Yep. My experience mirrored yours almost exactly. 73, -- Julian, G4ILO. (RSGB, ARRL, G-QRP, K2 #392) G4ILO's Shack: http://www.qsl.net/g4ilo "Howard W. Ashcraft" <hashcraft at hansonbridgett.com> wrote: [snip] Is my experience with the MP-1 similar to others?