[WB4SON] POTA - Brenton Point State Park
 

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POTA - Brenton Point State Park

Posted: 02 Oct 2020 01:25 PM PDT
https://wb4son.com/wpblog/?p=4199


I was lucky enough to get together with a few friends (John K1JSM, and
Willy W1LY) today for a Parks On The Air (POTA) activation of Brenton Point
State Park K-2870.

John and Willy are avid activators, usually islands, but have changed to
parks on the air, so they have a lot of experience and have tried several
different antennas.Â* Today we were using a end-fed half-wave dipole on 20
meters, and it seemed to work exceptionally well.Â* Willy and John did their
thing on SSB, but I gave things a try on 14.060.Â* I was amazed at the EU
propagation.Â* Within a short period of time I had worked 14 stations.
RBN indicated great S/N levels
Willy at the mic, John on the right. Pretty spot! You can see the mast
holding up the high end of the end-fed antenna by the park sign
The sky was dramatic for sure, but it was in the 60s with light 5 knot
winds from the WSW