September 24, 2023: Crawford Lake Conservation Area (VE-1541)

Today went out to Crawford Lake Conservation Area in Milton. It was the first time I have been there without hiking. It is a very convenient park to do a POTA activation from, as there are lots of good trees near picnic tables. My wife went hiking with a friend and took this shot of me near the tree that I used for the end-fed antenna.

The activation waw my 10th distinct park, and so I got a bronze activation award.

I activated from 14:43 UTC until 15:31 UTC, so not even a complete hour, and made 23 contacts, 5 of which were park-to-park. All were 20m SSB Phone.

This was my first time using a headset with the Elecraft KX2, and I decided to use VOX. It worked very well, save the fact that I also like to drink seltzer water...

Date Time Call State Band Mode Park
2023/09/24 14:43 KO4OFO None 20m SSB K-2725
2023/09/24 14:44 K7ORG IL 20m SSB
2023/09/24 14:46 K7SEN AZ 20m SSB
2023/09/24 14:47 W4GOG SC 20m SSB
2023/09/24 14:48 K4JUU NC 20m SSB
2023/09/24 14:49 KR4I NC 20m SSB
2023/09/24 14:49 AC9NW IL 20m SSB
2023/09/24 14:57 VE1RPX NS 20m SSB
2023/09/24 15:01 KC5VOY OK 20m SSB
2023/09/24 15:02 W2SAD MN 20m SSB
2023/09/24 15:04 K9BRM WI 20m SSB
2023/09/24 15:06 KN4ZUJ FL 20m SSB
2023/09/24 15:08 KB4LOA None 20m SSB K-3848
2023/09/24 15:09 NØNM KS 20m SSB
2023/09/24 15:09 WW4DB TN 20m SSB K-2933
2023/09/24 15:10 KG5SRG GA 20m SSB
2023/09/24 15:11 KFØFTU MO 20m SSB K-1787
2023/09/24 15:13 WW7CR WA 20m SSB
2023/09/24 15:14 WD4DAN GA 20m SSB
2023/09/24 15:26 W4WKU KY 20m SSB K-4572
2023/09/24 15:29 K2ITZ SC 20m SSB
2023/09/24 15:30 AB4KN GA 20m SSB
2023/09/24 15:31 KO4DXQ TN 20m SSB

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