W4TJE, QRV from the blue ridge mountains in southwestern VA, along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The picture is my daughter and myself. She's now almost as tall as me and still growing. I have been fortunate over the years to have had a few articles published in ham radio magazines. Unfortunately, most of my articles have been rejected. Read the list below and maybe you will see why they were rejected . I hope you will see the humor in it. #'1 and #2 were rejected because the articles were too short to be published.

1 Ethical Contesting

2 Friends I Have Made in Pile-Ups

3 "My Antenna is Bigger Than Yours", A Freudian Study as to Why Some Hams Feel the Need to Brag about their Antenna Size

4 "How Are You Tonight My Friend?" ,The Wit and Wisdom of the 75m DX Window

5 Eye Candy, A Voyeur's Guide to Field Day

6 "We Were Here First!", Social Interactions on 75m

7 "Up, Up, Up You Lid!!", The Fascinating Life Stories of the DX Cops, the Real Heroes of the Ham Bands

8 "It's Time for my Pills", A User's Guide to 40m Phone Nets

9 Radio Face, A Pictorial Profile of Hams

10 "Where's My XYL?", A Statistical Analysis of Divorce Rates Among Contestors

11 Hamfests, The Real Key To Our Nation's Economic Recovery

12 "Where Did Everybody Go?" One Ham's Solitary Quest to Revive the Novice Subbands

13 My personal favorite, "Get Out of My Shack!!", What to do When Your Elmer Turns Abusive

73 de Jack W4TJE