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"QRP in the Park" - November 2008
While we had grand plans of a big trip to the "mountains of Missouri", in the end we scaled our adventure down to a trip to Memorial Park , a local city park in Jefferson City. The players were K9ZTV, W0ESE, K0EMT, N9TRK and myself. The weather was mostly sunny and a high of about 55 degrees.
(A little background on the name of this "adventure": In past years, the City of Jefferson has had an event at this park called "Art in the Park", so I decided to ride on the theme. We didn't attract nearly as many people; go figure.)
W0ESE used his usual K2 and W3EDP style wire antenna . He also brought a straight key (W0ESE is a great SK operator).
W0ESE and Crappie Pole Antenna
K0EMT has a great antenna mast (quite an improvement over our crappie poles). He used an FT817 with a "speaker wire end fed zep" antenna.
K0EMT Station (Inset - K0EMT, FT817 and Log)
Here is K9ZTV hanging his antenna. Good thing the park ranger was nowhere around. He brought his KX-1 and a wire anenna.
K9ZTV with Bow and Arrow (Sorry No Deer Hunting Allowed in this Park)
And yours truly and family. I brought my K2, an experimental end fed wire setup and a bag of Funyuns.
KC0PET Station with XYL, YL and W0ESE (Photo by K9ZTV)
N9TRK also came by and did a little operating.
N9TRK at KC0PET Station
This "9:1 Unun" and an 80 foot wires was my experiment for the day. It appears to be a success.
My Experiment for the Day
And our special visitor for the day:
Teddy with Vibroplex and KX-1
