Field Day and POTA action in Broken Bow, Oklahoma
Combined the traditional summer family vacation with portable radio operations, this year in Broken Bow Oklahoma. Made 130 FD contacts on Saturday and Sunday, and another 26 at a second park on Monday before heading home. On Saturday, I dropped the family off to hike and swim near Broken Bow lake while I spent an hour to activate US-2771 Beavers Bend Resort State Park. Combined the POTA activation with annual field day activity using 1B - OK class and section. Only got 22 contacts SSB in an hour even tho the bands were so full! Sunday, used the Maestro-C to operate my remote station in NTX section to continue Field Day. Mostly CW on Sunday, and the battery in the Maestro worked great - was still at 25% Sunday evening since charging it Friday morning. 130 total contacts logged for Field Day. Monday, got up early to activate one more park north of the cabin - US-6367 McCurtain Wildlife Management Area OK. Made 26 Contacts in 58 minutes. SSB 14.280, ATAS-120A. Yaesu