so anyway i finally got the shack cleaned up enough to actually sit in there again, been maybe 8 months since i really operated anything other than just checking into the tuesday night net. got on 40m last weekend and just kinda wandered around for a couple hours, worked a few stations in ohio and one guy way down in louisiana which was a nice surprise for the conditions. nothing special i guess but it just felt good to have the headphones on again and not be stressed about anything. anybody else ever take a long break and then feel like you forgot how to have a qso for like the first five minutes lol

yeah man totally know that feeling. i came back after about a year off and the first contact i made i totally blanked on my own callsign for a second, just sat there like an idiot. 40m has been pretty decent here in the evenings lately too, got a nice long chat with a guy in tennessee last thursday that went on for like 45 minutes, we just talked about antennas the whole time which is kind of funny but thats half the hobby right there anyway

welcome back. conditions have been pretty intresting lately with the solar stuff going on so good time to get back into it