This isn’t my first activation of this park, and it most certainly won’t be my last. Has many things to do for fin abd with the family: boat launch, fish cleaning stations, horseshoes, and a great hiking path.
Wind was tough yesterday, yet my Pora spike and the Mad-Dog coil still kept upright…well, just slightly. Had my laptop almost shut on me a few times with a few heavy gusts. But hey, it’s North Dakota.
Was there to test some radios and try to figure out hand-tuning my vertical with the coil. My Kenwood TS-440 and Alinco DX-70 couldn’t get any wattage out, but the old Yaesu was able to push 80watts over 20m. Still trying to figure out the coil, but I do wounder if both radios are having issues. I also really need to breakdown and get an antenna analyzer.
It also has many interpretive spots chronicling the stop Lewis and Clark did along their path up the Missouri River. One such event to note was when a crew member hunting for elk with bad eyesight shot Meriweather Lewis in the thigh. It was miracle he didn’t die.
I want to take more photos and walk the trail to do a mule-pack, but overall, its a great park to POTA.
Also, @w7pfb, we did a park-to-park.
(Picture of the deer in snow was back in December[?] with temps at -9).
