[I meant to publish this post back in August. The post has been backdated. - Chris 18-Sept-07]

I’ve been doing a lot of HF listening with a rig loaned to me by K1RX (Thanks Mark!) It’s an absolutely beautiful Yaesu FT-990. I put up a dipole tuned for 40 meters in the backyard and oriented it E-W. Have spent many late nights listening to amateurs up and down the East coast and have heard several amateurs calling CQ from as far away as Argentina and Brazil.

In October, I’ll sit for my ‘general’ ticket so I can finally get on the HF bands. (Given my antenna, I’ve stayed away from using the 10 meter phone privileges I currently have with my tech license.)

The picture above/left (click to see the full image) is the FT-990 and the 2 meter rig in my ‘shack’.