Good story, Albi, nice to see you can write as well about ham radio as you can about politics! I am relatively lucky in that my home burg is lenient about allowing antennas, my only restriction being the XYL veto. I am gradually wearing her down, though.

I too learned a lot from reading "Reflections," and I would recommend it to any amateur radio operator. I have a PDF of it and would be happy to send a copy to anyone who wants one. Just PM me with your e-mail address.

So, get that antenna up ASAP, Albi--I'd love to have a QSO with you one of these days. My station is also very modest but it gets out very well on 20m, especially in the PSK31 mode.