Well, that was painful!? And, then again, not.? High Bridge Trail State Park is a very nice park, very well maintained with a great, wooded picnic area and lots of hiking/biking trails.? The place was humming with kids and parents whizzing around on their bikes.

What wasn't humming was the HF bands!? The day was beautiful, so I resolved to activate something even in the face of marginal conditions.? What I didn't expect was to sit there for 2.5 hours to make 10 FT8 contacts!? It was truly stinky.

But to borrow the old saying, a bad day of POTA is better than a good day in the office, so I enjoyed the weather and scenery, had a nice long chat with one of the Park Rangers, and had a nice drive in the country.


(The other end of that end-fed was anchored by weights, not stakes.)
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73, Mike KQ9P

Good for you and nice work!!!?

Thanks for the photo… that is what it is all about.?

I tried hard to listen today and found ZERO POTA stations out there. Nice setup. Keep it up!!

20m is coming back alive tonight so that is a good sign.?

73?
KZ4HB

Thanks!? The chat with the ranger was fun.? He knew all about POTA.? What he wanted to talk about was propagation.? He said that their radios were all screwed up and that he had tried to listen to FM broadcast radio and it was a mess, too.? He wondered what effect the geomagnetic storm had on our radios.? They have been keeping the park open late so people can enjoy the dark skies and see the aurora.
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73, Mike KQ9P

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