{"id":48232,"date":"2021-03-21T09:42:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T13:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=48232"},"modified":"2021-03-21T09:45:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T13:45:36","slug":"social-dxing-looking-back-at-one-very-radio-active-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/social-dxing-looking-back-at-one-very-radio-active-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Social DXing: Looking back at one very radio-active year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One year ago, I posted an article about making the most of social distancing<\/a> as the world started locking down due to the rapid spread of Covid-19. Here in March 2021, the news is looking much better: vaccines are being distributed at a record pace across the globe and number of cases and deaths are mostly on the decline.<\/p>\n

Looking back<\/h1>\n

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As I look back at the Social DX Bucket List<\/a> I made last year, I’m happy to see that I actually accomplished about 64% of the goals I listed. I knew some of those goals would take well over a year to achieve (the QRP EME one especially<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In particular, I’m chuffed that I braved up and started doing Parks On the Air (POTA) and Summits On The Air (SOTA) activations in CW (Morse Code). That was a huge step for me and I’ll freely admit: I was nervous about it. But in July 2020, I managed to do my first CW activation<\/a> and since then it has become my choice mode of operating in the field. CW is such a simple mode and so efficient–plus it gives me a sense of connection with the roots of radio communications.<\/p>\n

I also accomplished a few things I never set out to do:<\/p>\n