Diverd4777 wrote:

S-5 S- 7 here on the east coast
Almost as clear as a local / regional AM Station

Nothing really unusual about that. They generally put in a good signal
here on 9580.

What was unusual this morning was having to go out and do some minor
antenna repairs. The PL-259 on my 200' wire must have worked its way out
of the matching transformer due to repeated heating and cooling. This
mornings 9 degree temp put the finishing touches on it and it was not
making a good connection. At first I thought my coax had failed (it's
buried), but after doing some continuity checks, and finding out that
the PL-259 seemed just a tad loose, I quickly got it up and running
again.

It's damn cold out there in the wind and snow!

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B
"I swear by, not at, Drake receivers"