Having grown up being surrounded by parents/uncles/grandparents/etc. that participated in the HF game nightly, I guess the fascination-factor just isn't there for me. My dad, every night, would stay up into the wee hours of the morning communicating (sorry, "working stations"...) all over the world in a quest to get all those cute little cards with a photo and the other persons' call sign on them (QSL cards). For me, getting the license was strictly about being able to run 2M between my wife and I. I took the test last month, she takes it tomorrow. I have no interest, whatsoever, in hearing one-on-one, how some sheep rancher in NZ is doing, or working the station on Pitcairn simply to check that one off the to-do list. I wholeheartedly support those that do, but it was never my intent and remains outside the scope of interest for me.