How comes that the ARRL CW contest produces so much stateside activity on 80M? Each and every one of my calls to cqing USA stations brought an immediate response with just 100watts into a simple dipole at 30ft on my side! Wish I could see the same level of stateside 80m activity in RTTY contests! 73 de Goetz, DJ3IW k0869565@tiscalinet.de