Copasetic Flow

 I made it back out to Candlestick Park on Saturday morning, and this time, more than a year and a half later , pulled off an activation. I made four QSOs to British Columbia, three of them in rapid sucsession. Park: Candlestick State Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA This park is accessible via public transportation and a short hike via two different bus lines, the MUNI 54 and 29 . I took the MUNI 54 to the North Shore of Yosemite Slough portion of the park. I wandered back home on the 29.  54 29 To me, the whole city is gorgeous. The bus ride down did not disappoint with the rising sun beaming through the windshield of the 54. When I hopped off for my short walk down to the park, I found myself in one of the last remaining light industry portions of the city. By the end of the block I was presented with the view of the park you see above. The tall brush you can see in most of the park photos is fennel. It smells like black licorice, which thankfully I like,...

 The kids and I got to hike today! It was magnificent! Also, we got to play ham radio on 20 meters doing a POTA activation of Candlestick park, K-7493 . We took the 29 southeast to the end of the line, then walked about three quarters of a mile to the park. It was utlimately going to rain on us it seemed, (our forecast is rife with the stuff this week), but it never did. I don't have much to report in the way of mapping so far, I'll have more in the morning, but I wanted to briefly share our original antenna mount which was pretty unique I felt, and worked well. There was a wooden railing along the wooden pier that stood, I supposed, about 15 feet above the water of the Bay. We mounted the half wave dipole alogn the beam, and then, since no one else was in the park, pulled the antenna mounted radio back a bit so we could sit on the other side of the pier. The spots on the reverse beacon network, ( RBN ), were just about as good  as when I hung the antenna from trees later in t...