Wow. The first one is the hardest? I don’t really care because it was absolutely thrilling. I’ve called CQ many times mostly late at night and early morning. Just putting my foot in the water when it’s a little quieter and less pressure. I was about to call it a night. I thought just one more time it might happen. It sure happened, Victor WB5HOW came right back. Instantly my brain turned to potato, excited potato I’d add. I put a note to email me on QRZ.com if needed. foreseeable errors ahead FEA. Victor got the hint and shot me an email. I was thinking his call was WD5HOW. I should have sent it 3x to confirm now come to think of it. I asked him to send his x3. Lesson learned I guess. ...

Wow, I still have a bit of a rush. When my brain hit’s that sweet spot and I start head copying. I was just talking with Den KE4I on 10M. We are going to try and do a POTA tomorrow. I think we are going to K-3729. I’d like to try and different one soon. We always do the same one. I think there is an award “repeat offender” for that 🤣. ...

I have been having a hard time with my auto immune diseases. I have not been working and I’m not sure what I’m going to do. I’m trying to get on short term disability. I sure hope that goes through. I was doing really good until we had a loss in the family. It bugs me so bad that my emotions can make me hurt so bad. I’m sorry for complaining but maybe writing about it will help me. I’ll at least try it. ...

Helen GA/perfect roads You can read about the route I took is linked here. There is a GPX file on the site you can download and import into your smartphone or GPS device. I used osdroid on my Android phone. I’m sure there are options for Apple. I don’t drink that koolaide… It was the end of April and the weather was perfect. I got to try out my new bag that mounts on my gas tank. It was great because it took a lot of weight off my shoulders. That helps with my RA and fibromyalgia greatly. I’ve been debating on trying to find a image gallery for Hugo. I have lots of photos I’d like to share. This whole trip was kinda last minute lol. ...

#POTA @ K-3729 We had a great time activating the park. I was off work for the day and decided to ride my motorcycle. The weather was great. Everybody else got there before me. The only radio I brought with me was my HT. We had one of our usual suspects KE4I (Den) and a few others. It was KM6QDQ’s (Sam) first activation along with KA4BOI (Alzie). When I arrived Alzie was not there but he had left his IC-7300. After talking to Den and Sam a bit I decided to try and activate on 10 meters with Alzie’s radio. ...