And what have I been doing?

Most nights lately I’ve been busy playing with my radio. I “talked” to Tonga, Nigeria, and Senegal and it took a lot of my limited free time. I’ve described it to be like fishing with lots of waiting while listening to radio static while you tune around looking for signals. The propagation of radio signals is rather random as well, which makes it more fun. For example, I couldn’t get anyone from the Caribbean to hear me Friday afternoon, but I talked to two guys in Cape Verde off the coast of Africa. Weird. I’m always surprised who hears me and who doesn’t.

I’ve also done a lot of driving, though none this weekend because there was a radio contest. That’s really one of the only times that anyone’s even on ham radio any more. Two weeks ago I drove up to the ham radio swap meet, and last week I drove to the coast for Megan’s grandma’s funeral. It’s sad as the year pass that there are people I only see when there’s a funeral.