I would like to be on the air for a lot longer, but that day is my mother-in-laws surprise 80th birthday party, and it's more than my life is worth to miss it.......if you know what I mean !!
This is only the second activation of Washburn Island so it's still pretty rare with the island collectors.
Radio will be the FT-857D with a vertical Buddipole on various bands, depending on the days propagation.
This is a busy place during the summer with boats coming and going and herds of kids fishing from the docks. I know I will have no room to put up a dipole without somebody complaining, so the Buddipole on an 8' mast will have to do. I'll probably start on 20m and give 40m a chance later on.
At the moment they're forecasting rain for the day, so hopefully the weather Gods will decide to smile on us and give us some sunshine instead.
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