well finaly sadly I have been making some voice contacts

the ic 718 is making contact on voice and the ft 847 wasn't hearing anything looks like the old boys is not doing well alas

well snow is melting...

...and maybe I can get some anttena up I am seeing the masting melting again hoefully in a few more days I get some better up

well a new anttena and new and improved result I hope

worked Belfast tonight hope I can confirm that was easy and the were NO other EU station at all in fact a quick check showed nobody on 20M at all but the folks trying to work this gi3zde made for an interesting and maddening way o spend a a couple of hours I gave up twoice on trying to get though some powefull station that even I could doubling on each other

snow on aprl 3rd

grr I have all the things I need assembeled for an antenna party and goes and SNOWS again

well much knashing of teeth