Yeah, I got my general license a couple of years ago, and was really trying to get into it, but where I live in the SF bay area, there is just too much interfer

Yeah, I got my general license a couple of years ago, and was really trying to get into it, but where I live in the SF bay area, there is just too much interference. I am looking forward to when I eventually move and hopefully have some more electronically quieter spaces. Its really fun and exciting doing digital modes to see how far you can send / receive on simple antennas. I wrote up some info on on of the digital modes JT65 here: http://mikechambers.com/blog/2016/02/19/example-jt65-qso-exchange/ http://mikechambers.com/blog/2016/02/19/example-jt65-qso-exc... (not sure if that mode is still used.) (I used to really love listening to shortwave, especially to get difference news / views, but not shortwave is mostly just religious stations)