Today was a nice day to walk around, though still a little chilly at around 0°C. Fletcher Creek Ecological Reserve is part of the Hamilton Conservation Area network, and is in Puslinch Ontario, about 51km from my house.

Activated from the parking lot, that is fairly close to some hydro transmission lines, so I was worried about interference, but I thankfully did not experience any. This is the entrance to the paths from the parking lot.

The bands were quiet but propagation seemed to be pretty good. It took me a while to get 12 QSOs in about an hour. So somewhat slow. This weekend seems to be blessed with propagation to Idaho and Washington!

After the activation, I walked around the trails.

This is a map of the park. It loops around an old abandoned quarry, that has been rehabilitated.

Here's the audio. Still terrible for the transmitting side. I'm working on it.

Here's a map of the QSOs, all 20m CW.

Date	Time	Call	State	Band	Mode	Park
2025/03/23	15:14	ADØIM	KS	20m	CW
2025/03/23	15:16	W5KEB	AR	20m	CW
2025/03/23	15:17	K5COL	IA	20m	CW
2025/03/23	15:18	KJ7DT	ID	20m	CW
2025/03/23	15:20	KG7CW	ID	20m	CW
2025/03/23	15:35	K4NYM	FL	20m	CW	US-4559
2025/03/23	15:38	N5BO	FL	20m	CW	US-8332
2025/03/23	15:50	KM4QNA	AL	20m	CW
2025/03/23	15:51	N1XK	IA	20m	CW
2025/03/23	15:52	KN4TOF	TN	20m	CW
2025/03/23	16:07	W4KXT	AL	20m	CW	US-1035
2025/03/23	16:17	WA9VFD	NC	20m	CW	US-2726

This park was my 50^th, and so I got a Diamond Activator Certificate from the Parks on the Air website.