https://ct1ete.net/en/tags/reflection/ Recent content in Reflection on CT1ETE Hugo en Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://ct1ete.net/en/posts/the-dxcc-trap/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://ct1ete.net/en/posts/the-dxcc-trap/ <p>I came to amateur radio because I am fascinated by the phenomenon of radio wave propagation. Communication, yes, but also white noise, atmospheric noise. Even when there is nothing but noise, the radio fills me. None of this can be bought and none of it can be measured. And yet here I am, looking at a list of entities the way you look at a heavy burden.</p> <p>This text is a reckoning with myself, and a question for whoever reads it: when does a hobby made of freedom and pleasure turn into a prison?</p>