And now, coming to bat..............

pinch hitting for Babe Ruth #3 ...............Joe Shlabotnik, #109 !

That's how I feel this morning.

I got an e-mail last might from Dale WC7S that Steve WX2S is not able to fulfill his Fox slots for 40 and 80 Meters this week ....... "Could you fill his slots? Please?"  I guess I got asked because I'm in New Jersey and I'm only about 20 miles north of Steve's QTH. In a moment of total irrationality, I answered, "OK, I can do that." What was I thinking?

Steve had mentioned on Facebook that his Mom is in the hospital. I know that's his pre-occupation at this time. So, dear Readers,  if in your kindness can you keep her in prayer?

This is a tall order, and I'm kind of feeling the weight of it. If you were to keep tabs of the Fox logs, you would see that no matter who the Fox is, no matter where the Fox is, Steve is usually always in the Top Ten of first Hounds to have worked the Fox. And then, when he himself is the Fox, his log of Hounds worked is always huge!

His station outclasses mine, his antennas outclass mine, his skill and abilities outclass mine. I just hope I don't totally embarrass myself tonight. This is like David and Goliath ........only in reverse. It's one thing to fulfill my own slots towards the end of the season, where the Hounds probably don't expect all that much. But this? This is a bit daunting.

Thanks for letting me spill my guts.

72 de Larry W2LJ

QRP - When you care to send the very least!