Hi, Doug.  I consider myself very lucky; am now able to get on HF 
every day.  Couldn't do that years ago when I had my tech plus ticket 
because my condo wasn't conducive to HF antennas.  Now, I have an 
Ultralight Junior in my backyard, and get on HF at least once a day.

Glad you were able to enjoy Field Day on HF.--Matt, N1IBB.

At 05:26 PM 6/28/2015 -0700, you wrote:
>I'm happy to say that I was able to partisipate in Field Day this year.
>After quite a few years of not being active in Field Day, our club, The
>North Hills Radio Club decided to get back into the fray. Three of us went
>to near-by Folsum Lake to operate. Ourantenna setup wasn't the best, a
>Ventenna rotateable diple. The radio was a Flex 3,00. We were also
>restricted to  daylight operation. So, we made only 44 q's. But we had fun.
>The more important thing is that this was the first time for Field Day for
>the guy who headed up the operation. He had never co-ordenated a Field Day
>event before nor had he ever operated Fild Day in his life. I give him much
>credit for being willing to try something he had never done before. We have
>a few people who have done Field Day before but you didn't see them step up
>to the plate. So, they had better not critisize him for something he may not
>have done to their likeing. I'm sure that the fello learned many lessons
>yesterday and that he'll do much better next year. Hopefully, more club
>members will partisipate. One more thing. Field Day is about the only chance
>during the year that I get to use my General Class privilages on hf. So, you
>guys, do yourself a favor. Thank your luckey stars that you can operate hf.
>I'd give anything in the world to do so. 73. Doug, N6NFF