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Fort Baker On The Air … Again

✇w6csn’s outdoor amateur radio
By: w6csn
8 September 2024 at 05:01

Nestled beside the bridge on the north side of the Golden Gate is Fort Baker, a former military post that is now home to museums, yacht clubs and the U.S. Coast Guard.

The Golden Gate Bridge from Cavallo Point

Getting on the air from Cavallo Point at Fort Baker is one of my favorite ways to activate the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (US-0647) for Parks On The Air.

Looking back on Ft. Baker from the gun battery

For more on operating from Fort Baker, please let me refer you to the following blog post from November 2023:

Fort Baker On The Air

The rest of this posting is simply pictures from today’s activation. Enjoy.

The guns have been gone a long time
The view from today’s operating position
The antenna whipping in the wind probably didn’t help the QSB
Goture Tenkara rod bungeed to a post
Sparkplug Gear 64:1 matched the EFHW
The Elecraft KH1 did the transceiving
Looking over to Angel Island which is both a POTA and a SOTA
Today’s contacts plotted on HAMRS map
The view back across the Bay to San Francisco

73 de W6CSN

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