Conditions were pretty good tonight on 30m. Just after I turned the rig on, I heard an OZ1 calling CQ and bagged him.

Then, I tuned up the band, found an open frequency on 10.114 and started calling CQ. I got a little despondent after about five or six tries, but then an F6 called me.

After that short QSO, I called CQ again. This time, I got a reply on the first call, EA1ARW, Luis. I looked up Luis on QRZ.Com and found out that he was an English teacher. We actually had a nice ragchew, one of the few ragchews I’ve had with a DX station.

Despite my three Qs, the lack of activity on 30m still bugs me. On the 30m mailing list, there’s a proposal to start a 30m club similar to the Ten-Ten Club. I think we should do it.