I was at an event the other day and I got chatting to a guy I hadn't seen in a while.  Told him I was into Amateur radio and he looked at me as if I was the geekiest nerd on the planet.  "but WHY?" he asked......  Well, now a couple of days later I have a good answer!!! 

Why go fishing, when you can buy your fish in Tesco?   it's the thrill of the chase, as well as the technical element of making your own kit...... and the great leveller that sometimes, its the kid with the cheapest kit that catches the big fish, just like it's sometimes the QRP station with a wire dipole that gets the DX,,,,,,,

ANYway!!

just a few QSOs today, all on CW 20m

one into Connecticut, so that was nice, low signal, down in the mush where the software couldn't read it so I was forced to read it for real which was good!  A new state is a new state!!

 

DL6ON	Germany
DF2DM	Germany
K1PUG	USA CT
OM5NJ	Slovak rep

 so, the top 20 for distance?
 

PT0S	St Peter & St Paul Rocks	3943	SSB
KC9KBB	USA IL	3869	SSB
W8PT	USA OH	3414	SSB
5N4EAM	Nigeria	3372	SSB
AF3R	USA DE	3308	SSB
RC9O	Russia	3297	SSB
N2NC	USA NJ	3206	SSB
K2WCT	USA NJ	3184	SSB
K2QBV	USA NY	3152	SSB
K2TQC	USA NY	3147	CW
K2WY	USA NY	3096	SSB
K1PUG	USA CT	3085	CW
KB2UZY	USA MA	3052	SSB
K1RAW	USA MA	3000	SSB
KB1VXH	USA MA	2996	SSB
W1KBN	USA MA	2986	SSB
WB1GQR	USA VT	2970	SSB
KB1CSI	USA NH	2966	SSB
VE1ZA	Canada	2594	CW
RK9DM	Russia	2543	SSB