Menai Strait /P

 

Today's operating position, right hand shore of (seawater) Menai Strait. (C) Pixaerial/J. Rowlands.

Busy day on Saturday, as kids had to be taxied around the island, and my wife had her Covid vaccination at lunchtime.

No tourists!  Statue is of Admiral Lord Nelson.

 

 

To spend an hour or two before the vaccination, we went to the Anglesey shore of the Menai Strait, far away from the hordes of tourists now descending on us from England.

Hardly an ideal seaside location, it was certainly a tranquil one.  That said, using this time a full 1/4 wave antenna at 14MHz, WSPR showed that my 0.2W was reaching DP0POL, recently having crossed the equator and at 5230km distance, at a median +13dB stronger than other UK stations.  

In the case of NP3JD, my location yielded +9.5dB enhancement over the four or so other UK stations being heard by him.  All this was quite surprising from a site that doesn't have a very open aspect - and that in the case of NP3JD - was a path to the reverse of the sea in front of me!

The view to the south, towards DP0POL.

 

Path to NP3JD. 

 

A few QSOs with Europe on 6W PEP completed the brief visit.  I think I should start rapid deployment activity soon!