[CambridgeWorks]

I remember a Christmas day afternoon using my home brew am tx and calling CQ on top band for ages and ages, with no replies. Just the "fishfone" to listen to, exchanging all the loved ones greetings. Then a kindly local old timer very briefly made contact to tell me it was most unlikely anyone would be on the air at all that afternoon as all were too busy doing other things. For a fifteen year old having held a callsign less than a week, that was a big disappointment to me. Never mind, I would be 16 the very next day!
Rob