Tuesday morning saw me head off to Parrott's Bay, CA-5142, hoping the parking lot had finally been plowed out after our last big storm....it had!! I had the parking lot to myself, no joggers or dog people out at all.
Looking at the propagation numbers before I left home I had a feeling that I should start on 15m, so I did, and certainly didn't regret that. In fact I did the whole activation on 15m SSB.
The propagation numbers were: SFI=174, SN=127, A Index=6, and the K Index=1. And no QSB for a change.
First in the log at 1530 UTC was Adrian M7EFA, and he was followed by EA2CCG, G4TDX, DH4PSG, and OZ4MU. A hamstick and 10w, and my report from these guys was S5 across the board. Very happy with that...but I do read in places that life is too short for QRP......😎
Local daytime temperatures are expected to rise over the next two weeks before they are expected to plunge back into the deep negative numbers. I plan on doing a few more activations to satisfy my POTA addiction before it gets too cold again.
Here's the contact map:
It's always is nice to reach across the pond with QRP power. Amazing how low power can gain great results.
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