[Elecraft] Nor'easter

[ron]

 Well 
Mother Nature has a way of disrupting plans.
The planned W1ACT trip to Martha's Vineyard went as planned. We arrived by
Ferry Thursday night. We set up our tents and main camper at the Gay Head
light house.
Next morning was overcast and cool. We could see 360 degrees of horizon! I
set up my QRP station using the VBWFP and AT Sprint-3.
>From my tent, I worked about a dozen stations from Canada, Europe and
stateside.

Then it started to happen. First came the winds, sustained @ 25 to 35 MPH.
After dusk, came the rain, heavy wind driven rain. During the night it
became progressively worst. During the day Saturday the rain finally stopped
but the worst of the winds was to come.
During that time we almost lost one tent (badly bruised) and one tower
(snapped at 3 places). We rode out gusts to 74 MPH! (a ham brought his wx
station). The remainder of Sunday was still windy. Thank goodness the ferry
was running so we could leave.

We did more batting down than operating. We did manage to participate in the
NE QSO 'test.  Pix will be available at W1ACT web site soon.

Ron wb1hga
"I survived the Nor'easter @ Martha's Vineyard"