As we went to breakfast this morning Noah was putting the finishing touches on the Ark as the torrential rain fell. It soon looked more like Bangladesh during the monsoon season than Princess Street in Kingston.....of course some people were just upset because they have not had to mow their lovely and crisp golden brown lawns in six weeks.
The rain continued during breakfast and then during the long ride up Highway 15 to Brewers Mill. Noah must have finished the Ark on time because as we parked our vehicles the rain stopped and the sun came out from behind the black clouds.......and the rain continued on to Ottawa.
George VE3SIQ quickly set up his 20m dipole and a 15m and 10m dipole, and after sorting out a power problem he was on the air and spotted on the DX Cluster................remember George, the black wire is ground and the red is hot!!
Many thanks must go to the guys who run the
US Islands Award website for very promptly posting the announcement of our island activation. It was posted on their website within one hour of my sending the announcement to them.......and did I mention that after sending three emails, over a two week period, to the Canadian Islands Award webmaster, that we're still waiting for the announcement to make it onto their website?
I put up my 31' vertical and numerous 16' radials on the ground, connected the FT-857D, and got stuck into 15m. First station in the log was Tim VA3TIC, next up was John VE3OMA. I then switched over to 6m to give John VE3ISE in Grimsby a call...with no success at all. Unfortunately 6m did not want to play today. Several other station went into the log in quick succession after that, but the QSB was pretty bad at times.
In the afternoon I switched to my IC-703 and made good solid contacts with Frank EA5HJV in Spain, and Rumen LZ1MS in Bulgaria. Not too shabby for 10w SSB.
The island is a nice spot to operate from and the Lock Master was very accomodating to us. We will have to do this again!
Good morning, sounds like the weather down this way as well. Got up Saturday to ran and then just overcast and threatening skies. Good you were able to get things up and running. I was involved in the NJQRP Skeeter contest on Sunday. The weather was just threatening but no majar showers. It was a great time and I had 20m open up to Europe in the afternoon...similar to your Saturday.
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