so its like 10pm and i just got done with dinner and figured id fire up the radio and just kind of listen around on 40m for a bit. nothing specific just browsing i guess. caught a couple guys doing a ragchew out of ohio, sounded like they'd been talking for at least an hour already lol. theres something about just sitting there in the dark with a cup of coffee and the radio on that i really cant explain to non hams. my wife thinks im crazy. anyway if anyones around 7.250 or so feel free to say hi, im just puttering around

yeah i do this all the time, its honestly my favorite part of the hobby at this point. used to chase dx constantly but now i just kind of drift around and see what i find. 40m at night is real good for that, you get all kinds of weird skip and sometimes youll catch somthing totally unexpected. last week i heard a station from costa rica just crystal clear out of nowhere on like 7.180. didnt even have time to work him before he was gone but still cool

this is basically me every weekend. my shack is in the garage and i just leave the rig on while im doing other stuff. half the time i dont even transmit, just listening. my neighbor asked me once what i was doing and i tried to explain it and he just looked at me like i had two heads