I operated field day from the Vortex amateur radio club k4voc and made my usual 1500 contacts 1000 on cw and 500 on ssb despite a thunderstorm interruption on Saturday night. The club is about 3 hours from my qth in Frostburg and I picked up a weather station plus a double g5rv for installation here so I can get on 160 for the first time. 73- pat kk3f