so ive been on more of a listening kick lately than actually transmitting, just spinning around the dial on the ic-7300 and seeing whats out there. caught some interesting stuff on 40m last night around midnight, lots of DX coming through that i normally wouldnt hear during the day. also heard what sounded like a net i didnt recognize somewhere around 7.250 but i coulnt quite make out the callsigns. anyway just curious if anyone else goes through phases like this where you just kinda lurk and listen more than you talk

yeah all the time honestly. sometimes i dont feel like dealing with QRM or just dont wanna have a full QSO so i just tune around. 40m late at night is something else, you really start to appreciate how the band changes. i picked up a station out of ukraine a few weeks back just clear as anything, no idea why the conditions were so good that night but i wasnt complaining

same here. been busy with work and dont have the energy to actually ragchew so monitoring is kinda my low effort way to still feel like im in the hobby lol. also helps me learn band conditions without having to do anything