The power of patience and pacing
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The episode discusses the importance of patience and pacing in the amateur radio hobby.
Foundations of Amateur Radio One of the more, let's call it challenging, skills to learn in amateur radio is the pace of the process. For many new amateurs I meet, face-to-face, on-air or online, the excitement to get started, to get on-air, to make a contact, to do something, anything, is contagious. It's absolutely delightful to hear the reports of victory and triumph in the face of adversity, and truth be told, it's worth celebrating, more than we often do in this community. So, let's start there, if you've made it on-air, congratulations, well-done, very nice! If you feel so inclined, perhaps you'd like to document this achievement. I'll hasten to add, this documentation is for your own records, more on that in a moment. I will point out that you are under absolutely no obligation to create documentation, and even less obligation to make it public, you know, aside from any record keeping requirements set-out by your regulator. Now that you've made this first on-air contact, your obvious next activity is to do it again, perhaps with a slight variation in frequency, location, antenna or radio. This process will likely continue until at some point making contacts like this is no…
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