= hi Drew, Alan, Mal, Randy and all, the bird is working fine today in V/S mode. there were 5 or 6 stations on the pacific ocean pass at 1410utc. i worked it for the club i spent field day with on saturday at the berkeley, ca pier, and operated w6cus /rover today from home to get them the 100 pts. my k5gna hand-held d/c still works great. thank you to all who replied to help, and a THANK YOU to Drew for taking the time to make sure it was all set right. i hope all had a great field day weekend. 73, Robert k f 0 g cm97 dublin, ca =