Sunday on the Air...

I was not going to go out and activate today as the forecasted propagation was supposed to be pretty bad. So I thought about it for a short while and thought, "what the heck, let's go give it a try". You know what they say, "A day playing radio is better than doing the honey do list".

Wow, what a surprise I had, it was a good move to go to Lemoine Point Conservation Area!

The propagation numbers were not spectacular, but seemed to be decent enough.  They were: SFI=156, SN=80, A Index=36, and the K Index=2. Lot's of bad QSB about as well.

I chose to start on 10m, not a band I use a lot, but it's that time of year when it starts to get active. Did I pick a good time to get on that band! In the first 6 minutes of the activation I worked: OS8D, PR8ZX, F4HJO, EA8CTF, and GM4VYQ. Not too shabby for 10w and a Hamstick!

After a while I moved to 15m and worked EA8DQP, EA8ED, EA3HAB, and EA2EZ. It was definitely a day to speak Spanish. I certainly didn't expect to work 3 stations from the Canary Islands. It just shows you, just get out there and call CQ, you never know who's going to answer your call.

I know there were other DX stations calling me, but they were under my noise floor and I just could not pull them out of the noise. I hate disappointing people, but I just couldn't get them in the log.

It may be a few days before I get out again, we have a series of heavy rain days coming in, starting tomorrow, so I'll hunker down and get some things done around the house before winter hits properly.

The hour I had available to play radio passed pretty quickly, but it was a good day with another 24 in the log.

Here's todays contact map:

Stay Safe Out There!!