13 March 2025

As I see my travel date quickly approaching for my break from Wake Island, I feel the urge to log as many contacts as I can. Therefore, I have planned a multi-day (evening local time) radio activities to dish out some QSOs before I am wheels up and heading home for some fun time with my family. That starts tonight with “30-meter Thursday.”

The line up is on my Activity Page, but I’ll post it here it is for posterity:

• 13 March ~ 06:45 – 08:30, 30m
• 14 March ~ 07:00 – 09:00, 15m SSB
• 15 March ~ 07:00 – 09:00, 15m CW
• 16 March ~ 07:00 – 09:00, 12m SSB
• 16 March ~ 19:30 – 23:59, 15m SSB
• 17 March ~ 07:00 – 09:00, 12m CW — Happy St. Patrick’s Day

I am also happy to share that a colleague at work just passed his Technician exam and has a new callsign. He is already working on upgrading to General after much encouragement that HF is where all the fun is at. I will let him make his debut to the world at his own pace. He is not initially interested in big pile-ups that he’s witnessed me work. Wake Island is an odd place to start your journey with ham radio as I am sure you would agree. I would like to get him on 10m to say hello very soon. So get ready to say hi to your new ham friend, Richard, in the coming weeks and months.