I left the 88 in jest as it looked like the poster huffed off after i mentioned his minimalistic approach to a fix was going to also yeild minimal results. i think he expected the revelation that he was a ham would full quiet the channel as if none of us else might be hams.. engineers.. or had radio propogation theory, or communication experience / electronics experience.
didn't want him to go away mad .. so left a good 88 to his 73's