I'm back!

After moving and starting a new job I've been working on getting back on the air. I've managed to check in a few times to the 9:00pm net on the PSRG repeater in Seattle.

I've also made several PSK-31 contacts using a random wire antenna and tuner borrowed from my brother. He used to be KB7QOP but recently passed his extra class and changed his call to AE7XI. He does a lot of CW and says the new call is much easier to send. 

Most of my HF activity seems to happen in California but I also hit a Reno station this afternoon - I lost him after a few minutes but while he was coming in he was very clear and readable. So far all of my successes have been on 20m before dark. We'll see how it goes as time goes on.