Good Afternoon Rag Chewers: I have been listening this morning to the Chew and am very pleased as to how well the bands conditions are around the northeastern United States . Its great to see the short skip come back to allow us to hear signals out 50 to 100 miles.

Night conditions on Nighwatch (7.191) have been absolutely outstanding. With the foreign broadcast gone below 7.200, it is a real pleasure to operate on 40 meters during the evening.