Hi Bill,
Have you made any Pixie contacts yet? I built mine for 40m and one for 80, Manhattan style. They are no match for a FT1000 <grin> but I get a huge kick out of making a QSO with them. What are you using for the PA? I have been using metal 2N2222's but I am only getting about 220 mW out. I may build one with a socket for the PA, crystal, and filter...so I can experiment some.
73