Posted: 7/9/2014 4:48:17 PM EDT
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Still waiting on a call sign but I guess I'm hooked. Finally got my S9V 43' vertical hooked up today. In the first hour I sat and listened to a big pileup with a guy from Rotterdam on 17m for about 1/2 an hour. Guess I'm hooked now. |
Yeah...you are doomed. Welcome to the club. 
I had ZERO interest in "Chasing DX" when I got started in this hobby. Countless hours and hundreds of dollars in postage later I guess I was wrong.  
Just wait until you are talking to someone thousands of miles away and it sounds like they are in the same room as you. It's an amazing thing. I'm STILL amazed when the conditions are right and it happens. |
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Yeah I have no interest in the cards or what not. It was funny listening to him talk about all the Brazilians cry at the world cup. It was a nice touch considering I've had the antenna hooked up for about an hour total so far and still struggling with how the radio works. |
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Yeah I have no interest in the cards or what not. It was funny listening to him talk about all the Brazilians cry at the world cup. It was a nice touch considering I've had the antenna hooked up for about an hour total so far and still struggling with how the radio works. That will probably change. If not, you will really be missing out on one of the fun parts of the hobby. |
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Yeah I have no interest in the cards or what not. It was funny listening to him talk about all the Brazilians cry at the world cup. It was a nice touch considering I've had the antenna hooked up for about an hour total so far and still struggling with how the radio works. That's good. Getting familiar with your equipment is half the battle.  making ode first few QSOs was a little nerve racking for me, but now it's perfectly natural. It's a fun hobby with lots of facets. Some of them are practical, some of them aren't, but almost everyone can find a facet that is fun to them. 
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Quoted: That will probably change. If not, you will really be missing out on one of the fun parts of the hobby. Quoted: Quoted: Yeah I have no interest in the cards or what not. It was funny listening to him talk about all the Brazilians cry at the world cup. It was a nice touch considering I've had the antenna hooked up for about an hour total so far and still struggling with how the radio works. That will probably change. If not, you will really be missing out on one of the fun parts of the hobby. Talking to someone for 20 seconds and getting a card is of no interest to me at all. I don't even normally check my mail unless I know something is coming. |
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Talking to someone for 20 seconds and getting a card is of no interest to me at all. I don't even normally check my mail unless I know something is coming. Quoted:
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Yeah I have no interest in the cards or what not. It was funny listening to him talk about all the Brazilians cry at the world cup. It was a nice touch considering I've had the antenna hooked up for about an hour total so far and still struggling with how the radio works. That will probably change. If not, you will really be missing out on one of the fun parts of the hobby. Talking to someone for 20 seconds and getting a card is of no interest to me at all. I don't even normally check my mail unless I know something is coming. It will change.
I get so excited when out of the blue a card comes for me. It is like a little Christmas. Once you start working them, keep a log. While it is a pain to setup go with Logbook Of The World (LOTW) from the ARRL. It will track your QSOs and you can use it to verify awards like worked all states. It might not mean anything to you now but they are worth it and IMO a dying part of the hobby. |