It was still early when I headed off down the highway to Lower Brewers Mill Locks on the Rideau Canal. This is site VE-4882, the Rideau Canal National Historic Site. It's not a rare one, it's been activated several times...but given the large crowds out enjoying this good weather, it was my only choice to avoid the crowds.
I used some very simple antennas today, just a MFJ-1979 17' telescopic whip mounted on a Buddipole Versa-Tee about 7' off of the ground with a single 17' elevated counterpoise for 20m. I also borrowed a 40m Ham Stick, mounted on large mag-mount thrown on the roof of my van.
Surprisingly, both antennas worked very well.....way better than I thought they would. Contacts were made in ON, FL, AL, KY, LA, IN, PA, NJ, WV, and MI. Most of my signal reports were 55 to 59 and I'm really pleased with that. I managed to put four P2P contacts in the log today and had the site activated within the first 30 minutes.
Radio used today was my KX3, powered by a 1212a Bioenno Battery, and it worked flawlessly. I'm really looking forward to doing many more POTA activations over the winter months from several locations around Kingston.
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| Today's propagation numbers! |
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| The Lock at Lower Brewers Mill |
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| Rideau River |
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