Let's Get Out and Support This!!...

I'll be out tomorrow to support this!!

 

Finally, A Break...

We woke up this morning to decent temperatures, a big blue sky, and no haze or smell of smoke from the wildfires. A decent day for an activation I thought, and that was before I looked at the daily propagation numbers.

Although I had my KX3, battery, and logbook with me, it wasn't until after the local clubs coffee meet-up that I decided to give it a try as the numbers looked workable. 

The propagation numbers were: SFI=151, SN=138, A Index=24, and the K Index=3. The bands were very noisy and every one of them had bad QSB. But signals were there.

I started on 40m SSB and first in the log was Elliot KC1WFL. This was a special contact as Elliot is only 6 years old, but a very professional sounding operator. It was great to work him. Only 6 contacts on 40m made it into my log before the band dried up. I then tried 10m and 15m, but had no luck on either of them.

The next 11 contacts were made on 20m SSB. It took a little under an hour to get them in my log, and it was great to get out and activating again. Contacts were made in 15 different Provinces and States.

Hopefully this coming week I'll be able to get out again and get a few more parks in my log book.

Here's todays contact map:

Stay Safe Out There!

Weekend Propagation...

Well, the propagation certainly isn't looking too good for this weekend. I was hoping to be able to take a new antenna out into the field and do some testing.....but apparently not.

I've actually lost count of how long it's been since we had decent propagation. Hopefully this foolishness will sort itself out shortly and we can all get back to operating our radios with good results.

Here's how it looks:

Stay Safe Out There!!

A Little Improvement...

After nine days of mediocre to poor propagation, today was a little better. I decided to go to Lemoine Point Conservation Area and see how bad it was.

It took an hour and fifteen minutes to get 11 contacts in my logbook. The QRN and QSB were pretty bad, signals were really up and down, and contacts hard to make. I really appreciate the 11 hams who made the contacts with me, and persevered through some brutal band noise.

No DX today, furthest contact was with Tom, W6IJL, in Arizona on 20m.

I'm hoping things continue to improve so I can try and get out again tomorrow, and do it all over again.

Here's today's contact map:

Stay Safe Out There!

This Isn't Good...

There's a major G4 solar storm raging at the moment, looks like we will have very poor band conditions for a few days.

Here's how it looks:

Stay Safe Out There!