[RTTY] Thanks to Jim AD1C & ARRL

[Don AA5AU]

Sean, I want to thank you and the ARRL for the plaque I received yesterday as the 2010 USA/VE Low Power RTTY Roundup winner.  The new look makes it the coolest looking plaque I've ever received.  It went on the wall immediately!

I also want to thank Jim, AD1C, for sponsoring the NM7M Memorial plaque.  Jim's long standing sponsorship of this plaque is greatly appreciated.  I will be trying very hard to win another one in two weeks.

I know I've been somewhat quiet here on the reflector and in the contests, but I suffered two devestating lightning strikes over the summer and I'm just about back to full SO2R operation again.  In addition to having to rebuild the station, once again, I also relocated my smaller tower and it was completed last weekend.  I purchased a new 3 element SteppIR with the 30/40 meter loop dipole after Dayton and it was installed just in time to work the new PJ entities in October.  It works great.  On the lower tower I will be installing a KT34M2 if I finish it in time.  I took a KT36M2, which was too big for my Rohn 25 tower and am converting it to a KT34.  It's been an interesting project which I hope to complete on Sunday.

I am REALLY looking forward to the 2011 RTTY Roundup and getting back into RTTY contesting full-time again.

73, Don AA5AU