so its one of those nights where i dont really feel like transmitting, just got the radio on in the background while im doing stuff around the house. 40m has been pretty decent lately, hearing some DX i normally wouldnt catch this time of year. caught a station out of eastern europe earlier that was coming in really clean around 7.150 or so. anyway just figured id post something, the bands been interesting this week with the solar flux doing whatever its doing. anyone else just kind of passively monitoring tonight or am i the only one who does this

yeah i do this all the time honestly. ive got the radio on like background noise half the evenings. sometimes i'll hear something interesting and actually grab the mic but mostly just letting it run. 40m has been weird for me lately, lots of noise from somewhere, think its my neighbors new solar inverter setup but havent confirmed that yet. still enjoyable though.

thats pretty much how i got into this hobby lol, just listening for months before i even got my ticket. there's something relaxing about it