ok THAT was cool. last night, with a tip or two from list members, my SSB board is now in and functioning. wired up a rigblaster/nomic and this morning did some psk31 on 20m. worked great! 7.5 watts from an HS-1500 with some radials ain't the best, but it does work! thanks to Elecraft and the list for the help! 73, Martin AC6RM