284 viewsWe activated J. 'SLOPPY' Floyd State Park US-2187 this Thursday Sept 25th. It was a sloppy activation on several levels. Because of the threatening rains we set up at the picnic shelter up by the restrooms on top of the hill. As we are setting up a big truck pulls up and is there to empty the sewage tank about 20 feet from the picnic shelter. The fellow said "this might stink a bit" He was right.
Then after a bit of aroma therapy the park ranger walked up and advised us the picnic shelter was reserved for the day and we needed to pack up and move to another shelter. Both of us had not noticed the little note in the sign on the shelter saying it was reserved. As Danny AG4DW noted in the future "We must check the reservation board on shelters from now on" (see attached photos of what to look for) So we quickly packed up everything and moved down the hill to the 'Not Reserved' picnic shelter, set up again and completed the activation. It never rained a drop! However on the drive home it pored down rain for a while. It was a fun but 'Sloppy' day.
For the activation part Allen KN4FKS made 32 SSB contacts 28 Park to Parks ( one of the P2P's was to California) with DX to Cuba and Poland.
Danny AG4DW cranked up the FT8 machine and made 31 contacts 25 on 10 meters and 6 on 40 meters. He had lots of DX into Europe. Germany(5), Hungary(2), Italy(2), Canada, Poland, Spain and Ukraine.
John KB4QXI was not able to attend, he spent the entire day waiting on a Windstream technician who never showed up. Customer service?
On Wednesday Danny AG4DW got to do something special in the POTA world. He was able to activate an "ALL TIME NEW ONE" (ATNO) A new state park was created in Tennessee on Sunday. Danny contacted the POTA coordinator for Tennessee and set things in motion. The park Ocoee River State park had the POTA number US-12663 by Tuesday night. Danny made tracks over to the park first thing Wednesday morning, set up and made 94 ATNO QSO's. He had 78 on SSB and 16 FT8 before the rain set in. Two other hams activated the park later that day. ATNO's don't last long so 'You snooze you loose" Congratulations to Danny on first getting the park listed then on grabbing the ATNO activation.
Fun days, fun hobby, always something new.
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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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