I haven't been on the air in a while either. My dipole antennas are out of commission right now because the stakes came out of the ground, and now I have my antennas tangled in the tree and I will need to take them down in order to untangle them.

If you are into HF, we are basically at solar maximum right now, so it is a great time to get some DXing in.

been away from ham for a while too. during covid i realized i could snatch up my very long dead grandfather’s call sign, so i went from one that shows i am tech no code to general, “n1….” to “ka1…”

i want to get a mobile in my car but its a jeep. easy to steal from.

and most of my radio work these days is as a firefighter on non ham bands anyway. :/

I'm quite currious (not enough to get into the hobby) what does one do with Ham radio? Is it just talking to other people over the radio or what?