Yesterday was a great day to be out doing portable radio. It was dry, warm, and very sunny.....and yes, the propagation wasn't too bad.
Propagations was: SFI=139 SN=86 A Index=7 and the K Index=1.
I went to Lemoine Point and did two activates at the same time, I activated it for POTA, and I took part in the QRP Afield Contest for a few hours. There did not seem to be too many QRP'ers about, but I still managed to get 22 in the log.
I started off on 40m and it wasn't too bad, there was a bit of QSB, but nothing that couldn't be worked around, and all of the contacts were within the usual 40m range. The band soon dried up and after 14 in the log I decided to move to 15m and see what I could do there. First up was Jose EA1BUL, from Asturias, Spain, he gave me a 59 signal report. He was immediately followed by two back-to-back K6 stations out of California. The band seemed to change and I finished the day with 3 contacts into Florida. Not too shabby for a KX3 at 10w and a Hamstick!
Here's the days contact map:
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