Subj : I finally got my license To : Daryl Stout From : DaiTengu Date : Sun Oct 25 2020 23:39:21 Re: I finally got my license By: Daryl Stout to DaiTengu on Sat Oct 24 2020 09:28 pm DS>> You forgot the partridge in a pear tree. Da>> My wife always makes that joke, :) DS> Or a partridge in a pair of trees. :P Reminds me of the old "Dead baby joke" What's gross? A dead baby nailed to a tree What's grosser than that? 10 dead babies nailed to a tree What's even grosser than that? A dead baby nailed to 10 trees. DS> We haven't had much of a winter here in the last few years, so I think DS> we're overdue. Last year was pretty mild here (Wisconsin). It got cold early, but then was warm all through the end of November and December. I'm an avid ice fisherman, and ice fishing was completely rubbish. Lake Winnebago never froze enough to drive on, and many winter events were cancelled in February due to the warm temperatures and sketchy ice conditions. I'd really like to see a good, hard freeze in late December that will set us up for a nice ice fishing season this year. I really need it. Da>> The only digital stuff I've gotten into heavily at this point is Da>> FT8, mainly because it's so simple to set up. I'm about 4 Da>> confirmations short of getting a "Worked All States" badge on QRZ Da>> (and probably LOTW). DS> Lots of folks are using FT8 on the digital modes now...as poor as HF DS> conditions have been, it sure helps to get those contacts. 12m was open today, briefly, but I'm still having antenna issues, so I haven't been able to get a decent SWR on anything above 20m (nothing tunable). I'm working 80m on FT8 as I type this. although conditions don't seem to be that great. DaiTengu .... This tagline's just for you. --- þ Synchronet þ War Ensemble BBS - The sport is war, total war - warensemble.com .