[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2008-01-26 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, There was a break in the weather this morning: light to medium rain for half the day. I was making dinner when the sound changed. I walked out on the deck to see mixed precipitation. We are supposed to get snow for the next four days. It was nice to have a bit of warmth but

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2008-01-19 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening! I taught another class today; it was fun! I enjoy training our local ARES group in ECOM traffic handling. There were a number of folks who were skilled so I paired them with the less experienced folks so they could teach too. Every time I teach this class I get input on how t

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2008-01-12 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I was just about to write this note when there was a loud whoomp which shook the house. I walked around the house in the dark to investigate. I had expected to find another tree down but it was only the wood pile. We are going through a thaw which has melted a lot of the four

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2008-01-05 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, It was very windy here yesterday. Then it started raining quite heavily. But, by evening the wind had died down and the rain had changed to snow. There has been continuous snow cover here for over a month. Pat used to tell me of snowy winters up here but I did not believe he

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-12-29 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, This week was filled with snow and a little rain. Temperatures varied from near 40 down to 20 degrees F. Winds also varied from 50 mph to zero. I had not seen snow drifting since I lived in the Midwest but this week had one day where the snow was dry enough and the wind stron

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-12-22 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, We have made it past the bottom it seems. There was a sunspot of reverse polarity this week which is said to signify the beginning of the upward cycle. We have also passed the shortest day of the year. Winter began today though it was hard to tell the difference from the days

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-12-15 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Earlier this week I asked for some reports on 40 meter activity. Between the respondents' notes and my own experience I find I should move the forty meter net earlier to allow for better propagation. The best would be to hold the second net right after the first net. However,

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-12-08 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, It has been one long week. The weather which threatened to snow me in last weekend caused more trouble to the lowlands than it did to me. I had twelve inches of snow when the precipitation changed to rain and melted it all very rapidly. The streams flowed into the creeks whic

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-12-02 Thread Kevin Rock
; >Sent: Dec 2, 2007 6:19 AM >To: Kevin Rock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement > >Hi Kevin: > >>Soon I have an anniversary I wish I could ignore. Hopefully I'll >>have power so I can work my way through it! However, pro

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-12-01 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Winter is truly here; the snow is getting deeper as I write. Because I may be snowed in for a few days I drove into town with the 4WD F-250. Good thing I took that instead of the Ranger because on the way back it got very slippery. Up here there were six inches of snow when I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-11-24 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Winter has come. The first snow fall was last Sunday and into Monday. Frost covers the valley most of the day. The sun is very close to the point where it will not rise again for another month. There is a mountain south of me and for a period around winter solstice the sun i

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-11-17 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
With respect, my understanding is that there are several solar 'cycles' superimposed on top of one another, the 11 year, the 22 year and the 160 year cycle - or so it has been claimed. 73, Geoff GM4ESD Don Ehrlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From a minimum it goes up and then it comes down t

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-11-17 Thread Don Ehrlich
From a minimum it goes up and then it comes down to the next minimum. That is one complete cycle, the up half plus the down half and the total is 11 years, not 22. Don K7FJ . Yes, 22 years, it takes two halves to make one entire cycle. ___ Ele

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-11-17 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, It has been quite wet this week in Oregon; good for spending time on indoor activities. I brought in four day's worth of wood and wrote code for 18 hours a day. It was just like when I was in grad school but with no advisor hanging over my shoulder pushing me to produce. I mi

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-11-10 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The weather has been wonderful for the last two weeks. Other than a heavy rain yesterday it has been sunny and mild. Great for cleaning up the yard, cutting, splitting, and stacking wood, plus taking hikes around the country side. Luckily the rain of yesterday has moved south

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-10-27 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Last week I was on the road but two folks ran the net: K6DGW and N0SS. I am still working on a report but this note will be posted first. I was on the road because I was coming home from Pacificon where I got to hold a K3. I also had a 30 minute demo of features I had not not

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-10-15 Thread Gary Bartlett VE1RGB
Well done, Kevin! Congrats from QNI #1. 73, Gary, VE1RGB, K2/100 #2519 (& K2/100 #3223 & K3/100 # TBD) - Original Message - From: "Ron Polityka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ".Elecraft" Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [Elec

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-10-15 Thread Ron Polityka
- Original Message - From: "Kevin Rock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks Ron, QNI #4000! I never thought it would last this long. Until next week 73, Kevin. Wow, first time I checked into both the 20m and 40m net with my K2 @ 5 watts and I was # 4,000. I worked Kevin on 40m wi

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-10-13 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening and Welcome from Buxton Lookout Health Club :) The weather was very nice today. I awoke to a strange orb in the sky. It glowed a pleasant orange color. Currently it is on the other horizon sinking into the Coast Range. Only a few clouds all day with low 60 degree temperat

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-10-06 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening to You All, Weather has switched here in Oregon, it is now coming straight out of the Gulf of Alaska. It is very chilly and very wet. Good thing I have plenty of wood in the stove and next to it. Sam is happy indeed roasting next to the fire. I must remember to turn him s

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-09-29 Thread Fred Jensen
Kevin Rock wrote: P.S. Music is now Ride of the Valkyries by Wagner :) I used to listen to a Walkman CD player at work, usually classical and jazz. A friend offered me a set of Wagner's Ring Cycle CD's. I explained: 1 Richard Wagner wrote music with concrete notes that are very heavy 2

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-09-29 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, It is chilly and cloudy with a mist falling as I write this but Barber's Adagio for Strings is playing and the fire is warm. Sam has moved to his box near it and is sleeping soundly. During the course of the week there were a few dry days. With some help from a friend I g

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-09-22 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The weather has been quite pleasant this week. Enough so that I am now stiff and sore from cutting, splitting, hauling, and stacking wood! However, the stiffness is lessening with each passing day as is my weight. The rains have held off for the most part only raining at

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-09-15 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, First some old business: last week I checked in AB4Z but the real call is AD4Z (JULIO - AD4Z, HI3A, VP5VER). Band conditions were not the best. I also listed a 7D. That was KS7D, Michael. I copied my call perfectly each time he sent it. Please folks, send your call firs

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-09-08 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The requiem for Pavarotti continues throughout the day; such a voice! The weather has been quite nice up here this week. I've been able to keep the windows open and have not even thought of building a fire. However, that does not mean I've been sitting waiting for winter

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-09-01 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Sam and I have had a very pleasant day. The weather has turned quite pleasant and the prediction of rain has been called off for Labor Day. I drove into town but found the temperature was too warm for my liking. Luckily I was back home in only a few hours. Had a nice wal

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-08-25 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, And a very late one indeed! I just got in and need to get to bed so this shall be brief. I tried finding the foxes on Thursday evening and worked the entire 90 minutes to no avail. Not even a hound was heard. I did read about folks in Washington and Oregon working th

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement addenda

2007-08-19 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Afternoon, I have not posted the ECN website in many weeks. Here is the link: http://ecn.visionseer.com/ I will have more 'free time' after the end of August so I will put website maintenance on my to do list. I will activate more of the links Pat provided when she created the site.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-08-18 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I just got home from the picnic given to the ARES volunteers for last week's airshow. Very good food and fun chatting with the others. I am glad the rain held off until it was done. The weather was pleasant this week but it has gotten chilly again. Enough so that I start

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-08-11 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, They say when one door closes another opens. It appears I have a number of doors opening for me. This is good! I have not had a chance to get on the air this week because of work related spells of activity. However, I was on the air quite a bit today for our local airsho

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-08-04 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, First: I need to make a correction to last week's list. Instead of having K4ZM join us on 40 meters it was K9ZTV - Kent - MO - KX1 - 1354 who checked in. I copied ?9ZM twice but could not catch the entire call. I did have a name and a state so I should have been able to p

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-07-28 Thread Tom Hammond
Kevin: greetings from balmy Kona HI... beautiful place here... been up MUCH too long today and getting ready to crash (0645Z, 2045 LOCAL)... long (8 hour) flight... whew! Whipped. Did NOT bring ANY radio, so y'all have fun and I'll be a'thinkin' about ya. MAY(!) be back in time for next we

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-07-28 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Wow, it is already Saturday evening. Sometimes I wish I could get through my to do list before it expands. However, I thought up more to do than I could do in a month so I can't possibly get it all done in a few days away from work :) Such is life. The weather has been p

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-07-22 Thread Bob Ballantine
Kevin, it was tough out here in the midwest for the Sunday 20 meter net. You copied my new K2 and serial just fine. I am near Cleveland and pleased to come aboard. I've got K2 serial 6146 and can't forget it because of the venerable power tube probably 50 years old or more. - regards and hope t

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-07-21 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, After a quick trip outside I determined I do not need to carry more wood for the fireplace. Yes, it is July, but the temperature has been rather chilly. Without a fire it gets into the low fifties in the house. Thus I am burning wood in what should be the summer. There h

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-07-14 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Thunderstorms have been arriving off the Pacific Ocean and passing inland. Makes me scurry about unhooking antennas and finding where Sam is located. Two rare critter announcements: on Monday evening, while driving home from work, I saw a black bear cub very close to Buxto

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-07-07 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I think summer has officially arrived in Oregon. No rain for almost a week and the temperatures are reaching the 90s in the early afternoon. After dusk the temperature drops into the 50s. On the 4th of July I hiked up the mountain to an open area with a panoramic view. I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-06-30 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Field Day was fun last week. I did not make as many contacts as the years before but I got to be around people. That was nice; they even fed me :) The weather was pleasant with only a little rain. It did not get too hot nor too cold either. The new park was much nicer t

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-06-16 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening Folks, Another hectic week but I do have a lot to show for it. Actually less to show for it if you include yesterday's extended burning session and my trip to the recycler :) I finally had everything align so I was able to burn most of the brush from the windstorm which we

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-06-09 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, A soggy day today; nice to stay inside next to the fire. The wet is causing trouble in the phone lines though. I think the longest I've kept an Internet connection all day is fifteen minutes! I am not sure what happened but maybe one of the mountain's vistors shot up a co

RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-06-02 Thread Greg
PM To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement Good Evening, It is interesting what webs of contact we create by meeting and learning of other people. Today began with me leaving the house shortly before 7 AM to hook up with NM7N in Buxton. On the way I was met by another bu

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-06-02 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, It is interesting what webs of contact we create by meeting and learning of other people. Today began with me leaving the house shortly before 7 AM to hook up with NM7N in Buxton. On the way I was met by another buck in velvet who posed quite nicely as I passed by. (Four

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement - change for 20 m

2007-05-27 Thread Kevin Rock
cancel 20 meters today. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS -Original Message- >From: Fred Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: May 27, 2007 10:24 AM >To: Kevin Rock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement > >Kevin Rock wrote: >>

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-05-26 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The bands were not happy this week. When I first had a chance to make a morning sked my contact and I were unable to make it work. We exchanged a few sentences but the band was just too weak. The next morning we tried again. He was stronger to me but could not hear my re

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-05-19 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The seasons are indeed changing. They have gone from grouse calling in the afternoon to saw whet owls calling at night. As the owls file away I keep wondering how such a small bird can make such a loud sound. Then I think of a cricket's stridulations created by rubbing bo

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-05-05 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Last night I got on 20 meters at 0330z. I worked RA4CQ on my second attempt. I do believe that is my furthest DX ever. I don't think I worked the dark side of the world but rather went westward through the lighted portion of the globe. Quite a hop to hit the Volga with 1

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-04-28 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening Folks, I am sitting in a hotel room in Joplin, Missouri tonight after having experienced a very enjoyable weekend. Somehow or another I seem to have met dozens of folks who have checked into the Elecraft CW Net. I can't list all the names because: 1) I am dead tired and brain d

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-04-21 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Another blur of a week. It did not help I was doing volunteer work nor did it help that I was not feeling at all well. Monday night after I got home from work I started running a fever and I was pretty hazy by the time I drove myself to bed at 0 dark thirty. Tuesday morni

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-04-14 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I think Spring is back here in Oregon. I saw the sun a few times and today a light jacket was all that was necessary to go walking. Some of the daffodils had had their stems exploded by freezing so there are now quite a batch dusting the house with pollen. Good thing I am

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-04-08 Thread Mike Markowski
Kevin and all, Kevin Rock wrote: > ... >I hope to work you all tomorrow. Good luck! > > Please join us: > > Sunday 2300z (Sunday 4 PM PDT) 14050 kHz... I was hoping to hop in from Delaware but didn't hear a peep. I heard signals from France and the US Midwest on 20m but no ECN. An op

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-04-07 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Spring has finally arrived in Oregon. In the matter of just a few days the sun came out and the temperatures rose into the 70s. The daffodils which had been slowly growing opened in the matter of a few hours. Half of the thousand plus flowers have now created a yellow bea

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-04-01 Thread Fred Jensen
Kevin wrote: I made sure I chose a windy day with a bit of rain so the antenna would be more effective. Shedding a little blood also helps antennas and barbed wire fences stay up. I'll be listening in 25 mins. Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2007 CQP Oct 6-7 - www.cq

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-03-31 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I am not sure if it is age related or not but the weeks sure seem to be flying by at warp speed lately. It may be due to the number of projects which are all heating up at once though. At the rate I am changing hats I will be losing hair due to friction soon :) The weathe

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-03-25 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Another week has soggily passed here in the Coast Range of Oregon. The daffodils have yet to bloom but are starting to gain color in their buds. The loggers are starting to build roads and I have seen a few insects flitting about. Hopefully we will not get another freeze

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-03-17 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Another week has flown by. Already it is Saturday and I just got started; where did it go? There were a couple days of sun and yesterday I was outside for an hour in my t-shirt. I think spring may be here soon since the snow has gone at this elevation. Rain is back this

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-03-10 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I hope you all are well. I have heard a few of you on EQP and hope to work a few more before I go to bed. Only one contact on 80 meters so far but it may get better soon. Now for the quandry. As of 2 AM we go through a time change. From standard time to daylight savings

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-03-03 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Once again Oregon is living up to its soggy history of weather. Last weekend it was raining, then we had three days of snow with a slight respite in the middle, and then yesterday it started to rain again. The 15 inches of snow we had yesterday morning is now a six inch la

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-02-24 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, This week has brought more normal weather to my part of Oregon. Slush, ice, snow, and then lots of rain. Tomorrow the snow level is supposed to drop once again. This time to well below my elevation. But, I have wood, supplies, and plenty of reading material. Even if the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-02-17 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Tomorrow at 2300z there will be quite a bit of activity on 20 meters. If I can find a spot and hold it for ten minutes or so we can start the net at its early time. If I cannot find a spot due to the weary contesters trying for just a little more DX we'll just go with 40 m

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-02-03 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I have had a busy week. I am also getting my exercise! The backyard where the trees fell is now almost cleared of sawn and split wood. Much of the brush has been stacked into separate burn piles and one of them is now gas and ash. I was working on the last loads of wood

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-01-30 Thread Tom Hammond
Hi Kevin: Another fun week. At least I was able to get on the air a number of times. Plus today: I'd been searching for W9C and finally got them on 40 meters. Sunday morning, I was about 10 feet away when you worked Bryan (W0ESE), the operator at W9C. UNfortunately, I didn't know you'd wor

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-01-29 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Another fun week. At least I was able to get on the air a number of times. Plus today: I'd been searching for W9C and finally got them on 40 emeters. I am going to keep trying on 80 meters until I go to bed and then put in a little time tomorrow to see if I can bag them on 20

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-01-20 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Another interesting week in the Pacific Northwest. I think it was Tuesday when the folks in the valley got their yearly snow storm. Not a big deal if you are from the Midwest but 8 inches of snow ties up Portland quite well. I try not to drive during these periods because

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-01-13 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The weather here in the Pacific Northwest is a little chilly this weekend. The snow is very dry for a change. The other morning it actually squeaked on the way to my vehicle. No, it is not the same squeak you get when it is 40 below zero but it was nice to hear the sound.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2007-01-06 Thread Kevin Rock
Howdy Folks, I've been swamped this week so if you wrote me a note I am sorry I've not been able to reply. I got called back to work and we have had a lot of snow at the higher elevations each of which complicate my life ;) Work is good though, I like the paychecks! And snow is very ni

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-12-30 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening Folks, This year is almost history, only one more day to go. I want to announce the tally of our vote. Counting the ballots was easy since they almost all listed the same decision. Only one abstention, but even that mentioned he'd go with the flow. Easy going group it see

RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-12-24 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
For the 20 meter frequency at 14050 all you need is a General Class license. There are no Novice or Tech+ allocations on 20 meters. For the 7045 kHz 40 meter frequency all you need is a Tech+, Novice or greater license. Ron AC7AC -Original Message- Glad to hear you're going to be back

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-12-24 Thread Matthew D. Pitts
Glad to hear you're going to be back tonight. I'll be listening on 20m, if I can get my Realistic DX-160 tuned properly. In a few weeks, I'll be able to try to check in, depending on what part of the band that frequency is in. Kevin Rock wrote: Good Evening, After a week's hiatus I will b

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-12-23 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, After a week's hiatus I will be back to start the Elecraft CW Net and pass it around the continent. We got our power back after a week without it. My Trojan batteries were down to 12.1 volts after starting at 12.7 volts. It took two full days of charging for them to recov

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement < KD5PZO (SK) >

2006-12-09 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening Folks, Our sun has been quite active this week. Two X-class flares, a coronal mass ejection near miss, and a very strong solar wind from the coronal hole. There are times when the bands are quite attenuated and others when they are fantastic. I listened to 10 meters two ni

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-12-02 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Eighty meters is sounding good right now. I am sitting at my computer listening to the radio and working through my notes for a comms class I am to teach in a few weeks. I am also resting from the last coat of paint on the walls and ceiling of my new work area. Yes, it ac

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-11-25 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I hope you have all recovered from Thanksgiving ;) I have lost track of the number of times it has snowed. I think its at six now but today's is the only one which has lasted for more than a few hours. Not much though, about an inch. The sun was out but it did not warm m

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-11-18 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Twenty meters was fantastic this week. Forty meters has been good too. On twenty I've been turning down the gain and pushing the headphones very far forward. This makes hearing the sidetone more difficult but it does offer some protection from the very loud signals. The

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-11-11 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I got up early this morning so I could work our November SET with the ARES group. I had fun with the folks at the county EOC. I asked the EC what my job was to be and he stated, "You're the supervisor." So I got to boss the EC a little and facilitate comms with our neighb

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement Errata

2006-10-28 Thread Kevin Rock
After having been privately disabused of the notion of 2400z I will amend my net announcement to read: Please join us: Sunday 2359z and 59 seconds (Sunday 3:59:59 PM PST) 14050 kHz Monday 0300z (Sunday 7 PM PST) 7045 kHz That way I stay within the letter of the law and keep the twenty me

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-10-28 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The house is cozy warm -- both Sam and I are fed and happy. The critters are staying outside these days and they seem to enjoy it too. I've been hearing a deer bound into the woods as I leave the house after dark several days this week. She does not go far because I don't

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-10-21 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening Folks, I've gained headway on the squirrel population and have covered a great deal of wall space with drywall. Ms. P would be very happy to see the progress. My nephew came up twice this week so I slept very soundly ;) He left with plenty of wood today after we figured ou

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-10-14 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, This week has been a busy one. It did not help matters when my back decided to started to spasm. That made putting on my socks quite a chore! But things are getting better. Today I carried a couple loads of wood into the house and sealed a few holes against the predatory

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-09-30 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, This evening I got my telescope out of storage and dusted it off. I wanted to see if I could find Uranus near lambda Aquarius. I put a 2x Barlow in one pocket, my homemade LED light in the other, and carried my telescope to the clearcut above me. Pegasus was easily found

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-09-23 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Once again I draft this epistle as the day is swiftly waning. This first day of Autumn was busy. I got quite a number of things checked off my list. A few more of Ms. P's antiques are getting ready for their spot in the house. My nephew and I dragged boxes from the house

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-09-16 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, It is barely today but I have a few minutes to get this off before tomorrow :) Once again my nephew showed up to assist me in my chores. However, I have learned; I now let him do the heavy lifting while I act in my supervisory capacity ;) He took home a truckload full of

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement -- change of venue

2006-09-09 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening Folks, Once again my nephew has worked me in to the ground. I am very relaxed :) The woodshed holds enough seasoned wood to get me through the end of the heating season. We are not going to stop cutting but will put the remainder under wraps outside. He'll get a decent am

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-09-02 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I will sleep well tonight. I may have problems rolling out of bed in the morning though. My nephew came over to help me cut wood today. With his help I was able to get about five times more wood layed in than I could have accomplished on my own. However, his youthful vig

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-08-27 Thread Phil Kane
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:29:36 +, Fred Jensen wrote: >We were in your part of the planet yesterday (SR47 McMinnville >thru Banks to the Columbia and then to Astoria for the day). I >found a sweatshirt very useful until about noon. Welcome to the micro-climates of the Pacific Northwest Coast!

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-08-27 Thread Fred Jensen
Kevin Rock wrote: > Here, near Portland, Oregon, we are under a heat advisory. Well ... heat advisories are a bit subjective We were in your part of the planet yesterday (SR47 McMinnville thru Banks to the Columbia and then to Astoria for the day). I found a sweatshirt very useful until about

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-08-26 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Morning, Here, near Portland, Oregon, we are under a heat advisory. During that period Kevin was out working on his woodpile. Think of it as a cheap sauna :) I processed three liters of water and went through four t-shirts. It was not as hot as they predicted but, then, I did not

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-08-19 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Afternoon, I am writing this earlier than normal since I shan't be home again until late tonight. I have been invited to a baseball game in Portland. It has been a while since I've heard the sound of wood on leather. I will enjoy it very much. I can think back on each time I brok

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2006-08-12 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Another hectic week but the project has been tested successfully. Now for the SBIR round 2 grant :) If that comes through we'll be very happy. This week I had to get up at 3 AM three days in a row. Saturday I slept until noon and then started my chores. I still feel beh

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2006-08-06 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Afternoon, Sorry for the very late announcement but the power has been intermittent this weekend. A tree must have broken a line in a remote location since it took them so long to fix it. I arrived home on Friday evening only to have the lights go out about two minutes later. The

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2006-07-29 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Oregon weather has returned to the mountain. It seemed chilly after last week's 90+ weather. I thought about starting a small fire to warm the house but it was simpler just to go outside and work a while to get warm. I went through two tanks of gas getting more wood cut u

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2006-07-22 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I hope your day went well. Here we are experiencing more heat than usual. Even up here on the mountain it is quite warm. Luckily we had overcast for much of the day so temperatures were moderated. The house stayed much cooler than it was outside. The lack of insolation

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2006-07-16 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Morning, I am sorry this is late but I just got home from a very long day. I worked with the local ARES group at the Hillsboro Airshow. We found four lost children, assisted in a few medical problems, worked on fire watch, and generally stayed on our feet for about twelve hours. I

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2006-07-08 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening All, I just returned from spending a few pleasant hours at a friend of mine's house. He is a bit older than me. I enjoy hearing his tales of the countryside. His wisdom is much greater than mine since he has lived on this mountain for a few more years than I've been on thi

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2006-06-17 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I am sitting in a warm house tonight. I collected the scraps from around the woodshed to build a fire. I thought 55 degrees at my desk was a bit too chilly. One of these days the wind will shift from the Gulf of Alaska to its other path from near Hawaii and we will be muc

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2006-06-10 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening (almost good morning) I've been running so fast I almost did not get to this note! I've been working on circuits and software when I was not cutting and splitting firewood. I did take a break after sundown to look for Mercury. The sky is clear and it is near maximum elonga

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2006-06-03 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Just had my nightly visit by the two bats who have taken up residence in my house. Third night in a row I've had to open the windows and act as air traffic control. Sam, the cat, enjoys the fun and games. He dreams of his younger days when he could catch and eat them. I

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2006-05-20 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening once again, The wheel has turned announcing another name. Nine billion is the magic number. When it has been named the scroll rolls up. It will be exciting. Maybe tomorrow's net will be exciting as well. Many of the regulars and one NCS is in Dayton, Ohio. Maybe he'll show

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2006-05-13 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Another hectic week has passed. The weather has started to get much nicer here. I only need a fire every other day or so to get rid of the chill. I am not sure of the propagation except on 4000 kHz; we were able to hear ID, MT, OR, and WA stations. There was some fading but

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2006-05-06 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I hope you all had a good day. I got a lot of chores done due to the weather we had today. Light rain on and off allowed me to burn a lot of brush and get the chimney cleaned. The rain settled the dust and allowed me to burn without worrying about the nearby slash. Normally

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2006-04-29 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The fire feels very nice after being driven off Bald Peak in Yamhill County Oregon. Karl, N7NLU, and I were working two stations in close proximity during the QRPTTF contest. It was fun until the rain came. There were moments where 40 was open and others where 20 was open.

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