Last night I missed a QSO with EA1EJ on 1.850 due to qsb. We tried for a couple of minutes but had to give it up, hopefully he will be on again this evening. I had the preamp on even switched to the flex 3000 for more noise control....butI do call most mornings when I get up around 07h00z onwards till around 0800z with nothing heard.Anyway, its all about having fun and increasing that learning curve. 73John - M0ELS _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband