Last winter for the NWS Skywarn Recognition Day, Greg KC0IKU (now W9IKU) had some fiberglass mast that we used to put up a W5GI Mystery Antenna. I was impressed enough with the mast that I got on Ebay ASAP and got some for myself.

I found some giant paperclips at Wally World one day a while back. I'd seen some 'QRP' keys made from paperclips once so I thought I'd make a jumbo version. Sliced and diced a chunk of scrap walnut and screwed the paperclip to it and presto! Instant key. I'll give it a whirl on one of the SKCC calling frequencies soon.

I got mine confirmed late Saturday. Number 81. I caught HI on 80M CW early Saturday morning, worked the same station again on 80M RTTY just for good measure, and then he moved up to 40M and I worked him on SSB there. That left me with just a MT on RTTY needed. I set a sked with KA7HUO and at the appointed time, he met me on 40M and we did the RTTY thing.