It's Getting Better...

Yesterday on the bands wasn't bad, but today was much better! After my trip yesterday to Lemoine Point, I decided to take a drive out to Parrott's Bay and see how things were. It was great!

Propagation this morning was: SFI=145, SN=87, A Index=5, and the K Index=1. 

The temperature was hovering around 1C (3.8F), so winter is definitely on its way. I'll have to make sure that my truck has some extra warm items for the coming winter POTA season.

The Radio today was my KX3 and various hamsticks as usual.

First up today was Dave, KJ5MTY, from Rockwall, Texas, on 10m. I started there as it looked really busy, but I actually only managed to make 3 contacts on the band, all into Texas, before I moved on to 12m.

Now I don't have a 12m Hamstick, but using my ATU the 10m hamstick tuned up on 12m with no problem. Contacts on this band today included Didier, F5NZO, and Sepo, IZ8BIR, both of whom were booming into my location. 

I moved to 15m after a short time and made 11 contacts there. Surprisingly I didn't work any DX on this band. It was mainly the US West Coast, Texas, and Oklahoma that made it into my logbook. 

It was a good day, and hopefully I'll manage to get out again tomorrow and do it all over again.

Here's today's contact map:

Stay Safe Out There!