This activation was hands-down the most aggravating one yet! I tried to activate the day before, but found that I had left the PL-259 to BNC adapter at home. So I had to return empty-handed. The next day I went back, and when I was within sight of the park, I was rear-ended. The damage was minimal, and nobody was hurt, but it did mean that I had to go to the collision reporting center in Hamilton, and go through all the ordeal of going through the insurance people etc.

The park is quite nice, and near the harbour, and it was a nice, though crisp day.

I took a panorama shot of the harbour. If you click on it, you can enlarge it.

There was a nice picnic table to set up on next to the water's edge. This was the set-up with the Elecraft AX1 antenna, that I tried to use on the unsuccessful day, but had no luck.

Date	Time	Call	State	Band	Mode	Park
2023/11/05	15:45	VA3NFG	ON	20m	SSB
2023/11/05	15:46	AK7RM	AZ	20m	SSB
2023/11/05	15:49	NG4DX	GA	20m	SSB
2023/11/05	15:50	K1LY	NC	20m	SSB
2023/11/05	15:52	W5LST	AR	20m	SSB	K-9681
2023/11/05	15:52	W5LST	AR	20m	SSB	K-7435
2023/11/05	15:53	WY7VRR	WY	20m	SSB
2023/11/05	15:54	KG5SRG	GA	20m	SSB
2023/11/05	15:55	KO4CHB	AL	20m	SSB
2023/11/05	15:56	N1MHV	GA	20m	SSB	K-7465
2023/11/05	16:03	KC1NDQ	SC	20m	SSB	K-8147
2023/11/05	16:16	N8GJ	AR	20m	SSB	K-1073
2023/11/05	16:19	K4C	SC	20m	SSB
2023/11/05	16:25	AC3AV	FL	20m	SSB	K-1900
2023/11/05	16:30	KE2ET	NC	20m	SSB	K-10389
2023/11/05	16:31	N3CDF	NC	20m	SSB	K-10389
2023/11/05	16:36	KO4GAR	SC	20m	SSB	K-10468

Start Time (UTC)	15:45
Finish Time (UTC)	16:36
Total Time	0:51
Total QSOs	17
Park to Park	9
Largest distance QSO	2,956 km, Mesa, AZ, U.S.A.
Band	20m
Mode	SSB

Here's a map of the QSOs.