All Time New Ones

An All Time New One for me today, T77LA in San Marino. He’s on a lot, so not the toughest of catches. But this was the first time I’ve caught him both when he was loud enough I could clearly hear him and there wasn’t a big pile up fighting for his attention. It is always fun to listen for a few minutes, make one call, and get picked up right away.

Lots of good openings to Europe today, although heavy QSB and lots of local noise kept me from adding more than a few new contacts to the logbook.

I’ve reached the point that comes in any hobby where the initial rush is gone plus that first moment where A LOT happens has disappeared. In my first month operating, I collected 10-15 countries. Then when CQ Worldwide rolled around in late October I cleaned up. I added nearly 40 new entities in the two weeks that wrapped around contest weekend.

Since then, on a good week I’ll add a couple. Often I’ll go a seven-to-ten days without any new country boxes checked. That’s going to happen when you’re operating in Indiana with a wire antenna.

I’m not complaining. There are still fun things to do. And I have plenty of time to keep chasing ATNOs.