At the school playground I put the 28ft wire in a tree and two 16ft wires, one on the ground and one across aluminum picnic tables. I tuned around and heard KG4LDD calling CQ on 14.045. I answered him on my KX1 at 5W and he gave me a 449. Steve lives in luisville, KY, in the foothills of the Smokies, and said he was running 100 Watts from a Tentec Delta into a 3 elt beam. He said it was sunny and crisp and 75F in the day, but was then cloudy and 63 with rain in the forecast.

Steve has been working 10 meters in the late afternoon and said maybe we could try for an opening.
- posted by Leigh @ 01:10 z