I was starting to think my 1200' EU Beverage was defective, but finally we had a good opening here in Ohio. I ended up working 21 Europeans, with OM5ZW, DF2PY, GW3JXN, and IT9ZGY having the most outstanding signals. It felt like being W8JI on a bad night :-) 73...Scott Scott Detloff K8DX Paris, Ohio Visit The North Coast Contesters @ www.qsl.net/ncc Tour K8DX @ www.qsl.net/k8dx