So, my business trip that gave me an excuse to drive a long away and do my NPOTAthon ended on thursday, and I started driving home. For the trip home I decided to actually take the direct route, so what ended up taking me 22 hours on monday (did I forget to mention that after I finished my last stop I still had a 4 hour drive to my final destination?) I drove in about 9 hours on Thursday afternoon/evening. The direct route home did take me past 1 National Park, so I stopped and did a quick activation at friendship hill. This was another sneak attack type of activation, and from first contact to last was 19 minutes and 29 contacts.
Now - to be honest, I spent more than 19 minutes there - I probably called CQ for about 5-10 minutes before the first contact, and I made sure to stop with enough time to snap a couple pictures, and get out of the park before they closed (the grounds at Friendship Hill are dawn to dusk.)
Now - to be honest, I spent more than 19 minutes there - I probably called CQ for about 5-10 minutes before the first contact, and I made sure to stop with enough time to snap a couple pictures, and get out of the park before they closed (the grounds at Friendship Hill are dawn to dusk.)
Now, I do have to say, if you missed me activating the site - don't worry - if you happen to be geographically close enough, and there are some VHF openings, you just might get lucky enough to make a contact with this guy on 2 meter FM simplex......
Okay, so maybe he didn't actually use an HT to talk his helpers while surveying the land, but I just couldn't help myself. Check out another view of this picture, and the couple others I snapped before click away to some other corner of the internet:
73 Everyone! Oh, and if you're interested, and happen to have an FCC license, you can get your own 18th century communication device (ummm, sure....that's when it's from...) just like the one above from the infamous Amazon:
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