And we’re back to Cuyahoga Valley National Park – K-0020. As has become our custom, my wife and I got on the bikes again and rode out to have a good morning on the trail. And, as usual. I brought along the IC-705 to do a quick activation. Given that we had a lot going on in the afternoon, it needed to be fast.
I got set up at my usual picnic table and immediately started fielding contacts on FT8. That was really handy. It’s nice when things come together like that. I was spotted really quickly.
![IC-705, Surface Go 2, notebook, and gear on a picnic table.](https://www.kc8jc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/17-Sep-2022-Station.png)
To get all of my contacts was right around 30 or so minutes. I was finishing up and trying out some SSB when my wife showed up. She needed to clock some extra kilometers for a weekend challenge of some sort.
I’m always surprised that this section of the park is so empty. It’s an open space with a pavilion and I imagine it does well for group activities. Just lucky for me that no one is ever here!
![The empty field where I operate with my antenna and bike in the frame.](https://www.kc8jc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/17-Sep-2022-Bike-Antenna.png)
Not much to say about this one. My setup for FT8 in the field is pretty streamlined at this point. My wife’s patience is good enough for me to get a park activated. And it all fits on the bike. That’s maybe something I don’t stress enough. I really love being able to use the bike to take my gear into the field. I have a lot of options around here given the trail system and I want to explore that more as we get into next spring. We’re sort of closing up the nice weather in NE Ohio in the next 2 months. Daylight will be at a premium soon and roads might be quite gross for cycling. But I will keep cycling as long as I can!
Here’s the QSOmap.org map of my contacts for the day.
![A map showing all contacts made on 17-Sep-2022 at K-0020 by KC8JC.](https://www.kc8jc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/QSO-17-Sep-2022.png)