Last weekend the British Columbia QSO Party was held. The BC QSO party is a popular event among North American hams as evidenced by all the stations on the bands.
Because indoor meetings are still not permitted due to COVID, several club members met in a local park and participated in socially-distanced ham operations.
The day started off with heavy rain, that but didn’t deter the club’s president and social media director. (Okay, the president will admit that he had a brand new radio to test out, otherwise he’d have stayed in bed).
Crimping Anderson PowerPoles to power the new radio.
Introducing the Xiegu G90, hot off the floor of the Amazon fulfillment centre. An impressive little wonder, with some incredible features, especially considering it is just over $600 out-the-door. John is very happy with his radio thus far.
Several other US states also hold their QSO parties this weekend, so many of them were heard and contacted, especially Minnesota’s QSO Party.
Shortly after noon, just as the weatherman predicted, the sun came out and it was a beautiful day for operating.