29 December 2024   Some colleagues invited me to a campfire at the beach tonight. It was a beautiful evening and we witnessed a gorgeous sunset. After I set up my antenna I tuned around the band. The first station I heard calling CQ was none other than Santa Claus World – OF9X. I didn’t realize… Read more

27 December 2024   I had some spare time this evening so I decided to head out to the beach and try 15m around 0640z. Several JA stations quickly picked me up and things were going smoothly. Then someone must have spotted me and at 0700z the band exploded with calls from EU rolling in. I… Read more