Monitoring 10m today using the HackRF while noodling over that antennae software, I heard a thin voice calling out his callsign, not all of which I could make out.

“CQ, CQ, CQ” he called, followed by his callsign, only the first four letters I could make out “0N6R—‘

“Seeking any station with an interest in exchanging signal quality reports”, he kept saying.

I’ve happened on many an established sideband conversation under way, which feels more like eavesdropping a telephone conversation than doing radio - this was the first time I ever heard that Ham in the distance, transmitting that request for contact.

I really felt bad I didn’t have a proper transmitter operating so I could properly respond to his call.

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