FOBB ’04:WHEN THINGS WERE POPPIN’ AT POPHAM



	FOBB ’04: WHEN THINGS WERE POPPIN’ AT POPHAM
		By Paul Cereste, K1CGZ Special to The ARS Sojourner
I set up my BB station at Popham Beach State Park in Phippsburg, ME. The rig consisted of a DSW-II-20, a MFJ tuner, a Code Warrior Jr. key, a gel cell, and a 12' paint roller pole as an antenna support. An inverted-V dipole was hung from the paint roller handle that was stuck in a "sand spike" fishing pole holder. In addition to the usual complexities of operating portable (key falling off leg into sand, tide coming in, etc.) there were the additional distractions of mosquitoes, and their QRO associates, the green head flys. Just try to operate a magnetic iambic key balanced on your thigh and swat biting flies at the same time. Strongest signal from a bee: K1BR/BB who was feeding the mosquitoes on nearby Morse Mountain. * * * * * * * * * * Paul Cereste, K1CGZ, is a QRPer living in Wiscasset, ME.