That's me at 50 feet, waiting for the crane to bring the rest of my tower, 25 feet plus beams, now for the bio: I've been licensed since 1978 and held my old call KA9MRU up until 5 years ago when I changed it to what it is today. I've been a DXer since 1987 or so and have earned DXCC, DXCC(QRP), WAS, WAS in the 90th (#2), WAC, WAZ (#4901), and CQDX (#2448) plus many older awards not offered now such as the DX Dynasty Award by 73 Magazine, WNZ (worked/confirmed 29 zones as a Novice from CQ magazine) among others. I belong to IREF, SMC, OMISS #4366, 10-10 49634, ARRL ,ARLHS #824 and the Metro DX club. Currently have 325 countries confirmed/329 worked. WAZ on 5 bands (not submitted yet waiting for 1 card for 80 for 5BWAZ). I have been awarded Top OP Of The Month twice by OMISS. I QSL 100% on all contacts. I'm very active on 10-80 meters and my equipment is a Icom 756 feeding an Alpha Delta DXCC 10-80 meter dipole at 25 ft. Please forward any mail you have for me to POB 93, Hoopeston, IL 60942 while I update my FCC info.

73, Russ K9DXR