Saturday, 21 August. Hot, humid, hot and humid. Nonetheless and somewhat daunted, Herbert AF4JF, Harry WA0CNS and Ron KO0Z participated in the ARRL 2021 10 GHz and up contest. Ron went along for morale. His DEMI transverter is QRT from his last rain scatter excursion. He met up with Herbert at EM48qt (St. Charles County Community College) park to work Harry near High Ridge, MO. AF4JF has the details in his account on this blog site. Around noon, we decided to call it a day and get ready for our big outing to Louisiana, MO EM49lk on Sunday.
Sunday, 22 August turned out to be a cooler and less humid day. Harry, Herbert and Ron met at the local QT (EM48qt, tee-hee) to make the trek up Hwy 61 to Hannibal. Along the way, some wayward deer almost became hood ornaments on Herbert's Chevy Traverse. Fortunately, no mishaps to report. We were set up and QRV at Lover's Leap, just south of Hannibal, EM49hq. Herbert worked W0ZQ and WB0LJC in EN42bm. Herbert and Harry made a 5 km 2 way QSO on 122 GHz but 24 GHz eluded them.
From Hannibal, our next stop also overlooking the Mississippi River was Louisiana, MO EM49lk. We worked Zack W9SZ and John K9JK in EM59ji from there on 10 GHz. From there Zack and John went to Dow, IL EM49ua. Herbert, Harry and Ron went back to St. Charles Community College EM48qt to finish out the day by working Zack and John in Dow before they moved to Eagle Roost at Pere Marquette State Park, EM48rx.
It was a fun, long day.
Harry WA0CNS setting up at 370 Park EM48rt
Herbert setting up at 370 Park EM48rt
Harry taking a break on the levy in EM48qt
EM48qs looking northeast
Herbert AF4JF and Harry WA0CNS QRV from Lover's Leap near Hannibal, EM49hq
Hannibal, MO Lover's Leap EM49hq
WA0CNS setting up 10, 24 and 122 GHz, 5km north of Lover's Leap.
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