I can certainly relate to the parallels. I’ve been US stamp collected (and now 
online dealer) since age eight. My collection now is at the point where adding 
just about any stamp to a blank spot could run close to what it would take to 
buy a used car. Thus, the poor collection is opened only occasionally.

I’ve been hamming since age 16 as a novice back in PA. Still chasing DX, mostly 
on CW, but every once in a while on FT8. As opposed to those rare stamps, the 
rare DX costs next to nothing to acquire, save some time away from family 
matters. But the beauty of ham radio is that there are soooo many other facets 
of it besides DX’ing. One can collect counties, try for 9BWAS (Nine Band Worked 
All States), or even go for it with QRP. 

Lots of great reasons to get on the air and actually converse with people!

Jm / K7TXA
Eagle, ID
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