With no time for a longer ride this time, I just rode over to a nearby park (Westmorland), about 0.5 km from home. It's down in a bit of a hole, but handy. I got there before 7 AM, a good hour before the 13Z CWT. It took less than 30 minutes to put up the antenna and set up the radio. Temperature was a comfortable 22 C or so, and there weren't many bugs, for a change.
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| 11 M Fishing Pole |
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| Station and Antenna |
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| Yes, I DID ride my bike over there! |
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| RBN, Not Great |
The first thing I heard when I turned on the radio was the line noise. My more remote operations don't have that problem. While the RBN didn't look too promising, conditions were quite good. I ended up with 48 QSO's, 29 mults, and 1,872 points, one of my better bicycle portable scores. I'll credit that to Kp=0. Best ears award again goes to Mike, F5IN.
Always enjoy your blog. Have fun. We worked this 1300 session - thanks. Don't know if your on the 1900 but I quit after 12 Q - thunder too close - writing this after the 1900.
ReplyDeleteI think I heard you once after 1900, but you were wise to bail out when the lightning got close.
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