Saturday I finished the 100th country -- Norway. Conditions have been very bad for the past week or so. 20 is open in the morning but closes by about 0600 Z. Then 15 opens up from then until about 1400 Z and it is back to 20. I even made a BPSK contact on 40 m last night at 2000 Z with IK5FKB in Italy. Noise has been fairly strong on 20 and 40 so only the strong European stations are heard.
We have had fairly reliable power for the past week. Unfortunately, the water was off for Monday and Tuesday -- they are installing new mains along the street. When the pressure returned it clogged some valve in our system and we had no water pressure in our bathrooms. Saturday the plumber arrived and he finally tracked down the clog.
Will do some casual operating on 20 and 15 today. Hopefully, I can get a few more folks contact with Tanzania before we depart.
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