If you wonder why 160 sounded like mid-July last night in the eastern USA, have a glance at this page. http://www.weather.com/golf/maps/national_lightning_720x486.html 73, Tom W8JI w8ji@contesting.com -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/topband Submissions: topband@contesting.com Administrative requests: topband-REQUEST@contesting.com Problems: owner-topband@contesting.com