December 2006

For the 2006 Flight of the Bumblebees in July, John Cumming, VE3JC, of London, Ontario, Canada, and I ventured to the E.M. Warwick Conservation Area where we operated the contest.

We set up our stations on top of the observation tower about 30-feet above the ground.

Our operating position was about a half-kilometer from where we parked. The map indicates you could park closer, but that was not the case, we had to park  up near the entrance to the conservation area:

http://www.lowerthames-conservation.on.ca/EMWarwickCA.htm

John was using an Elecraft K1 transceiver and a Buddipole antenna. I used an Elecraft KX1 and a G5RV dipole strung below us in the trees.

One of the photographs is a shot of Lake Erie – on a very, very hot and humid day.

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Al McRorie, VE3GAM, is an outdoorsman and QRPer living in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.