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67th PA QSO Party at the cabin — October 14 & 15, 2023

We will be participating in the PA QSO Party from the cabin again this year.

Operating hours:
Saturday the 14th – 12 Noon to 12 Midnight EDT.
Sunday the 15th – 9:00AM to 6:00PM EDT.

Last year we contacted 65 of the state’s 67 counties. This year we are going for a clean sweep of all counties. As always, visitors (and radio operators and computer logging operators) are welcome to stop by.

ARRL Field Day – June 2023

Saturday, June 24th, Tom – KB3MQI, operated from the Ranger Station cabin for Field Day. The bands were rather noisy up on the mountain. The 20 and 40 meter bands were quite busy.

Contacts were made with stations in Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland – DC, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

The DX (long distance) station for the weekend was ZL1DK in New Zealand.

Spring Cleanup, Meeting & Picnic – April 15!

Morning spring cleaning, and projects. Noon to 1:00pm cookout and meeting. Afternoon projects and fellowship. As in years past the club will provide burgers and dogs. Attendees are encouraged to bring a side or beverages to share as able.

Packet Antenna installed on the tower on November 2, 2022

New XR5-JK Yagi – installed on 9/30/22

After lots of teamwork to acquire and assemble our new antenna, the XR5 is on top of the tower.  It “gets out” with 2 elements on 20, 17, 15, 12, 10, and 6 meters from about 600′ above average terrain.  See Pictures for a view of the action…

ARRL Field Day – June 2022

Saturday, June 25th, Tom – KB3MQI, operated from the Ranger Station cabin for Field Day. The 6, 10, and 15 meter bands were rather quiet up on the mountain. The 20 and 40 meter bands however were quite busy.

Contacts were made with stations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and the US Virgin Islands.