Another Saturday afternoon, another good session at Muizies. Again the strong wind dropped and the sea was glassy, with a southern right whale cruising offshore. Surfing, radio and markets all require patience to deal with randomness. Sometimes, waiting at the back of the surf you see nothing but flat water. Then, a little, slightly darker crest appears far out. You don't know if this is a single wave or the first of a set. Do you take the first one or wait for a bigger one behind? Sometimes the bigger one promises more than it can deliver, because it closes out, breaking all across the wave at the same time. The smaller one could have had the better shape. So sometimes you wait, sometimes you just go for it. Over the years I've hunted some radio stations over an extended period, constantly revisiting frequencies in the hope that they will eventually pop up. Other times, a new station was simply there. The QSL is from Radio Plateau, in Jos, Nigeria on AM. I hadn't even heard of this place when I tuned in the station randomly. It was in English, with local programming, the best kind of radio. I got a good report, sent it off and the QSL arrived within a few weeks - old typewriter, skew page and all. A classic and no patience required!
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