I wanted to get out for at least one POTA activation during the Labor Day holiday weekend. Since we have another extended heatwave kicking off today, I opted to go out yesterday. I got an early start at French Creek State Park (K-1355, KFF-1355), figuring that the park would be busy—and it was.
I parked at a trailhead, well away from the busy boat launch and picnic areas. Using my TR-35 (5 watts) and homebrew vertical, my first ten contacts came in about 15 minutes. Most of my contacts were on 40M, while 30M and 20M both yielded a few more.
After an hour or so, the bands seemed to suddenly dry up; so I packed up. (After I got home, I saw that there was some geomagnetic activity in progress.) In any event, my log had 22 QSOs with four park-to-park contacts.
This activation put me one away from a “Repeat Offender” award for this park. I guess I’ll be back again soon to wrap that up.
I hope everyone has a happy and safe Labor Day holiday.
73, Craig WB3GCK
WB3GCK QRP Amateur Radio 
Craig, you have friends in Canada too where it’s also Labor Day weekend. 😉
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Ooops! My apologies, John. Looks like an edit is in order. Thanks for reminding me of that. 72, Craig WB3GCK
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Also, being of Canadian descent on my father’s side (my grandparents were from Quebec), I should have caught that. 🙂 72, Craig WB3GCK
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What source do you use to confirm that geomagnetic activity? N0NBH prop charts?I also found that day to have rough propagation.
I’ll be watching to help your continual offense of K-1355.
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Hi Bob: Yep. That’s what I use. Pretty handy. Thanks for listening! 73, Craig WB3GCK
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