starman wrote:

Hey John, where have you been hiding?

Moved to Colorado. Learning to breathe at 8500 feet :-)

I miss your contributions here.
I'm still trying to keep things on topic but it's getting really trying.
You can see what happened just with this thread. I feel sorry for the
OP. Do you hang out on any other groups for your shortwave 'fix'?

Not getting enough of a fix right now. Haven't gotten a good antenna up
yet. Site is real quiet: reception outside with the SW100 is great. But
the R8 doesn't work so well in the gadget-laden house with a makeshift
antenna.

-jpd