10m Again...

It was another great day on 10m today, although I didn't think it was going to be that good. I worked several CW stations from home early Thursday morning around 1240 UTC, and conditions were not that good. But they definitely improved as the morning progressed.

I have started activating both POTA and WWFF Parks, several have the same number, but most are different. The difference is the WWFF guys really like to chase, and it's great to get all that European DX in the log. The impression I'm getting is that not many VE stations are doing WWFF (or VEFF as we call it here), so you are a rarity on the bands, and you get some pretty good pileups. That was the case today.

My radio today was my KX2 and a 10m Hamstick. Propagation was: SFI=157, SN-139, A Index=13, and the K Index=0. I chose to return to Parrotts Bay, POTA CA-5142, and VEFF-2986, as it's pretty close to my home QTH. I knew the parking lot had been plowed out and I could actually park there with no problem. Currently we are in the middle of the "mud season" here, the big melt is on as the daily temperatures have started to rise above freezing and we are getting lots of rain.

The day started with Pedro EA2CPG getting into my log. He was followed by UT5PI, IW2BNA, OH5TQ, OH4MDY, OH1MM, DL1EJG, ON3YB, I5JFG, and ON4ON. The big surprise for me today was when UT5PI came back to my CQ, he was 7469 km away, just east of Kyiv. That's 933 km per watt. I'm very pleased with that contact.

Hopefully I'll be able to get back out tomorrow and try to repeat today's performance.

Here's today's contact map:

Stay Safe Out There!!