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Juan Bautista Trail US-4571 Location Two: Russian Hill in San Francisco

 The second time TouCans Vertical activated Juan Bautista Trail, US-4571, it was from near the top of Russian Hill in San Francisco. The longest, (distance-wise), QSO was to Alaska which became a bit of a thing last week.

The Park and My Forgetful Journey to It:

For this activation I was in a city park within the POTA Park. To be specific, I was perched on the side of Russian Hll in George Sterling Park at 10 in the morning. I'd intended to be at the park much earlier in the morning, but I had.. well... I forgot to pick up the radio in my hurry to get to the bus stop.

So, I finished my early swim at Hyde Street Pier as intended. The area is gorgeous seated just below and to the East of Ghirardelli Square.


And then, I headed back to the house for the rig. In a testament to the public transit around here, I was back up on Russian Hill a mere hour later after taking the MUNI 30 to Powell St. BART station, then the BART back into Excelsior, taking another bus to the house, grabbing the radio and reversing the route with the exception of taking the MUNI 45 back up the hill rather than the cable car.

I don't have great pictures of the antenna mount this time. I was situated in a bit of a drainage space on the side of the hill nestled into a corner of wood retaining walls. Here's Google Earth's remarkably accurate portrayal of the space from the QSO map.


The carbon fiber mast was taped to one of the vertical 4x4 posts with the antenna washi-taped to the mast. 

Here's a view of the Golden Gate Bridge as I was leaving the park with KO6BTY to head to Za Pizza for lunch.


QSO/RBN spot map:

QSO Log

Callsignrx RSTtx RSTTime (GMT)Frequency
k6kwv3395392024/11/07 18:08:0014057.4
n1prr4495592024/11/07 18:13:0014057.4
kk7hle5594392024/11/07 18:20:0014057.4
nl7v4493192024/11/07 18:25:0014057.4
kj7rpl5595592024/11/07 18:26:0014057.4
va7jcr3393392024/11/07 18:41:0014057.4
kj7dt3395592024/11/07 18:42:0014057.4
km6ozf5595592024/11/07 18:54:0014057.4
w7gf5595792024/11/07 18:56:0014057.4
wb8yqj4495592024/11/07 19:25:0014057.4



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