Perhaps he thinks that with the Christmas season underway, the FCC will be at low staffing, as federal employees often burn off their unused vacation time at this time of year. (Kind of ironic though, considering his philosophy).
Still hope to log him. With a K index of "1", and sunspot number of 59 today (12-4), noise levels should be low, but propagation in general seems pretty poor of late with the low sun angle.
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