Congratulations on the call and welcome to the hobby. Remember it doesn’t have to be an expensive hobby: my station is all about keeping the whole thing “low profile”: low power, simple antenna, cheap but quality used gear. I always wonder where the big gun stations with their linear amps and towers and beams get their element of excitement from. After all with that sort of equipment you start to expect exotic DX.

Anyway, enough of that. Hope you get years, no decades of enjoyment from this great hobby of ours. When I reply to a CQ call and hear the other side read back my callsign, even after over 500 contacts I am still excited! And amateurs of many more years of experience have said the same thing. Nothing beats it. Best wishes, Adam