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Park On The Air Friday 1000L, 1400Z

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**** 14:20Z. WB4SON on air CW 14.060 ****

**** 14:00Z. K1JSM on air 14.257 ****

**** 13:30z  W1LY on air 14.257 ***

The NCRC Activation Crew will be at Brenton Point State Park tomorrow October 2, which is POTA K-2870  They should be on the air by 10 AM local time (14:00Z).  Expect SSB operation on 14.265 +/- and CW operation on 14.060 +/-

Operators, using their own calls:

  • Willy W1LY
  • John K1JSM
  • Bob WB4SON

The following entities are activated by this group:

  • POTA K-2870 (Brenton Point State Park)
  • IOTA NA-031 (North American Island Group)
  • USI RI006S (Aquidneck Island)
  • ARLHS USA-0082H (Brenton Reef Lighthouse Historic)

In this view from above, the crew was located at the end of the park, located in the upper-right corner

Rich KC1ARO stopped by to say hi, as Willy W1LY was on the air and John K1JSM was logging

John K1JSM at the mic

A rare sighting of Bob WB4SON at an activation running CW

Equipment info:

  • Yaesu FT-897
  • PAR End-Fedz end-fed half wave 20 meter antenna
  • 30 AH LiFePO4 battery (Bioenno)

Parks On The Air Activation

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John K1JSM and Willy W1LY activated Beavertail State Park K-2868, from around noon until about 2:30 this afternoon.  The used both the 60 foot tower as well as a magnetic loop, on 17/20/40 meters.  The loop was highly directional and being off a few degrees was the difference between S1 and S9 signal levels.  The vertical also allowed them to run 100 watts and was omnidirectional, but perhaps not propagating the way they wanted.  This activation covered islands on the air, parks on the air, and lighthouses on the air, whew!

  • POTA K-2868
  • ARLHS USA-048 (new) and USA-1128
  • IOTA NA031
  • US Islands RI007S

John K1JSM (left) and Willy W1LY (on air) at Beavertail State Park

Both the Magnetic Loop as well as the vertical antenna can be seen in this photo. The Vertical is base loaded and sits on a ground field of 4″ wide copper under the grass. Of course those straps may have rotted away in the decades since the antenna was installed.