so im just spinning the dial on 40m, nothing going on really, picked up a couple guys chatting about fishing near 7.250 and listened for like 20 minutes. dont know why but i find that more relaxing than actually making contacts sometimes. been licensed like 6 years and i still get this way where i just want to listen and not transmit. anyone else do this or am i just weird about it

nah man i do this all the time. 75m late at night is great for that too, some of those roundtables go on for hours and honestly the conversations are just kind of comforting to have on in the background. reminds me of the old shortwave days before i got my ticket.

yeah 40m at night is my go to for just vibing honestly. sometimes i'll hear someone with a really clean signal and just try to figure out what rig they're running from how it sounds. never actually key up lol