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401 viewsThis Thursday July 31 we activated Crockford-Pigeon Mtn WMA US-3742 from the South Brow site. The bands were up and down crazy so short contacts were the necessity. The terrestrial weather cooperated till after lunch when a big thunderstorm moved in from the north and cut things short.

Allen KN4FKS had 48 SSB contacts on 20 meters with 16 Park to Park contacts. The early stoppage saw him stop 11 contacts shy of reaching the triple Kilo mark for this park. Bummer but that will be remedied soon!

Danny AG4DW made 41 contacts, 17 SSB on 40 meters 1 on 6 meters and 1 on 1.25 meters He also made 7 FT8 contacts before the storm came.

John KB4QXI made 17 contacts with 6 P2P with one P2P contact in Canada.

Dan K2DTS made 13 contacts on Pigeon then made 14 more at the Battlefield in spite of the static crashes on the way home.

Fun day in the big woods!

398 viewsThis Thursday August 7 we activated Crockford Pigeon Mountain WMA US-3742 from the Estelle Mine Road site.

Allen KN4FKS put up his 25 ft. vertical with 8 radials and made 36 SSB contacts with 26 P2P on 20 and 17 meters with 2 contacts on 40.

Dave KQ4GLQ made 26 SSB contacts with 6 P2P on 20 meters using his 17 ft. vertical with 3 radials. His activation was cut short by a call to work, Bummer how that happens.

John KB4QXI after having tire issues made 10 SSB contacts with 3 P2P on 20 meters with his roof mounted HamStick.

Dan K2DTS elected to stay closer to home and activated the Battlefield US-0716 where he made 15 contacts using his vehicle mounted stick antenna.

Danny AG4DW was enjoying the world's longest yard sale with his wife so he did not attend.

Earlier in the week there were some KILOs to be finished. On Tuesday Danny AG4DW activated the Battlefield US-0716 with 84 contacts on 20 and 40 meters. 51 were SSB and 33 FT8 with 4 DX two Canadians one to Spain and one to the Dominican Republic. He made and passed his TWO KILO mark for this park. When you get close to the goals POTA has such as the KILO award it gnaws at you till you get it done, especially if you are very close. Allen KN4FKS was 9 contacts shy of a triple KILO on Pigeon Mtn. US-3742. So on Saturday he set up on Blue Hole road and made a quick 20 contacts finishing the KILO quest. POTA will capture you so use caution!

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389 viewsOn Thursday Aug. 21, 2025 we activated the Vann House State Historical Site US-7457 This small park is only open on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays so it doesn't see a lot of activations. There are lots of picnic tables and a wonderful shade tree to make it a pleasant site even on a hot day. The park manager lady is also a Ham so the staff is definitely POTA friendly. The adjacent museum and visitor center is worth a visit and the actual Vann house is amazing. Our native Americans did not live in Tepees.

Allen KN4FKS and Danny AG4DW shared a radio set up. They used the end fed wire and the ever trusty Icom 706 MKIIG. Allen made 37 contacts with 5 park to parks on 40 meters SSB. Danny made 22 contacts with 4 P2P also on 40 meters. It was tough work as we had a local QRM source giving us a 5-8 noise level on 40 meters and even 5-6 across all the bands. Don't know what it was but it made getting contacts a challenge. They could hear us but we couldn't hear them.

Dan K2DTS set up his trusty 17 ft. vertical on his car hood. He made 32 contacts on 20 and 17 meters on FT8 and had DX contacts in France, Slovakia, Belize, Guatemala, Czech Republic, Finland, and 2 in Germany. Dave KQ4GLQ set up his vertical and ran his ICOM 705 in a way cool go box set up. He made 61 contacts on FT8. I wore my special T shirt just for him. (see attached photos)

Earlier in the week John KB4QXI activated Berry College WMA 3734 on Wednesday and Danny AG4DW went to Estelle on Pigeon Mountain also on Wednesday. to edge closer to getting his KILO award for Pigeon. Dave KQ4GLQ and Tony WA4TW joined him there.

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Monday Claimed Score: 7,384 pts
Tuesday Claimed Score: 63,308
Wednesday Claimed Score: 123,522
Current Claimed Score: 192,192

Monday Total Contacts: 104
Tuesday Total Contacts: 323
Wednesday Total Contacts: 519
Current Total Contacts: 704

Monday Total Time on-air: 2 hrs, 8 min
Tuesday Total Time on-air: 7hrs, 36 min
Wednesday Total Time on-air: 12hrs, 58 min
Current Total Time on-air: 18hrs, 22 min

States / Canadian Provinces Contacted: (Mon: 32 / Tues: 40 / Wed: 44 / Thursday: 46)
(Long story short: we need Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, and South Dakota to have a 50-state sweep for this week)
Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Canadian Provinces:
Manitoba
Ontario
Nova Scotia
Quebec

Foreign Countries / Territories: British Virgin Islands, Canada (15X), Canary Islands (Off the African Coast) (2x), Denmark, England (2x), France (2x), Germany (3X), Haiti, Italy (2x), Madeira Islands (Off the African Coast), Mexico, Puerto Rico (8X), South Africa, Spain (3X), Sweden, Venezuela

Total tax-free miles travelled to foreign countries and Canadian Territories: 119,037
(Monday: 11,367 / Tuesday 53,355 / Wednesday:86,331)

Schools:(33) including several elementary schools, Ida Brown Jewish Academy in Illinois, Cornell University (NY), Dixie Heights HS (KY), Houston Christian University (TX), Lampassas Middle School (TX), Michigan State University (MI), Rice University (TX), University of Arkansas (AR), University of Michigan (MI), University of Wisconsin (WI), Youngstown State University (OH)

Clubs: (8) including Ham Radio Outlet in Colorado, FBI in Virginia, a club operating out of a middle school in New Jersey, and Disney World's employee ran club station out of Florida.

Piglet (Young Ham) Contacts:
Addi: 64 (first time ever!!)
Aulbri: 50 (first timer)
Brianna: 11
Emilee: 103 (first-timer)
Griffin: 101
Halen: 22
Jacob: 96
Leland: 27 (first timer)
Lilian: 74 (first timer)
Nerf (Jakob J): 47
Syrenna: 64 (first time ever!!)

Updates:
188 contacts Thursday
We are 9 contacts from 713, our former school record - Lord willing, our students will set some records today.
We have some absolutely great students at LMS.
Thanks so much to our teachers for their flexibility this week!
We will be back on the air today from 12 pm to 5:00 pm.

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