2024 POTA Rove in Utah (and Idaho)
I travelled to Salt Lake City for a strategy and planning session in July and was able to spend the afternoons exploring all that Utah has to offer - which includes more than 654 State and National Parks registered thru POTA! The elevations ranged from 4700ft to 6200 ft. Solar flux (SFI) each day was above 200 which helped the QRP signals immensely, even with the compromise AX-1 antenna.
81 contacts made at 4 parks over the past 5 days, all CW and with QRP from my Elecraft KX3:
US-5926 Fort Douglas National Historical Park: Established in October 1862 to protect the overland mail services and telegraph lines as part of the Central Overland Route. Also served as an internment camp for both World Wars. The fort was transferred to the University of Utah who maintains the properties and historic buildings.US-3080 Jordanelle State Park created in 1993 with completion of the Jordanelle Dam which resulted in the submergence of the towns of Keetley, Hailstone, and Jordanelle. Great park at about 6200 ft elevation,
US-11522 Crowthers Reservoir State Fishing Lake: Built in 1948 to provide reliable electrical power to the flower mill that was located south of the dam until 1972. Now used for fishing and recreation by local residents.
US-3088 Rockport State Park: Rockport Lake was created in 1957 by the US Bureau of Reclamation but resulted in the submergence of the town of Rockport.
Fort Douglas State Park
Jordanelle State Park
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BTW, I also like your W9ZN tribute. I used to work Bill on a regular basis and his fist was always fantastic.
73,
Mark, WU7F