VE6MRV here. My Flex5000A with PowerSDR, a big KLM Yagi & a QRO HF2500DX provides me with many exciting evenings when the band is open on the Long Path to far points on the globe. I can guarantee that my DX contacts, whether on SSB or on CW, have no counterpart in a stinking chat room. 73 /--When propagation is lousy, I play my guitar