Monadnock. Again.

Take a look at this post to see what Mount Monadnock was like on New Year’s Eve. Contrarily, the weather was a balmy 30 to 40 degrees in the second week of February. The sun shined brightly. And we could see Boston.

Honestly.

Winter bonus points season for the Summits-On-The-Air program meant the 4-point peak was now worth 7 points. We hoped to not have to set up an HF rig to get our points today.

And as luck would have it, VHF propagation was great! We were able to quickly make 12 contacts, half with the stock rubber ducky of our 5 watt Yaesu FT-4X handhelds, and the other half with the handheld yagi. The stock antenna was able to get out 57 miles at its farthest to Dover MA. Whereas we managed a 77 mile contact to Connecticut using the yagi.

And then when we got home, I found this special treat from Art W1AWX, located in Franklin Massachusetts, 63 miles southeast of Mount Monadnock! It is a terrific audio recording of the part of our activation where we were using the yagi. Thanks Art!!

So, that is about it. Just a fun little post about the World’s Second Most Hiked Mountain!

Catch you on the flippity-flip…

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