First, for Steve, KW3A,

I heard you on 15 meters around 1:30 PM your time. You made 
several contacts into Europe while I was listening to you, 
and you had a 599 signal, a real 599 that is, into 
Mississippi.

I have played with the contest a little, mostly this 
morning, with a short run on 20 last night.

At this writing, I have 119 qsos, with 40 countries on 10, 
20 on 15, and 3 on 20.

My 40 and 80 meter antennas are down, so no activity down 
there this weekend.

The 40 meter dipole has been down for awhile, and the 80 
meter came down during the cold weather this week. Of 
course, it's only been up about 10 years, so I think the 
wire simply got tired.

So, spring cleaning at my house will include digging out 
that roll of #12 stranded wire that I happened to catch on 
sale at one of the local home stores so long ago that I 
can't remember. I only know that I snagged one for 
situations such as this one.


Mike Duke, K5XU
American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs