the solar cycle is certainly on the upswing!

Propagation is getting better and better and it won't be long before I can start working Australia and Japan regularly on 10 watts and a wire in a tree.

Maybe I can start working stations in what's been pretty much a dead zone for me for years. 

To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAY