturday, March 13, 2021, 8:59:41 PM MST, kevinr  
wrote:  
 
 Good Evening,

    The week began with wet weather.  Perfect for an net search to 
follow a hint by K0DTJ.  Brian mentioned the Merlin phone app, which 
helps you identify birds.  https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org Part of it 
is sound files.  Deeper digging got me to 
https://www.macaulaylibrary.org/guide-to-bird-sounds/ which had exactly 
the sound files I wanted.  $20 for over 4000 sound files from 900 
species of birds in Canada, the US, Mexico, and parts of South America.  
It is interesting to notice the regional dialects of a species.  The 
local Pileated Woodpecker population may not understand the call from 
their Carolina cousins.  This summer I will put a few speakers out this 
window and see who I can attract.  Last night the Saw Whet owls woke me 
up.  Maybe I should play their tune during the daytime :)

    One small sunspot is showing, while the auroral oval is stronger 
than last week.  Flux is at 77 sfu.  I expect more noise with deeper 
QSB.  However, you never can tell until you try.  I took a hike to check 
the growth on the thinned trees.  Along the way I tightened the guy 
lines to my antennas.  The winter winds had pulled them upward on the 
shrubs they were holding.  When the weather turns sunny again I will 
trim the central tree of dead branches.  That will let me raise the 
antenna about twenty feet. Then I can test how it works when it is not 
behind a wall of soil.  Luckily that is on the western side; off to the 
east the way is open well into Washington.  On a clear day that is where 
Mt. St. Helens would appear.

Notice the time change.  Same sun angles as last week just one hour 
later on our normal clock.


Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
   7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

    73,
   Kevin. KD5ONS


-




They took me down the grading station
And they classified me zed
'Cause of over population
They told me that I would soon be dead

But I slipped out of the force field
And hid beneath the monorail
But the automatic blood hounds
Lord, they're soon hot along my trail

Now if I had been a scholar
With computer working hard
Then my molecular structure
Would not be on the grader's card

So, I know that they will get me
Put my index in the brain
Then, the atoms of my body
Will be disposed of, Lordy, down the drain

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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   The week began with wet weather.  Perfect for an net search to 
follow a hint by K0DTJ.  Brian mentioned the Merlin phone app, which 
helps you identify birds.  https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org Part of it 
is sound files.  Deeper digging got me to 
https://www.macaulaylibrary.org/guide-to-bird-sounds/ which had exactly 
the sound files I wanted.  $20 for over 4000 sound files from 900 
species of birds in Canada, the US, Mexico, and parts of South America.  
It is interesting to notice the regional dialects of a species.  The 
local Pileated Woodpecker population may not understand the call from 
their Carolina cousins.  This summer I will put a few speakers out this 
window and see who I can attract.  Last night the Saw Whet owls woke me 
up.  Maybe I should play their tune during the daytime :)


   One small sunspot is showing, while the auroral oval is stronger 
than last week.  Flux is at 77 sfu.  I expect more noise with deeper 
QSB.  However, you never can tell until you try.  I took a hike to check 
the growth on the thinned trees.  Along the way I tightened the guy 
lines to my antennas.  The winter winds had pulled them upward on the 
shrubs they were holding.  When the weather turns sunny again I will 
trim the central tree of dead branches.  That will let me raise the 
antenna about twenty feet. Then I can test how it works when it is not 
behind a wall of soil.  Luckily that is on the western side; off to the 
east the way is open well into Washington.  On a clear day that is where 
Mt. St. Helens would appear.


Notice the time change.  Same sun angles as last week just one hour 
later on our normal clock.



Please join us on (or near):

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
  7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

   73,
  Kevin. KD5ONS


-




They took me down the grading station
And they classified me zed
'Cause of over population
They told me that I would soon be dead

But I slipped out of the force field
And hid beneath the monorail
But the automatic blood hounds
Lord, they're soon hot along my trail

Now if I had been a scholar
With computer working hard
Then my molecular structure
Would not be on the grader's card

So, I know that they will get me
Put my index in the brain
Then, the atoms of my body
Will be disposed of, Lordy, down the drain

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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   As I had suspected the bands were not too good.  I was getting 
reports of QSB but experiencing none myself.  Noise was a little higher 
but signals were not.  I am not sure where twenty meters was landing 
since neither Ken nor Steve found me without repetitions.  I tried both 
antennas to vary my pattern.  Then I replied on whichever received better.



  On 14050 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K4JPN - Steve - GA


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA


From this sparse sampling I had the worst weather.  Hail, snow, sleet, 
rain, and fog.  It did get sunny before the second net but the rest of 
the week will bring more snow.



  Until next week 73,

  Kevin.  KD5ONS




-




You know not even the coastal villages was safe from
them big clams. You know them big clams had an inland
range of about 15 miles. Think of that. I mean our
early pioneers and the settlers built little houses
all up and down the coast you know. A little inland
and stuff like that And they didn't have houses like
we got now, with bathrooms and stuff. They built little
privies out back. And late at night, maybe a kid would
have to go, and he'd go stomping out there in the
moonlight. And all they'd hear for miles around...
/[loud clap/belch]/one less kid for America. One more
smiling, smurking, humungus giant clam.  -- in the key of A




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Re: [Elecraft] Late Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Brian Hunt]

Cornell Labs puts out a really nice iPhone app called Merlin which includes 
regional databases, a search ladder to narrow down what you are trying to 
identify, photos and audio recordings and a brief description. We use it on 
hikes all the time to ID and try to call the birds we see. Great fun. 

73,
Brian, K0DTJ

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 14:51, kevinr  wrote:
> 
> It is time to prepare for migration season.  I scan a few bird books to 
> memorize identifying marks.  Birds normally appear in low contrast locations, 
> looking little like they do in photos. Habitat and behavior let you narrow 
> your choices, but I find the best method is to learn their calls.  Even if 
> you don't see them you can mark them off your life list.
> 
> A good source of bird songs is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. They have 
> quite a list of Eastern songbirds as well as other species.  This is the same 
> lab which developed Spectrogram; the program many  of us used to adjust our 
> K2 filters.  I need to find a similar site for the Western part of the 
> continent.  Many species pass through on their way to Alaska and Canada.  I 
> only see them one or two days a year.  It is my best time for spotting a new 
> one.
> 
> Now to gather a goodly number of their recordings, and start listening.  Much 
> like CW, it takes practice to learn more species' songs and calls.  Some 
> birds make ten to twenty different sounds. There are a few which can only be 
> differentiated by their calls; the species look exactly the same.

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[Elecraft] Late Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[kevinr]

Sorry for this being so late. I had sent it last night but from the 
wrong email account.  With Thunderbird you are not always sure from 
which account you are sending.  Oops.


Good Evening,

It is time to prepare for migration season.  I scan a few bird books to 
memorize identifying marks.  Birds normally appear in low contrast 
locations, looking little like they do in photos. Habitat and behavior 
let you narrow your choices, but I find the best method is to learn 
their calls.  Even if you don't see them you can mark them off your life 
list.


A good source of bird songs is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. They have 
quite a list of Eastern songbirds as well as other species.  This is the 
same lab which developed Spectrogram; the program many  of us used to 
adjust our K2 filters.  I need to find a similar site for the Western 
part of the continent.  Many species pass through on their way to Alaska 
and Canada.  I only see them one or two days a year.  It is my best time 
for spotting a new one.


Now to gather a goodly number of their recordings, and start listening.  
Much like CW, it takes practice to learn more species' songs and calls.  
Some birds make ten to twenty different sounds. There are a few which 
can only be differentiated by their calls; the species look exactly the 
same.


The sun has a fading spot and some solar wind flowing.  Low flux 
readings with a feeble auroral oval.  Propagation may be weak, but the 
noise should be less.  Listening for faint bird calls in the forest is 
much like this However, that is why we do these nets. Learn about 
propagation and break the enforced containment of the age.  Hopefully 
spring will bring improvement in both areas.


Please join us tomorrow on:

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday  (2 PM PST Sunday)
 7047 kHz at z Monday  (4 PM PST Sunday)

73,

   Kevin. KD5ONS




-


Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
and thus the native hue of Resolution
Is sicklied o'er, with the pale cast of Thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
with this regard their Currents turn awry,
And lose the name of Action.

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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

   Signals were fair to OK on twenty meters.  Steve had fast QSB but 
noise was low.  Forty meters changed from the first minute onward.  
Signals were strong but everyone faded with time.


  Some signs of spring but only those to the south had flowers. There 
are pockets of snow here in the shade.  I had lots of traffic today.  
About a dozen motorcycles came through, testing the mud.  Plenty of clay 
mixed in so they have a slippery challenge.


  John did mention ice and wind.  Perfect antenna eating weather.  Days 
are getting longer, I expect 40 meters to keep improving.  We were done 
before dusk today so I did not lose anyone in the middle of a contact.



  On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

NO8V - John - MI

K6XK - Roy - IA

K4JPN - Steve - GA


  On 7047.5 kHz at z:

W0CZ - Ken - ND

KG7V - Marv - WA

WM5F - Dwight - ID

K0DTJ - Brian - CA

K6PJV - Dale - CA

AE6C - Denny - CA


Until next week 73,

   Kevin.  KD5ONS


-






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        for (int j=0; jobject[scn->objects].face[i].vertices; j++)
            {
            scn->object[scn->objects].face[i].vertex[j] =         // 
move vertex to center
vecMinusVec(scn->object[scn->objects].face[i].vertex[j], 
scn->object[scn->objects].center);
            scn->object[scn->objects].face[i].vertex[j] =         // 
rotate  vertex around center

            matTvec( Rot, scn->object[scn->objects].face[i].vertex[j] );
            scn->object[scn->objects].face[i].vertex[j] =         // 
return vertex to where it was
vecPlusVec(scn->object[scn->objects].face[i].vertex[j], 
scn->object[scn->objects].center);

            }
        }



   ptr->display(BLACK);

   buoy = mass( ambient, ptr->getRadius() )
   - mass( ptr->getTemp(), ptr->getRadius() );
   ptr->setX( ptr->getX() + ptr->getVX()*t );
   ptr->setY( ptr->getY() + ptr->getVY()*t - buoy*g*t*t + g*t*t );
   ptr->bounce();

   ptr->display( ptr->getColor() );



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[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

  We had a week of sunspots.  Solar flux is up slightly with some 
auroral activity.  The sun is also rising earlier and setting later.  
Buds are forming on my lilacs.  The hummingbird left during the last few 
weeks of snow.  It is almost time for them to come back :)


   I am a curious person, or so I've been told.  I try to write 
efficient code.  What began as a brute force search method using five 
lines, has grown.  First, a binning data structure gave me improved 
performance, with a search taking 16 lines of code.  But only about a 5x 
increase in speed.  Edge, face, and corner cases were devouring 
processor cycles like they were free.  While taking a shower, I thought 
of unrolling the loops to create a search tree, then pruning for edge, 
face, and corner effects.  I found the speed I wanted, with an 8x 
increase (40x from brute force). However, the code is now 257 lines 
long.  At this rate, the search will run instantaneously when I have 
written infinite lines of code.


Please join us tomorrow on:

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday  (2 PM PST Sunday)
 7047 kHz at z Monday  (4 PM PST Sunday)

73,

   Kevin. KD5ONS




-



Life is strange.  You can get famous for creating a list of non-cometary 
objects.


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