so ive been spending a lot more time on 40m this past month or so, not really sure why i drifted over there but the band has been really decent in the evenings and i keep running into the same handful of guys doing ragchews which is honestly kind of nice. feels like a neighborhood almost. im usually a 2m/70cm guy mostly because thats what most of the local club activity is on but theres something about hf that just hits different when the conditions cooperate.

anyone else been noticing good openings lately or is it just my part of the country

yeah 40 has been solid for me too, usually catch it around 9 or 10pm local and its wall to wall signals some nights. had a nice long chat with a guy in new mexico last week which was cool, we talked for like 45 mins about nothing really just life stuff. thats the part of this hobby i dont think i appreciated until recently honestly

i just got my general so 40m is kinda new territory for me. been listening a lot more than transmitting lol but yeah there's definitely a lot going on down there. still trying to figure out when to just jump in on a frequency without stepping on someone