Date/Time: June 9, 2024 1630z Start time (moon needs to clear ridge)
QTH: Wyoming - Yellowstone Park DN44lw
Call: KB7Q always 1st sequence
Mode: Q65-60C
Frequency: 1296.095 MHz CFOM
Gear: IC-9700, AGO Preamp, 450 watt SSPA, 2.4M folding dish w/ patch feed
SL-1 Tracker, Honda 2.2KW generator, Jimmy-Johns #7 sub-sandwich to fuel the op.
Internet: Nope
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| Just another day in the Park, but what a park. Yellowstone! DN44lw |
It was a fine day for a Yellowstone Park outing. I left the house at 7 AM, stopped at the last Internet access spot at Big Sky Resort to time sync my laptop, and by 9:30 AM I was calling CQ. Signals were a bit mixed until I cleared the top of the lone pine tree between me and the moon.
I worked 20 stations, and was pleased to give an initial Wyoming contact to several folks. Stateside folks were absent - only three W/K/N stations logged. Some sun, some rain, some wind, some mosquitoes, but nothing to slow things down. Being just past new moon meant that I never saw madam Luna, but the SL-1 tracker did great, the 1000 count/360 degree encoders are an improvement.
Best contact was with K4EME. Cowles chased me for 90 minutes. I saw him at a steady -23 most of the time, and finally it all clicked for him. Sweet!
Logged: F4KLO (-21), DL1AT (-23), OK1VUM (-22), PA3FXB (-21), DK3WG (-23), RX3DR (-20), ON4AOI (-15), DL8FBD (-22), OH3LWP (-20), N5TM (-20), NC1I (-11), PA0TBR (-23), DL4DTU (-20), SP9VFD (-18), IK7EZN (-21), CT1WO (-25), G0LBK (-18), G4CCH (-13), DF2VJ (-23), K4EME (-23).