Hey Ron, Mike and Wayne and George-Thanks for your kind remarks! I figured there must be a few hams here. It kind of fits together for me, especially when it comes to amplifiers. Tubes still rule there too! (HiHi) Mike you are quite an inspiration with all that you have been through. It must have been hard as hell for you to rehab that hand. Burns have to be the worst kind of pain out there. I had a 2nd degree burn once and you'll probably laugh your butt off, but back in '92 I was shooting off roman candles on my back porch with my son. I was sitting down and holding them in my hand (very stupid) and was wearing short pants. One of the fireworks shot out of the bottom, bounced off the frame of my chair and into my shorts and exploded on my butt cheek. I screamed bloody murder and jumped in the pool! I couldn't sit for a month! I have a nice scar there and my wife still gets tears in her eyes when she sees it because she's laughing so hard! But man did that ever hurt! Thanks everyone for writing back and I hope you all have a nice Christmas. Maybe one of these day's we can set up a qso, that would be cool! Take care, John