{"id":2068,"date":"2015-12-25T22:30:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T03:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=2068"},"modified":"2015-12-25T22:36:18","modified_gmt":"2015-12-26T03:36:18","slug":"winter-solstice-activation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=2068","title":{"rendered":"Winter Solstice Activation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rich, KC1ARO, Paul, KC1AQP, and Paul, N1PSX, went to Arcadia State Park for a campout on the solstice and some radio activation.  They made 21 contacts on 6, 20 and 40m.  Some on CW, but mostly on SSB, running 80 watts from battery power.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2070\" style=\"width: 578px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fishing-Antennas.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2070\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2070\" src=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fishing-Antennas.jpg\" alt=\"You won&#039;t find fish in trees\" width=\"568\" height=\"757\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fishing-Antennas.jpg 568w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fishing-Antennas-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You won&#8217;t find fish in trees<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2071\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Strange-Tree-Growth.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2071\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2071\" src=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Strange-Tree-Growth-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"But you might find strange metal wire growth in trees\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Strange-Tree-Growth-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Strange-Tree-Growth-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Strange-Tree-Growth-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Strange-Tree-Growth-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">But you might find strange metal wire growth in trees<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2073\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/More-Antenna-Work.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2073\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2073\" src=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/More-Antenna-Work-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"More Antenna Work\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/More-Antenna-Work-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/More-Antenna-Work-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/More-Antenna-Work.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More Antenna Work<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2074\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Happy-Camper.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2074\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2074\" src=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Happy-Camper-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Camper (unusual temps for the first day of winter)\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Happy-Camper-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Happy-Camper-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Happy-Camper-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Happy-Camper-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy Camper (unusual temps for the first day of winter)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2075\" style=\"width: 1019px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tailgating.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2075\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2075\" src=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tailgating.jpg\" alt=\"More fun than a tailgate party at Gillette\" width=\"1009\" height=\"757\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tailgating.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tailgating-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tailgating-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tailgating-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More fun than a tailgate party at Gillette<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2076\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Station2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2076\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2076\" src=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Station2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Yet another station\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Station2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Station2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Station2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Station2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yet another station<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2077\" style=\"width: 1019px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lamplight-QSO.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2077\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2077\" src=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lamplight-QSO.jpg\" alt=\"A lamplight QSO\" width=\"1009\" height=\"757\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lamplight-QSO.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lamplight-QSO-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lamplight-QSO-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lamplight-QSO-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A lamplight QSO<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rich, KC1ARO, Paul, KC1AQP, and Paul, N1PSX, went to Arcadia State Park for a campout on the solstice and some radio activation. They made 21 contacts on 6, 20 and 40m. Some on CW, but mostly on SSB, running 80 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=2068\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-operating","category-pota"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2068"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2078,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068\/revisions\/2078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}