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| The Old Mill in Delta |
Delta is about one hour north of Kingston, and is a small village with the population of a couple of hundred people.
I had planned my activation to take place starting at 1400 UTC and had posted notice of the activation on the GMA Alert pages to see if it would drum up any more business for me, especially from Europe......it didn't.
Propagation was "interesting". There was lots of QSB to start, but that disappeared quite quickly. Stations I worked were not very loud, and there seemed to be no power behind their signals. The numbers for the day were: SFI=128, SN=79, A Index=10, and the K Index=0. Weather wise it was -28C (-18F) but it did warm up to a much more enjoyable -22C after lunch.
The only DX of the day came from Dariusz, SP5XTY, in Poland. The other 22 contacts were all in North America, but I did snag a star...I managed to work "Salty Walt", K4OGO. It was great to finally work him.
Radio was my trusty KX3, and the usual hamsticks for antennas. Contacts were made on 15m, 20m, and 40m SSB.
Eric arrived from Kanata in time to go to the Bastard Coffee House for lunch. Bastard being the name of the old Township before it was amalgamated with others to form Rideau Lakes Municipality. The cafe is also the home of the Bastard Amateur Radio Federation who meet there once a month on a weekday afternoon.
After lunch Eric decided to activate CA-0023 with his QCX Mini using a 20m hamstick, and managed to put 21 CW QSO's in the log. The QCX was putting out about 2w maximum. It's an interesting little radio.
I left for home around 1900 UTC, and left Eric to close up his station before he too headed for home.
All-in-all, a very enjoyable day, one I hope to duplicate again soon.
Here's my contact map:
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| The QCX Mini. |
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| Eric's contact map. |
Stay Safe And Warm Out There!!!
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