It is always with great reluctance that I coil up my radials and put them in the garage when the "season" is over. Even though I have no choice, I hate being a "fair weather friend" to Top Band.
It is also with humility that I work stations in the Southern Hemisphere during the long nights of Winter here. During the 2009 SP TBDC, I managed to work ZL3IX. Even though it was his Summer Solstice, I think he was copying me a bit better than I was copying him! 73, Chuck NI0C Jim Brown, K9YC, wrote: "How would North America and EU work VK/ZL or South America if the guys in the lower hemisphere had our parochial attitude about "the season?" " _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK