My first activation of the day was at CA-0628, Touchwood Hills Post Provincial Park. The park is quite small, and has no facilities at all, but is a great spot to stop and have lunch and play POTA.
I managed to put 12 in the log while I was there, but conditions on the bands were not the greatest. Todays propagation was:
SFI=176, SN=97, A Index=10, and the K Index=2.
A short distance down the road was the town of Raymore, Saskatchewan, where I activated CA-2816. This was an All Time New One, never activated before and I was determined to be the first to activate it. You see, the number 2816 has a special connotation to me, it was my Dad's WW2 RAF Squadron number, "2816 Squadron, RAF Regiment".....so you just know I had to get this one!!
This "park" is a bit of a joke. I'm not sure how it ever became a POTA Park. Its official name is: "Raymore Recreational Site"....but is simply a 45 meter by 18 meter gravel parking lot where they allow RV's to stop and spend the night.
Twelve contacts went into the log at CA-2816, including my first contact from back home, Steve VE3PTA. Surprisingly I also worked Jose, EA1BUL, from Spain, who I work a lot from my home parks around Kingston.
The rest of the day was spent driving towards Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, and my next nights camping.
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