In 2005, we moved to this small community on the northern tip of the Olympic Peninsula to escape crazy Colorado weather and retire in a mild, maritime climate.  Sequim (pronounced "skwim") is located about 40 km south of Victoria, B.C. across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, 120 km east of the Pacific Ocean, and 80 km northwest of Seattle.  Needless to say, this is a great location for Japan, Asia and Pacific communications.

My current station includes an Icom 756 Pro III and a 45-year-old Heathkit SB-200 amplifier that I've rebuilt.  Antennas are an OCF dipole configured as an inverted-V at 6 meters oriented north/south, and a Moxon rectangle beam which I modeled after one built by 9A2TD (thanks, Vlatko!).  The terrific performance of this new homebrew 20m Moxon up at only 8 meters combined with a very electrically quiet area and "good ground" (wetlands and high iron content) really helps when working DX!

73...Ron