CQ DX!
I read news 3Y0K Bouvet may (or may not) be on the air so I figured what the heck, I’ll point my antenna over Asia this morning and call CQ DX on 20M, 14.195. Maybe draw Bouvet out on the Long Path if they’re indeed playing radio? (don’t laugh, crazier things have happened)
I didn’t draw 3Y0K out, but 9N1CA in Nepal on his 2 element Diamond Quad (95 watts) answered my CQ DX call!
Then when I finished up with Arun in Nepal, XV9R Emmanuel in Vietnam called in on his wire antenna (100 watts)!
After 53 years I still love the “human communications” facet of this hobby and I still love the dividends calling CQ DX can bring. The “non-human” lazy, computer scripted text messaging stuff? I’ll pass on that.
See you in the “human mode” pileups!
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