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This morning I started to listen on the 73kHz band at 0700 UTC.

I heard Laurie, G3AQC at RST 569 and Jim, M0BMU at RST 559, both with CQ.

Jim later announced he would QSY to 72kHz. There I could copy him no longer because of QRM caused by the modulation of a very strong RTTY-station at about 73.4kHz; Rugby I presume?

Later Jim went back to about 71.6kHz and announced he would listen on 136kHz.

We immediately had a very enjoyable crossband QSO.

I found this an appropriate way of congratulating Jim on his highly original electro-mechanical

SAQ receiver! (May I kindly suggest RSGB send the description of Jim's receiver to Pat Hawker, G3VA? I also endorse Rik's request for a photograph; I would like to describe Jim's receiver in my four-monthly column in VERON's magazine Electron).

It was not the first crossband QSO we had. I worked MOBMU, G3LDO , G4GVC, G3YXM and G3GRO crossband in March/April 2000.

73, Dick, PA0SE