[ADXA] Congrats to EJ, TX5S stuff

[Dennis Schaefer]

Congratulations, EJ.  That's rare air you're breathing!   Quite an
accomplishment, and 3000 is close.

I have TX5S on all bands 10 through 40, and don't need them on 80, but
chased them awhile on 80 FT8 last night.  In the pileup at the same time
were FUV, DB, ZM, AAJ, LEC, JJJ, YCM, QT, DM, and probably others.   No
ADXA'ers seemed to be getting through, and I sure wasn't, so I went to bed
but left everything turned on.  I listened again about 1 AM and he was on
80 CW!  I fired up the amp, all 400 watts of it, and got him on about the
third call even though there was a bit of a pileup.  So - 80 through 10 is
complete although I'll try to fill in a couple of  bands on CW.  I'm
pleased with the amount of CW and SSB operation and there seems to be
plenty of FT8.

Maybe 160 when they switch their antenna over from 80 as they said they
would in a couple of days.  Maybe another CW contact!

The ice storm wasn't as bad as predicted.  My 20M elements drooped slightly
but all we really got was a glaze of ice, less than one-tenth.
73,
Dennis/RZ
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