The First 100 Years Are The Hardest

  I have had a lot of fun building my shack since getting my license back in May 2020.  My primary rig is a Flexradio 6600, feeding an 80-6 meter off center fed (OCF) dipole multi-band antenna mounted at 35 feet.  I also have a Mercury IIIs solid state amplifier and Mercury AT automatic tuner but most of the time I run barefoot.   SSB and CW are my favorite operating modes.  In addition to RWK, I’m a member of the Old Man International Side Band Society (OMISS #13552) and the Straight Key Century Club (SKCC #25995T).  Like many of you I also actively work POTA when there’s not much else going on.  Along with the Flex I have a Yaesu FT-dx3000 and a Yaesu FT-991A.   Both are fine radios but I prefer the Flexradio.  The last time I ran the FT-dx3000 was about a year ago when I had to send the 6600 down to Austin for two weeks for repairs (the damage was self induced).   The FLEX-6000 series SDR Transceivers are great, but many function...