It took me 18 years to fill up my first log-book,
and in the subsequent 17-year period I have only
half-filled my 2nd, despite following all the rules
and regs to the letter as regards noting down all
CQ-calls and harmonic tests.

I think this is because the _REAL_ Radio Ham, the person
woth having a chat to, is few and far between, with the
net result that I spend more time listening than I
do TXing. Oddly, with the 2M rig left tuned to S20, it
is surprising the number of recent licensees who
act as a closed user-group, seemingly calling their
previously-10-4-buddies and no-one else.

Perhaps with the advent of the CB-style of licence (the
M3 here in Britland, probably the no-code techy in Yankland)
it is fated that I will never complete
the 2nd half of my 2nd log-book?

What are the experiences of the rest of you. Has the influx
of INCURABLE CBER's dampened your ardour?