Tuesday in the Park...

It's not very often that I get to activate a park on a Tuesday, but today was that day! 

Fall was definitely in the air, it was only 14C (57F) out under a very cloudy sky that was threatening rain....which luckily never happened.

Propagation had been pretty bad for the weekend and Monday, but today it was: SFI=141, SN=96, A Index=23, and the K Index=1. There was some QSB on the bands but it wasn't there all the time.

Radio in use today was my KX3, and the antennas were Hamsticks on a 5" mag-mount on the roof of my truck. 

First up today was Joaquin, EA2CCG, near Pamplona in Northern Spain, and he was immediately followed by Richard, KA6NPD, in Hemet, California. Both contacts were made on 15m. Those two contacts set the tone for the rest of the activation. The other thing that was nice to see today was the fact that I worked 6 YL stations, I've never worked that many in a single activation before.

I made 15 contacts on 15m, and 11 contacts on 40m. It took 36 minutes to put the 26 contacts in the log, which I didn't think was too bad for a QRP station.

Hopefully the bands will be good for this coming weekend so we can enjoy the POTA Support Your Park Event, and the NY QSO Party.

Here's todays contact map:

Stay Safe Out There!!