It took nearly 90 minutes but I made 10 contacts Wednesday afternoon to activate K-0454 Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in NJ. The bands were up and down, and I missed a few contacts who came in strong but then disappeared. The highlight was getting a 11 signal report from VE7NGK from BC! I could hear him perfectly at 58 but so it goes. Maybe the smoke from the Canadian Wildfires was blocking my signal HI HI! Seriously, RBN spotted me so I knew my signal was getting out, but I had to rely mostly on P2P because I wasn’t getting much action from Calling CQ. Tried both 20M and 17M bands. Wound up with 6 P2P, 4 from Calling CQ, and a good mix of CW and SSB. All in all a fun after work outing, and I was happy that N1MID Joseph Schlesier was able to stop by for a quick eyeball QSO and spotting assistance! Rig: Elecraft KX3, 10 watts, into the MP1 Super Antenna with a mag-mount on top of the rental car. Note on the batteries - This is my second outing with the LiFePo4 int
