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217 viewsWe activated two parks at once this Thursday Jan 22. Chickamauga Battlefield US-0716 and the Trail of Tears US-3791. The old Lafayette Road which runs through the middle of the Battlefield is a designated part of the National Trail of Tears network. To activate a "trail" the rules are you have to be within 100 feet of the trail and on public land. There are a few places along the Lafayette road where you can park and be within 100 feet of the roadway/trail. To make this work the three of us set up at three different places along the road.
Danny AG4DW set up with his Hamstrick on top of his truck. He made 146 contacts, 74 SSB and 72 FT8 with 11 Park to Park and 11 contacts to Canada.
Allen KN4FKS set up north of Danny using his 17 ft vertical with the 6 foot extender in place. Working on 20 meters SSB he made 116 contacts with 17 park to park and 2 Canadians.
Dan K2DTS set up south of Danny and chased parks on 20 and 40 meters. making 25 P2P contacts and oddly on 20 meters made several contacts under the first skip zone to GA, NC, VA, SC.
Just after Allen set up the National Park enforcement rangers stopped by. They had seen the yellow coax coming out of the truck window and decided to investigate. They did not see the vertical antenna until they got out of their truck. They immediately realized I was doing POTA and commented you folks normally are over at the picnic area. I explained about the Trail of Tears thing and they were ok with it all. Probably thinking what a bunch of crazy old men. Nice fellows, protecting a special place.
Fun day with excellent band conditions for lots of contacts.
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15 viewsSeveral members of our Parks on the Air group met up at the Ascalon Trailhead, on Lookout Mountain, for a day of activation. The trailhead is part of Cloudland Canyon State Park (US-2169). The weather was perfect, albeit a little warm for those who activated out in the sunshine. 20 Meters and 15 Meters cooperated somewhat, but most of the other bands were not kind today.
The day started off with our fearless leader, Allen (KN4FKS), feeling under the weather and unable to attend. Best wishes to Allen and get some rest, plenty of fluids and feel better!
Danny (AG4DW) and Barry (W4LKT) began the day with getting Barry's new Comet antenna tuned and mounted to his car. Using a NanoVNA we were able to adjust the 6 meter and 10 meter portions of the antenna to achieve the lowest SWR in those bands. Afterwards Barry spent several hours calling CQ on 10 meters but there was just nothing happening on that band today!
Danny (AG4DW) started the day off on 20 meters SSB and made a total of 30 contacts before switching to 15 meters. There he made one SSB contact and 24 FT8 contacts. DX included Canada (2), Colombia, Costa Rico, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. He also made contact with a DXpedition to the Russian island, Franz Joseph Land (RI1FJL)! This is the northernmost DXCC location in the world in the Arctic ocean well north of Russia!
Just when Barry and Danny thought they were going to be the only two activators, they were joined by Maurice (KO4MPH), Micha (K3WGC) and “Radio Matt” (AF4MH), around 11:00 a.m. Also, bravely giving up some of his beauty sleep 🤣, John (KB4QXI) joined us around 1:00 in the afternoon!
Matt (AF4MH) worked 20 Meters with his vertical antenna and worked hard to make a total of 12 contacts with 7 park-to-parks, including one to Canada. Halfway through his activation, another ham took over his frequency and he had to QSY. To be fair, the bands were so screwed up that I don't think the other guy could hear him when he asked if the frequency was in use!
Micha (K3WGC) set up his 40 Meter vertical antenna using a drive on support stand and collapsible flagpole but was unable to make any contacts on 40 meters.
Maurice (KO4MPH) set up his tri-pod mounted vertical and called CQ on 17 Meters for a few hours but, in the end, was not able to make any contacts.
John (KB4QXI) worked from his automobile using a 40 meter hamstick and made a total of 10 contacts with one park-to-park.
In other POTA activations this week:
Ed (KM6UTC) activated on Thursday from the Brown’s Ferry Tavern Historic Site, which is a Trail of Tears site (US-3791), and It was a tough day from that location. Almost ALL of the signals coming in were registering as negative dB on the FT8 screen. Even after cleaning and reconnecting antenna connections the incoming signals were still weak. Despite that, Ed was able to make 56 contacts, mostly on 20m FT8. A scattering of FT4 and other bands were thrown in. DX included Cuba, Costa Rica, Germany, Haiti, and Canada.
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2 viewsThis week, we activated the Chickamauga Battlefield (US-0716) from the recreation field location. The weather was gorgeous, and the local wildlife was out in full force. A Bald Eagle flew over the road as I approached the park, and as usual, there were deer everywhere enjoying the day. The space weather also cooperated and the bands were active, which was a good thing with several operators activating at once. Band pass filters are handy when multiple transmitters are close together.
Ed KM6UTC set up in his back seat ham shack and made 47 FT8 contacts on 40 and 30 meters. No DX contacts.
Danny AG4DW set up his elevated vertical at the picnic tables and made 64 total QSO's on 20 meters. 42 were SSB and 22 were FT8. He had 6 DX contacts to Canada with 28 Park to Park contacts.
Allen KN4FKS used his 17 ft. vertical with the Faraday cloth radials and made 20 SSB contacts on 15 meters. He had 7 P2P contacts. with two P2P DX contacts to England and one DX P2P to Denmark. He also had 8 total DX contacts with the others being Canada(2), Norway, Belgium, and Argentina.
Barry W4LKT, Micha K3WGC, Dan K2DTS, and John KB4QXI also activated the Battlefield on Thursday but I don't have their totals as of yet. If they want they can reply and update everyone.
In Other POTA activity on Monday Oct 26 Allen Kn4FKS activated the Trail of Tears US-3791 from the Fort Cumming stockade site on Indiana street in Lafayette. This little 100 ft by 100 ft grassy area has a historical marker about the place. It is surrounded on two sides by an 8 ft chain link fence and the other two sides are powerlines. There is enough room to park one car off the street. He made 36 20 meter SSB contacts with 16 P2P and 5 DX contacts, 4 to Canada and one to St. Lucia. Also on Monday Danny AG4DW did a multi park rove. He activated Bark Camp Barrens US-7567, Hickory Flats WMA US-3944, May Prairie State Natural Area US-6255, Short Spring State Natural Area US-6268 and Old Stone Fort State Park US-2963. This effort took Danny over the 100 unique parks activated mark for a new total of 102 different parks he has activated. Congratulations on this achievement. Then on Wednesday He went to Cloudland Canyon State Park US-2169 and activated at the Ascalon Trail Head site. where he had 113 total QSO's 45 SSB and 68 FT8 on 40, 20 and 15 meters. He had 30 DX contacts total with 7 to Canada, 6 to Germany, 6 to Spain Chile, France, Columbia, Netherlands Czech Republic, Norway, and Switzerland. On Tuesday Ed KM6UTC activated the Trail of Tears US 3791 from a different location. In downtown Chattanooga Market street is part of the trail. The POTA rule for trails is you can be 100 ft off the trail so Ed set up his Mag Loop antenna across the sidewalk from the street and made 35 contacts on FT8 before his parking meter expired!
Lots of activity, fun time on the radio.Nov 02, 2026
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0 viewsThis week, we activated the Chickamauga Battlefield (US-0716) from the recreation field location. The weather was gorgeous, and the local wildlife was out in full force. A Bald Eagle flew over the road as I approached the park, and as usual, there were deer everywhere enjoying the day. The space weather also cooperated and the bands were active, which was a good thing with several operators activating at once. Band pass filters are handy when multiple transmitters are close together.
Ed KM6UTC set up in his back seat ham shack and made 47 FT8 contacts on 40 and 30 meters. No DX contacts.
Danny AG4DW set up his elevated vertical at the picnic tables and made 64 total QSO's on 20 meters. 42 were SSB and 22 were FT8. He had 6 DX contacts to Canada with 28 Park to Park contacts.
Allen KN4FKS used his 17 ft. vertical with the Faraday cloth radials and made 20 SSB contacts on 15 meters. He had 7 P2P contacts. with two P2P DX contacts to England and one DX P2P to Denmark. He also had 8 total DX contacts with the others being Canada(2), Norway, Belgium, and Argentina.
Barry W4LKT, Micha K3WGC, Dan K2DTS, and John KB4QXI also activated the Battlefield on Thursday but I don't have their totals as of yet. If they want they can reply and update everyone.
In Other POTA activity on Monday Oct 26 Allen Kn4FKS activated the Trail of Tears US-3791 from the Fort Cumming stockade site on Indiana street in Lafayette. This little 100 ft by 100 ft grassy area has a historical marker about the place. It is surrounded on two sides by an 8 ft chain link fence and the other two sides are powerlines. There is enough room to park one car off the street. He made 36 20 meter SSB contacts with 16 P2P and 5 DX contacts, 4 to Canada and one to St. Lucia. Also on Monday Danny AG4DW did a multi park rove. He activated Bark Camp Barrens US-7567, Hickory Flats WMA US-3944, May Prairie State Natural Area US-6255, Short Spring State Natural Area US-6268 and Old Stone Fort State Park US-2963. This effort took Danny over the 100 unique parks activated mark for a new total of 102 different parks he has activated. Congratulations on this achievement. Then on Wednesday He went to Cloudland Canyon State Park US-2169 and activated at the Ascalon Trail Head site. where he had 113 total QSO's 45 SSB and 68 FT8 on 40, 20 and 15 meters. He had 30 DX contacts total with 7 to Canada, 6 to Germany, 6 to Spain Chile, France, Columbia, Netherlands Czech Republic, Norway, and Switzerland. On Tuesday Ed KM6UTC activated the Trail of Tears US 3791 from a different location. In downtown Chattanooga Market street is part of the trail. The POTA rule for trails is you can be 100 ft off the trail so Ed set up his Mag Loop antenna across the sidewalk from the street and made 35 contacts on FT8 before his parking meter expired!
Lots of activity, fun time on the radio.Nov 02, 2026
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0 viewsThis week, we activated the Chickamauga Battlefield (US-0716) from the recreation field location. The weather was gorgeous, and the local wildlife was out in full force. A Bald Eagle flew over the road as I approached the park, and as usual, there were deer everywhere enjoying the day. The space weather also cooperated and the bands were active, which was a good thing with several operators activating at once. Band pass filters are handy when multiple transmitters are close together.
Ed KM6UTC set up in his back seat ham shack and made 47 FT8 contacts on 40 and 30 meters. No DX contacts.
Danny AG4DW set up his elevated vertical at the picnic tables and made 64 total QSO's on 20 meters. 42 were SSB and 22 were FT8. He had 6 DX contacts to Canada with 28 Park to Park contacts.
Allen KN4FKS used his 17 ft. vertical with the Faraday cloth radials and made 20 SSB contacts on 15 meters. He had 7 P2P contacts. with two P2P DX contacts to England and one DX P2P to Denmark. He also had 8 total DX contacts with the others being Canada(2), Norway, Belgium, and Argentina.
Barry W4LKT, Micha K3WGC, Dan K2DTS, and John KB4QXI also activated the Battlefield on Thursday but I don't have their totals as of yet. If they want they can reply and update everyone.
In Other POTA activity on Monday Oct 26 Allen Kn4FKS activated the Trail of Tears US-3791 from the Fort Cumming stockade site on Indiana street in Lafayette. This little 100 ft by 100 ft grassy area has a historical marker about the place. It is surrounded on two sides by an 8 ft chain link fence and the other two sides are powerlines. There is enough room to park one car off the street. He made 36 20 meter SSB contacts with 16 P2P and 5 DX contacts, 4 to Canada and one to St. Lucia. Also on Monday Danny AG4DW did a multi park rove. He activated Bark Camp Barrens US-7567, Hickory Flats WMA US-3944, May Prairie State Natural Area US-6255, Short Spring State Natural Area US-6268 and Old Stone Fort State Park US-2963. This effort took Danny over the 100 unique parks activated mark for a new total of 102 different parks he has activated. Congratulations on this achievement. Then on Wednesday He went to Cloudland Canyon State Park US-2169 and activated at the Ascalon Trail Head site. where he had 113 total QSO's 45 SSB and 68 FT8 on 40, 20 and 15 meters. He had 30 DX contacts total with 7 to Canada, 6 to Germany, 6 to Spain Chile, France, Columbia, Netherlands Czech Republic, Norway, and Switzerland. On Tuesday Ed KM6UTC activated the Trail of Tears US 3791 from a different location. In downtown Chattanooga Market street is part of the trail. The POTA rule for trails is you can be 100 ft off the trail so Ed set up his Mag Loop antenna across the sidewalk from the street and made 35 contacts on FT8 before his parking meter expired!
Lots of activity, fun time on the radio.Nov 02, 2026
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1 viewsThis week, we activated the Chickamauga Battlefield (US-0716) from the recreation field location. The weather was gorgeous, and the local wildlife was out in full force. A Bald Eagle flew over the road as I approached the park, and as usual, there were deer everywhere enjoying the day. The space weather also cooperated and the bands were active, which was a good thing with several operators activating at once. Band pass filters are handy when multiple transmitters are close together.
Ed KM6UTC set up in his back seat ham shack and made 47 FT8 contacts on 40 and 30 meters. No DX contacts.
Danny AG4DW set up his elevated vertical at the picnic tables and made 64 total QSO's on 20 meters. 42 were SSB and 22 were FT8. He had 6 DX contacts to Canada with 28 Park to Park contacts.
Allen KN4FKS used his 17 ft. vertical with the Faraday cloth radials and made 20 SSB contacts on 15 meters. He had 7 P2P contacts. with two P2P DX contacts to England and one DX P2P to Denmark. He also had 8 total DX contacts with the others being Canada(2), Norway, Belgium, and Argentina.
Barry W4LKT, Micha K3WGC, Dan K2DTS, and John KB4QXI also activated the Battlefield on Thursday but I don't have their totals as of yet. If they want they can reply and update everyone.
In Other POTA activity on Monday Oct 26 Allen Kn4FKS activated the Trail of Tears US-3791 from the Fort Cumming stockade site on Indiana street in Lafayette. This little 100 ft by 100 ft grassy area has a historical marker about the place. It is surrounded on two sides by an 8 ft chain link fence and the other two sides are powerlines. There is enough room to park one car off the street. He made 36 20 meter SSB contacts with 16 P2P and 5 DX contacts, 4 to Canada and one to St. Lucia. Also on Monday Danny AG4DW did a multi park rove. He activated Bark Camp Barrens US-7567, Hickory Flats WMA US-3944, May Prairie State Natural Area US-6255, Short Spring State Natural Area US-6268 and Old Stone Fort State Park US-2963. This effort took Danny over the 100 unique parks activated mark for a new total of 102 different parks he has activated. Congratulations on this achievement. Then on Wednesday He went to Cloudland Canyon State Park US-2169 and activated at the Ascalon Trail Head site. where he had 113 total QSO's 45 SSB and 68 FT8 on 40, 20 and 15 meters. He had 30 DX contacts total with 7 to Canada, 6 to Germany, 6 to Spain Chile, France, Columbia, Netherlands Czech Republic, Norway, and Switzerland. On Tuesday Ed KM6UTC activated the Trail of Tears US 3791 from a different location. In downtown Chattanooga Market street is part of the trail. The POTA rule for trails is you can be 100 ft off the trail so Ed set up his Mag Loop antenna across the sidewalk from the street and made 35 contacts on FT8 before his parking meter expired!
Lots of activity, fun time on the radio.Nov 02, 2026
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0 viewsThis week, we activated the Chickamauga Battlefield (US-0716) from the recreation field location. The weather was gorgeous, and the local wildlife was out in full force. A Bald Eagle flew over the road as I approached the park, and as usual, there were deer everywhere enjoying the day. The space weather also cooperated and the bands were active, which was a good thing with several operators activating at once. Band pass filters are handy when multiple transmitters are close together.
Ed KM6UTC set up in his back seat ham shack and made 47 FT8 contacts on 40 and 30 meters. No DX contacts.
Danny AG4DW set up his elevated vertical at the picnic tables and made 64 total QSO's on 20 meters. 42 were SSB and 22 were FT8. He had 6 DX contacts to Canada with 28 Park to Park contacts.
Allen KN4FKS used his 17 ft. vertical with the Faraday cloth radials and made 20 SSB contacts on 15 meters. He had 7 P2P contacts. with two P2P DX contacts to England and one DX P2P to Denmark. He also had 8 total DX contacts with the others being Canada(2), Norway, Belgium, and Argentina.
Barry W4LKT, Micha K3WGC, Dan K2DTS, and John KB4QXI also activated the Battlefield on Thursday but I don't have their totals as of yet. If they want they can reply and update everyone.
In Other POTA activity on Monday Oct 26 Allen Kn4FKS activated the Trail of Tears US-3791 from the Fort Cumming stockade site on Indiana street in Lafayette. This little 100 ft by 100 ft grassy area has a historical marker about the place. It is surrounded on two sides by an 8 ft chain link fence and the other two sides are powerlines. There is enough room to park one car off the street. He made 36 20 meter SSB contacts with 16 P2P and 5 DX contacts, 4 to Canada and one to St. Lucia. Also on Monday Danny AG4DW did a multi park rove. He activated Bark Camp Barrens US-7567, Hickory Flats WMA US-3944, May Prairie State Natural Area US-6255, Short Spring State Natural Area US-6268 and Old Stone Fort State Park US-2963. This effort took Danny over the 100 unique parks activated mark for a new total of 102 different parks he has activated. Congratulations on this achievement. Then on Wednesday He went to Cloudland Canyon State Park US-2169 and activated at the Ascalon Trail Head site. where he had 113 total QSO's 45 SSB and 68 FT8 on 40, 20 and 15 meters. He had 30 DX contacts total with 7 to Canada, 6 to Germany, 6 to Spain Chile, France, Columbia, Netherlands Czech Republic, Norway, and Switzerland. On Tuesday Ed KM6UTC activated the Trail of Tears US 3791 from a different location. In downtown Chattanooga Market street is part of the trail. The POTA rule for trails is you can be 100 ft off the trail so Ed set up his Mag Loop antenna across the sidewalk from the street and made 35 contacts on FT8 before his parking meter expired!
Lots of activity, fun time on the radio.Nov 02, 2026
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2 viewsThis week, we activated the Chickamauga Battlefield (US-0716) from the recreation field location. The weather was gorgeous, and the local wildlife was out in full force. A Bald Eagle flew over the road as I approached the park, and as usual, there were deer everywhere enjoying the day. The space weather also cooperated and the bands were active, which was a good thing with several operators activating at once. Band pass filters are handy when multiple transmitters are close together.
Ed KM6UTC set up in his back seat ham shack and made 47 FT8 contacts on 40 and 30 meters. No DX contacts.
Danny AG4DW set up his elevated vertical at the picnic tables and made 64 total QSO's on 20 meters. 42 were SSB and 22 were FT8. He had 6 DX contacts to Canada with 28 Park to Park contacts.
Allen KN4FKS used his 17 ft. vertical with the Faraday cloth radials and made 20 SSB contacts on 15 meters. He had 7 P2P contacts. with two P2P DX contacts to England and one DX P2P to Denmark. He also had 8 total DX contacts with the others being Canada(2), Norway, Belgium, and Argentina.
Barry W4LKT, Micha K3WGC, Dan K2DTS, and John KB4QXI also activated the Battlefield on Thursday but I don't have their totals as of yet. If they want they can reply and update everyone.
In Other POTA activity on Monday Oct 26 Allen Kn4FKS activated the Trail of Tears US-3791 from the Fort Cumming stockade site on Indiana street in Lafayette. This little 100 ft by 100 ft grassy area has a historical marker about the place. It is surrounded on two sides by an 8 ft chain link fence and the other two sides are powerlines. There is enough room to park one car off the street. He made 36 20 meter SSB contacts with 16 P2P and 5 DX contacts, 4 to Canada and one to St. Lucia. Also on Monday Danny AG4DW did a multi park rove. He activated Bark Camp Barrens US-7567, Hickory Flats WMA US-3944, May Prairie State Natural Area US-6255, Short Spring State Natural Area US-6268 and Old Stone Fort State Park US-2963. This effort took Danny over the 100 unique parks activated mark for a new total of 102 different parks he has activated. Congratulations on this achievement. Then on Wednesday He went to Cloudland Canyon State Park US-2169 and activated at the Ascalon Trail Head site. where he had 113 total QSO's 45 SSB and 68 FT8 on 40, 20 and 15 meters. He had 30 DX contacts total with 7 to Canada, 6 to Germany, 6 to Spain Chile, France, Columbia, Netherlands Czech Republic, Norway, and Switzerland. On Tuesday Ed KM6UTC activated the Trail of Tears US 3791 from a different location. In downtown Chattanooga Market street is part of the trail. The POTA rule for trails is you can be 100 ft off the trail so Ed set up his Mag Loop antenna across the sidewalk from the street and made 35 contacts on FT8 before his parking meter expired!
Lots of activity, fun time on the radio.Nov 02, 2026
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2 viewsThis week, we activated the Chickamauga Battlefield (US-0716) from the recreation field location. The weather was gorgeous, and the local wildlife was out in full force. A Bald Eagle flew over the road as I approached the park, and as usual, there were deer everywhere enjoying the day. The space weather also cooperated and the bands were active, which was a good thing with several operators activating at once. Band pass filters are handy when multiple transmitters are close together.
Ed KM6UTC set up in his back seat ham shack and made 47 FT8 contacts on 40 and 30 meters. No DX contacts.
Danny AG4DW set up his elevated vertical at the picnic tables and made 64 total QSO's on 20 meters. 42 were SSB and 22 were FT8. He had 6 DX contacts to Canada with 28 Park to Park contacts.
Allen KN4FKS used his 17 ft. vertical with the Faraday cloth radials and made 20 SSB contacts on 15 meters. He had 7 P2P contacts. with two P2P DX contacts to England and one DX P2P to Denmark. He also had 8 total DX contacts with the others being Canada(2), Norway, Belgium, and Argentina.
Barry W4LKT, Micha K3WGC, Dan K2DTS, and John KB4QXI also activated the Battlefield on Thursday but I don't have their totals as of yet. If they want they can reply and update everyone.
In Other POTA activity on Monday Oct 26 Allen Kn4FKS activated the Trail of Tears US-3791 from the Fort Cumming stockade site on Indiana street in Lafayette. This little 100 ft by 100 ft grassy area has a historical marker about the place. It is surrounded on two sides by an 8 ft chain link fence and the other two sides are powerlines. There is enough room to park one car off the street. He made 36 20 meter SSB contacts with 16 P2P and 5 DX contacts, 4 to Canada and one to St. Lucia. Also on Monday Danny AG4DW did a multi park rove. He activated Bark Camp Barrens US-7567, Hickory Flats WMA US-3944, May Prairie State Natural Area US-6255, Short Spring State Natural Area US-6268 and Old Stone Fort State Park US-2963. This effort took Danny over the 100 unique parks activated mark for a new total of 102 different parks he has activated. Congratulations on this achievement. Then on Wednesday He went to Cloudland Canyon State Park US-2169 and activated at the Ascalon Trail Head site. where he had 113 total QSO's 45 SSB and 68 FT8 on 40, 20 and 15 meters. He had 30 DX contacts total with 7 to Canada, 6 to Germany, 6 to Spain Chile, France, Columbia, Netherlands Czech Republic, Norway, and Switzerland. On Tuesday Ed KM6UTC activated the Trail of Tears US 3791 from a different location. In downtown Chattanooga Market street is part of the trail. The POTA rule for trails is you can be 100 ft off the trail so Ed set up his Mag Loop antenna across the sidewalk from the street and made 35 contacts on FT8 before his parking meter expired!
Lots of activity, fun time on the radio.Nov 02, 2026
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1 viewsThis Thursday we activated Cloudland Canyon State Park US-2169 from the main park site.It was a beautiful fall day and the space weather also cooperated.
Just to prove what you can do as a Technician ham Barry W4LKT used his privileges on 10 meter SSB with help of a vertical antenna on loan from Danny AG4DW. His first contact was to South Africa and then followed by 10 more contacts for a quick successful activation.
Danny AG4DW had a total of 45 contacts with 3 Park to Park contacts 15 on 20 and 10 meters then he moved to 30 meters FT8 and made 30 contacts with DX to Canada and Puerto Rico.
Ed KM6UTC cranked out 86 total contacts on 40 meter FT8. He had DX to the Netherlands, France, Canada, Cuba, and Switzerland.
Mica K3WGC had 15 SSB contacts with 14 P2P contacts using his usual drive on 20 ft. mast supporting a twin Hamstick dipole. He had a contact with one of hamdoms YouTube Hams. "The Southern Ham" so maybe Mica will be famous now?
Allen KN4FKS set up his 25 ft vertical with the Faraday Cloth radials He made 46 SSB contacts on 20 meters with 15 P2P contacts. No DX
Earlier in the week on Tuesday Allen KN4FKS went to the Otting WMA US-7913 to scratch an itch. When a POTA activator gets close to having 1000 contacts from a particular park it becomes an obsession. Tuesday brought Allen within 91 contacts of that POTA KILO award. Success was had by starting on 40 meters then moving to 20 meters. The total was 106 SSB contacts with 24 P2P and 2 DX to Canada. The grand total is now 1013 for Otting contacts. Itch scratched!Oct 26, 2026
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