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Two updates in a day! Wow! Just had to throw a quick post up about making a FT8 contact in Bulgaria off the ol’ Alpha Loop inside the house! Pretty amazing stuff! I nearly had a contact in France and Italy as well, but either they gave up on me or the bands changed a bit. Oh well, there's always next time. PSKReporter  was showing me really getting out there this evening! 73s once again!

So, as usual, I've neglected my blog. Actually, I had neglected amateur radio for a solid six months - work, life, etc. took priority for a bit. I spent the last year acquiring new HF gear. Some of it stuck around and others were sold/traded for rigs that were more fitting for what I wanted to do. In the end, I only kept two transceivers: An Elecraft KX3/PX3/KPA100 combo A FlexRadio Systems 6600M Since I acquired the Flex, the KX3 has taken a back seat for a while. I'm no stranger to SDR, but the capabilities of the 6600M are phenomenal!  Antenna-wise, I've still been using my Alpha Loop Sr., which tunes from 10m-80m. Unfortunately, the great ATU in the KPA100 and the Flex 6600M aren't being used as I have to manually tune the loop; but, I'm still making contacts from Canada to Cuba! ...which leads up to today: I need a better antenna. I've been talking with local Elmers and I believe I'm going to give the Alpha Delta DXCC a try up in my atti...