New Contacts on 17 Meters

I know that to many of you this is no big deal, but 17 meters is kind of new for me.  For one thing, I could never before get my TS-440SAT to tune the G5RV on 17. But since the storm took the antenna down, and I put it back up in close configuration to what it had been, it's become like a new antenna!  I am now able to tune all bands (except 160, of course).  Today, I worked a few stations in PSK-31 and two stations in sideband, M3JDF in Blighty (Darren Feather in Wickersley Rotherham, and OT4A Theo Bemelmans in Belgium.  My next big test is to fire up the Heathkit SB-1000 and run some wattage into 15, 20 and 40 meters.  So far, the highlight of my week was having lunch at Amelia's in Charlotte with my granddaughter.