Week 11

This week was definitely a slower start. By Sunday, I had only 23 contacts, and I wasn't 100% sure I could meet my 52-contact goal. I decided to make a POTA activation at Ocean Lake to make up the difference and see what I could come up with. Unfortunately, I didn't reach my 52 this week, and this marks the first week I haven't met my target. So...I guess it was bound to happen at some point, and it did. At least I was able to still make 

Interesting or Notable Contacts

One of the interesting contacts I made this week was via FT8 on 20M with a member of my club. I was able to make contact with him even though we are only about 25 miles apart. In fact, this makes my first legitimate WY contact. I want to try a little harder to make more contacts, and we might even try something where he and I attempt to communicate via FT8 across multiple bands to see what our short-range communication can do.

POTA Activations

During my POTA activation, I was hearing from people in Asia, Oceania, Europe, and all over the US. Unfortunately, unfortunetly I wasn't having much luck getting out. This POTA activation was one of my longest and also pretty disappointing. I only managed to make a couple of phone contacts and it was even difficult to make contacts on FT4 or FT8.

Totals

Here are the current week's total and the running totals for the entire project. Averaging 70 contacts per week.