It was the first time that particular park had been activated.\u00a0 The weather was stunning, and the company was excellent!\u00a0 We were happy to have Jim Johnson, K1GND, one of the directors of The Consortium program join us as well (Jim is giving a presentation on Small HF Antennas at Monday’s meeting).<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Driving into the park, which is along RI’s southern coast<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>From Left to Right: Rich KC1ARO, John K1JSM (Jim KA1ZOU to John’s right), and Willy W1LY<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>(L to R): John K1JSM paper logging, Jim K1GND on the air, and Jim KA1ZOU electronically logging<\/p><\/div>\n
The gear used was the same as last time.\u00a0 FT-897 with tuner, 20-meter end-fed half-wave antenna, and 30 AH LiFePO4 battery.\u00a0 Rich and Willy both operated on 40 meters as well.<\/p>\n
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The NCRC Activation Gang will be activating Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge<\/a>, which is located along the southern coast of RI, on Friday October 9.\u00a0 Expect them on 14.265 +\/- around 14:00Z (10 AM local time).\u00a0 Calls in use will be KA1ZOU, K1JSM, W1LY, and WB4SON.\u00a0 40 meter SSB operation may occur along with CW on 14.060 MHz.\u00a0 It is our belief that this park has never been activated before.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" *** UPDATED October 9 @ 13:50UTC *** NCRC POTA People met at Trustom Pond today and were on the air on 20-meter SSB (14.270) by 13:50 UTC.\u00a0 The following six participated: John Mills K1JSM Willy Macclean W1LY Jim Sammons KA1ZOU … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n