After eleven days off the air I finally felt well enough to get out and do a POTA activation. The past week has been a blur of coughing, sneezing, and generally feeling chilled to the bone.....there were times I could not get warm at all.
Today was the second day that I woke up feeling better, so I decided to chance getting out the house and doing an activation. I'm glad I did, the experience made me feel even better, and I feel that I'm well on the road to being my old self now.
Todays propagation was ok: SFI=143, SN=139, A Index=11, and the K Index=3.
I started on 40m but I only made 4 contacts before the band dried up and a switched to 20m. The pileup started after my second CQ call. Fifteen minutes later, and another 25 contacts in the log I decided to go QRT. I even managed to put Vicente EA2EZ in the log after I pulled him out of the pileup.
As usual I used my KX3 and a screaming 10w, and a 20m or 40m hamstick mounted on the an roof with a 5" mag-mount.
All in all it was a great day on the bands, and it was made even better by the fact I felt well enough to get outside and play radio.
Here's today's contact map:
Stay safe and healthy!!!