Multi-Tasking from the Park
Life is great IF you can get everything happening when it should. Today was living of proof of having to improvise and adaptβ¦.
Liz (the patient one who tolerates/supports this hobby) had a follow up appointment at the Providence Care Health Facility here in Kingston for 1030 am⦠At 11am I was supposed to be the Net Control Station for the Trans Provincial Net on 7.100.
This is a conflict and I have to give priority to Lizβ¦. But here was the solution and it workedβ¦
I dropped her off at her appointment for 10:15 and then walked out the back door of the Health Facility and into POTA CA-6003 which is the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail.
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In the above graphic the Health Care Facility if the Grey building and the Trail is the thin green line right below it.
I had activated from there before and knew which trees would work with what picnic tables.
And yes I had brought my βTransportable Stationβ with meβ¦.
The FT891 was quickly hooked up to the 20AH battery and my βHomeBrewedβ EFHW was strung between the treesβ¦ I managed to make a couple of POTA Contacts on 40m before the TPN started up at 11am. (thanks for the 2fer Bill) I managed to wrangle up 9 Checkins to the net which is not too bad as I took the summer off from my regular 11 am shift.
After the net ended I managed a couple of POTA contacts on 20m SSB which made it a successful POTA activation along with keeping up with my obligations to the Net. At 12:15 Liz sent me a text telling me she was finished and to meet her in the coffee shop in the facility. At 12:30 I met her in the coffee shop and we headed back home.
All in all it was a busy but fun start to the dayβ¦
73bob