After I posted my last post, I called CQ a few more times... AND SOMEONE CAME BACK!
I ended up having a nice little chat with Roy, WB6OVV. Who turns out actually lives a couple of blocks over from me! He's apparently been doing this for 55 years, but was very patient with my ham-fisted fist. Did tell me to slow down and that operators would usually match your speed. I hope I didn't embarrass myself too badly - I got so excited I kind of forgot the whole "qso format" thing, so was desperately googling while he was sending. I relied on the QCX decoder more than I wanted, but actually was copying find once I calmed down.
So exciting!
(For my future reference, it was 8:15p March 1, 2020 on 7.022.)
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