2 meter sideband?

It is raining like crazy here right now. It has rained all day. I bet is has rained 3 or 4 inches. Some of the roads tonight were covered in water on the way home from work.

As some know i bought a kenwood ts 711a. I climbed the tower Saturday and turned my beam horizontal. I have been working stations every night around 150 miles away. They are telling me that when the band is open i should have no problem working 5 or six states at a time... Its pretty cool. It sounds like Paul and Terry will have ssb capability soon on 2 meters as well. I look forward to experimenting with it more. 144.250 seems to be a good frequency after 8:00pm.

Today we got the confirmation back from the ARRL that the 4th annual Paris Texas Hamfest will be sanctioned by them again..Yes, it's time to get that going again. We have also got the funding packet together and submitted to the city so we might get some help on funding this year. I hope we get the help this year. I just don't think it is right for a few hams to go into their own pockets to put the event on but if that is what we have to i am sure the same ones will be glad to step up and help, at least i hope so. It takes a minimum of $1500 to put the event on every year. Tables seem to be the biggest expense other than the buildings.

The new backyard studio is coming along pretty good, The sheetrock is going up and the whole project is really coming along. i cant wait to get it finished..

Christy is doing well, she lost her voice for a few days and in her line of work that is not a good thing but she made it. We got a new sonogram pic the other day. You can see the baby really good, its amazing..
well that's it for now.. 73 for now

Richard