It was a tossup decision: K-1518 or K-1495? Both these parks are about the same distance from my QTH. The toss came up in favor of K-1518. So I headed over there early Friday evening to enjoy and to have fun with POTA.
Surprisingly for a warm [ for the season ] afternoon, the park was empty. I started my way at 20m and worked 30m, 17m, 15m and 40m. 20, 17 and 40 were the most productive. I got contacts from all parts of the country.
When on 17m I got a KL7... and the band faded away. My heart leaped! Could it be? I went back with KL7? No response...After a few breathless moments, I was almost about to put out CQ calls again, when the KX-3 awoke to the sweet sounds of KL7AC. Oh please... please... please... say your QTH is Alaska. Much to my relief I got a RST of 539 and QTH of AK. I am just Hawaii away from being HFAS (Hunted from all states on POTA -- is there such a thing?)
I am glad I decided to go out today instead of staying home. To make the outing even sweeter, I also got to work a P2P from my friend W8SCS [from the Canadian American Net ]. He was coincidentally at K-1495 [ about 15 miles away ] my other choice for the day. He was on his KX-2 at 5 W and I was on my KX-3 at 5W and JPC-12 vertical. It is interesting that I got the furthest and closest contact for the day on 17m.
This has to be one of my most memorable activations to date.
Edit: Feb 4, 2024. I was at Maybury again today and worked KL7AC as P2P from K-1518 to K-7238 on 17M.
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