As an addendum to yesterday's entry, I took my handheld radio with me on my trip to California, hoping to chat a bit with a few fellow Amateur Radio operators while I was there. Admittedly, I didn't spend a whole bunch of time trying to establish contact, but I never heard a single peep out of anyone. From my son's apartment, I could only hit one repeater, so I suppose that happened to be one that wasn't very active. I was a little disappointed about that, but there were plenty of other benefits from the trip that completely overshadowed that small shortcoming.