Not only 5NN

Throughout the years I have never had very good HF antennas.  If fact my antennas have gone from not so good to poor.  As a result, most of my DX contacts have been short to very short.  I guess it would be nice to have good antennas and run power to garner enough attention that a DX station would be inclined to spend a few minutes exchanging words beyond a signal report, QTH and maybe a name.

I appreciate every contact I make, but a few DX contacts stand out.  Several such QSO’s came to mind the other day when I received a response to my CQ on the low end of 20 meters (CW).  It was from a station in the southern Caribbean. After getting over the shock from getting an answer to my CQ let alone from a DX station, I decided to try and extend the contact a bit and send more than just a report and my state.  It worked and we had a nice exchange.  Greg, Thank you.