I am sitting here drinking coffee and sending out calls on my radio. My wyfe and I were outside earlier but now it is time for coffee and radio. I was reading online about how the bands are dead but that doesn’t seem to be the way it is in reality. If you tuned across the bands, you would hear a lot of stations including some participating on QSO parties. My spotting software is also showing a lot of activity, especially from European stations. We are on the upswing of the sunspot cycle and the bands that are higher in frequency are opening up more. There are some special event stations out there to work also.

My cats are all snoozing so I don’t have the fun of shooing them away from my key as I am trying to send. They enjoy hand motion and have to stick their noses into things. They also seem to be attracted to my computer keyboard and can find some really great key combinations to push. I have had to look up combos to get my screen back vertical, etc. Cats are wonderful critters but sometimes do no mix well with radios and computers. TTFN