This years Chillycon is over for another year. Always held on the last weekend the park is open, the annual gathering of Eastern Ontario QRP'ers was held last weekend at Rideau River Provincial Park, and a good time was had by one and all.
This year, due to the continuing saga of Covid-19, we only had 10 attendees. The weather was great, not a drop of rain was seen, and the propagation was ok, not great.....but ok.
Eric, VA3AMX, once again won the DX trophy for the furthest DX contact, beating the second place finisher by about 600 kms.
I managed to do 12 POTA activations over the five days we were at the park, and enjoyed every one. Thursday had me at Baxter Conservation Area, VE- 5295, and the WA Taylor Conservation Area, VE- 5295. Kieran, VA3KS, drove down from Ottawa on Friday and together we activated the Merrickville Blockhouse, VE-4874, and the Rideau Migratory Bird Sanctuary, VE-0364. All four of those activations produced large pileups which were fun to handle.
It was certainly nice to see some people we haven't seen for two years, and hopefully next year we will start to get back to normal and have more people out for it.
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| Don, VE3MNE, working on an antenna. |
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| The Glider Field at Baxter Conservation Area. |
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| It's always so peaceful at night. |
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