Today was overcast, a little chilly and a bit of a "get ready, fall is coming" kind of day. Decided to go to Georgetown for an activation in the park.
I would like to go back, and do some hiking, but it was not in the cards for me today as I had some technical difficulties that I wanted to get to the bottom of, and so I was distracted.
On my seventh QSO, my Elecraft microphone shorted-out and continuously was in transmit mode. So I had to quickly change to using the internal microphone for the remaining QSOs. When I opened the mic to find the fault, the insides were a bunch of plastic junk. Not up to the Elecraft tradition. Going to switch to my Heil headset, and either use the Xmit button (annoying), or use VOX (somewhat annoying too).
I still managed to get the 10 QSOs, with two park-to-park, so it was a success, even if clouds were hanging over the activation, figuratively and literally.
| Date | Time | Call | State | Band | Mode | Park |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/09/09 | 13:52 | W5AZO | TX | 20m | SSB | |
| 2023/09/09 | 13:56 | KN4ZVJ | GA | 20m | SSB | |
| 2023/09/09 | 14:04 | WD5GNX | GA | 20m | SSB | |
| 2023/09/09 | 14:07 | KC5KTF | AR | 20m | SSB | |
| 2023/09/09 | 14:09 | KE4MRX | TN | 20m | SSB | |
| 2023/09/09 | 14:10 | AG5CC | AR | 20m | SSB | |
| 2023/09/09 | 14:14 | NØAIE | SD | 20m | SSB | |
| 2023/09/09 | 14:30 | KN4RAM | NC | 20m | SSB | K-6837 |
| 2023/09/09 | 14:34 | N4HWH | NC | 20m | SSB | K-2722 |
| 2023/09/09 | 14:42 | K8ROY | IL | 20m | SSB |