>"WN2AYN worked the first Novice DXCC ever using a ground >mounted Gotham vertical and a single six foot ground rod". This is what I remember. KN4RID, now known as W4ZV. --John W0UN (for photo see http://users.vnet.net/btippett/images/W4ZV.htm ) KN4RID in November 1958 QST Magazine First USA Novice licensee to achieve DXCC (100 countries) in 1958