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QSO with 3Y0K in Bouvet on 20m FT8 for #DXCC #ATNO 291.
I'll be there
Anyone going to Orlando Hamcation?
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If you logged KI2D on Saturday, find the time in your log and jump to that point of the video (there's a few places on-screen where you can see the UTC time)
10 hours of the North American QSO Party SSB 2026 Contest, streamed live #NAQP #CompetitiveHamRadio www.youtube.com/live/i7w2ozq...
Actually, forgot to count South Sudan three days ago! That was 289.
Desecheo is then 290.
QSO with KP5/NP3VI in Desecheo Island on 10m FT8 for #DXCC #ATNO 289
Hotel and Flights booked for Orlando Hamcation!
QSO with 6O3T Somalia on 12m FT8 for #DXCC #ATNO 288.
Earlier in September I also contacted E44OM Palestine on 30m for #ATNO 287.
Congrats! I love watching your videos
NYQP 24
Thanks to N4ML for the tour!
Pilgrimage
QSO with C93RRC Mozambique on 20m FT8 for #DXCC #ATNO 286.
Been hunting them for days!
QSO with ZS8W in Prince Edward Island on 40m FT8 for #DXCC #ATNO 285.
Also earlier today, a QSO with GU6EFW on 20m for DXCC 112 on Phone.
And this other thread for our previous record, a 15-park #POTA rove.
bsky.app/profile/ki2d...
Check this thread for a park-by-park account
bsky.app/profile/ki2d...
13 hours, 160 miles, 25 parks (2 twofers), 273 contacts.
W2IG got us at 7 parks, AB4WS at 6, we plenty of good friends in the log, and got this nice certificate for KI2D and NK2Y.
Park #25: US-2036 - Clarence Fahnestock State Park
Closing this huge rove with 26 QSOs as the sun set.
Forget the Ostrich Award. This will earn us the Leopard!
Park #24: US-5121 - Big Buck Mountain Unique Area
4 minutes! The dream is still alive.
Park #23: US-5371 - White Pond Multiple Use Area
Done in 7 minutes! We can do this! 25 here we come!
Parks #21 and #22: US-8098 Empire State Trail + US-4556 Appalachian Trail
The rare twofer that's the intersection of two trails.
Super fast activation with the help of our friends in the DR 🇩🇴 and PR 🇵🇷
Park #20: US-5127 - Bog Brook Unique Area
Hard time making these 10 QSOs, but we got our 20 parks and with this, the Ostrich Award.
Let's see if we can get to 25...
Park #19: US-9138 - Cranberry Mountain Wildlife Management Area
So much splatter! Got some on 17m, and broke our previous roving personal records.
Park #18: US-9139 - Great Swamp Wildlife
The bands are crowded, but we managed to get Sweden in the log 🇸🇪
Park #17: US-2163 - Wonder Lake State Park
Back to quick activations. 16 in the log in 8 minutes.
Park #16: US-5215 - Nimham Mountain Multiple Use Area
Got Junie N1DUC 🦆 in the log!
Park #15: US-5151 - California Hill State Forest
Very slow, but our first DX off the day with France 🇫🇷