Well, this morning got the FT101B attached to a 5/8 silver rod CB antenna and tried my first attempt at 10m DX.

the band was fairly quiet with a few stations coming in, in particular UT7ZZ in Ukraine who was risking breaking my S meter needle all morning!

so, contacts made to:
UT1ZZ Ukraine
RU1ZC Russia
SX100TSL  Greece
YO5TP Romania

I'm a happy DX camper!!

in the post this morning came a G5RV jr antenna and a 20m length of coax.  now I need a roll of Para cord to get it up in the air.....  not sure how I'll rig it, but it'll be going up soon!!