October 27, 2023: Oakville Harbour, Oakville (VE-0063 & VE-5082)

Being Friday, and work being a little uninspiring, I decided to take a mental-health break, and do an activation. I also wanted to try out my new vertical antenna, a Chelegance MC-750 that covers from 6m to 40m and has a nice carry case. It has a study metal spike to push into the ground, and I got the optional tripod for when the ground is too hard to use the spike. I should have brought it today as the soil was rather hard, and I augmented the support by picnic table.

The park is on the lake shore near Navy street. I was lucky and got a picnic table right next to the water.

Start Time (UTC)

 17:47
Finish Time (UTC) 19:12
Total Time 1:25
Total QSOs 35
Park to Park 23
Largest distance QSO 2,309 km
Band 20m
Mode SSB

Here's a map of the QSOs.

Date Time Call State Band Mode Park
2023/10/27 17:47 NØPF KY 20m SSB
2023/10/27 17:48 KJ5ARN TX 20m SSB
2023/10/27 17:49 KN4ZVJ GA 20m SSB
2023/10/27 17:50 N8HOQ MO 20m SSB
2023/10/27 17:51 KC1QDZ RI 20m SSB
2023/10/27 17:52 VE3RGO ON 20m SSB VE-0166
2023/10/27 17:53 WØOXB MN 20m SSB
2023/10/27 17:54 KY4JPS KY 20m SSB
2023/10/27 17:55 KB8SKK OH 20m SSB
2023/10/27 17:56 W8WCQ OH 20m SSB
2023/10/27 17:57 W9GM WI 20m SSB
2023/10/27 18:03 WA4SWF KY 20m SSB
2023/10/27 18:03 K8NIV WV 20m SSB
2023/10/27 18:08 KU8V MI 20m SSB K-4564
2023/10/27 18:08 KU8V MI 20m SSB K-8898
2023/10/27 18:08 KU8V MI 20m SSB K-4811
2023/10/27 18:08 KU8V MI 20m SSB K-0670
2023/10/27 18:08 KU8V MI 20m SSB K-9961
2023/10/27 18:08 KU8V MI 20m SSB K-9935
2023/10/27 18:08 KU8V MI 20m SSB K-4567
2023/10/27 18:15 W9BDX IL 20m SSB K-4133
2023/10/27 18:17 KB9VBR WI 20m SSB K-4238
2023/10/27 18:17 KB9VBR WI 20m SSB K-10054
2023/10/27 18:22 KØLAF MO 20m SSB K-10219
2023/10/27 18:23 NØING IL 20m SSB K-10219
2023/10/27 18:28 KN4COE KY 20m SSB K-1261
2023/10/27 18:31 KG9JP None 20m SSB K-9785
2023/10/27 18:31 KG9JP None 20m SSB K-9789
2023/10/27 18:36 KB9OWD IL 20m SSB K-4108
2023/10/27 18:44 KD9VAN IL 20m SSB K-1003
2023/10/27 18:46 K4EPH GA 20m SSB K-3725
2023/10/27 19:03 N3NIK VA 20m SSB K-7802
2023/10/27 19:07 WB3DSJ SC 20m SSB K-3881
2023/10/27 19:12 KF9R IN 20m SSB K-10247
2023/10/27 19:12 KF9R IN 20m SSB K-2246

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