The Rat is running! Glad to see things come together for you. I would consider our contact a definate success. Espically how far away from each other we are. I wasn't sure we would be able to hook up on 2M, so I feel much better about that.

Next up is to get Izzy an antenna for the house and get him in the link too. I think I have a home built J-pole out in the garage that needs to be completed from a group build years ago. I will get in the shed this coming weekend and see if it is still there.

My next task in this regard is to build a HF antenna and get it mounted along with my new dual band antenna. After that it will be to get a 2nd dual band antenna up to run APRS & Winlink on. That's not pressing for right now.