Our operating spot for the day was at Canal Dock Park on Wolfe Island. It's a very peaceful and quiet spot, there's also a good number of high trees to throw your antenna up into.
Propagation numbers for the day were: SFI=66, SN=0, A Index=4, and the K Index=2. There didn't seem to be too many islands on the air given it was the Island QSO Party weekend, but the Ohio and Kansas QSO Parties sure made up for it and we had lots of contacts with stations taking part in those contests.
Contacts were made in Kansas, Ohio, Minnesota, New York, Maine, and Ontario. Radio in use was my FT-897D with the LDG Tuner, maximum output was 50 watts. The antenna of the day was this ONE. We're still working on this antenna to get all the kinks out of it, but for the most part it did the job. I had it up in the air almost as a 'Inverted V', and my suspicion is that it would work a lot better as a vertical. Time, and more experimentation, will tell.
Overall is was a very relaxing and enjoyable day, even the bugs took the day off.
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| The view from the operating position. |
