Hi kidlets. This afternoon after SWMBO and I finished lunch; she suggested that I go do an activation. She decided to let me out on my own as she wasn’t feeling that activation glow today. I packed up my gear and headed out to Big Spring State Park US-4355.

I just checked and it was 2 August the last time I activated Big Spring. The park itself is nice and cozy. Not very big but a good park to go to when you want some undisturbed POTA time. It sits in the West end of Perry County PA and the traffic is minimal.

I got set up and got on the air a short time after arriving at the park. 40 meters was not in the best of shape but I worked 10 contacts after about 20 minutes. I moved to 17 meters and was able to work a few more and then finished back on 40 M with a total of 23 contacts. It was mostly sunny when I arrived with a temperature of 12.7 C but after a while it clouded over and the temp dropped to 10.5 C. Still quite warm for January. There were no birds heard today. It did not take too long to tear down.

All in all it was a fine day. The only low point was when I heard a couple of sad hams trying to interrupt an activator in progress because they were on a net owned freq. Rather than take the high road these individuals just kept talking over the activator and folks calling him (malicious interference). The activator moved to another freq and the 2 sad hams were free to discuss liver spots and other afflictions as they do every day. It takes all kinds. I guess manners have gone out the window. Ok rant off. 🙂

Well I am going to sit here, drink coffee and decide what to do about supper. As always, namaste kids!