POTA Oct 4

Hey Craig and All,

It went very well. US-3585 is a very nice location. I’d say we had about ten hams show. There is a fair amount of pedestrian and canine foot traffic.

Cap was helping with his map and boundary locations. Jerry was wandering about helping anyone who needed it.

Jim NCG activated with ft8. Both Keenan and I activated with my G90 POTA Performer station on 20m phone. We encountered some very strong QRM at times. We had an RV next to us and I heard an electric guitar. Also they may have had a microwave and other electrical devices.

I had a contact in northern Wisconsin and central New Mexico. Others were the regulars – Washington, Utah and Colorado. We even had a few contacts from the CA QSO Party.

The 20 meter band was good. I only had radials for that one and didn’t try others. Gonna order some spade connectors.

Moses and his father had trouble with QRM on their station. When I spoke to them they hadn’t made any contacts. I’m curious how it went for them after we left. I gave Keenan a ride home around 1:30 I think.

Sorry you couldn’t have been there and that you had a rough time. Next month will be here before we know it.

73, Andrew N6AAG