These photos (not in any particular order) show some scenes of the Lake as well as the QRP operation I ran from there.

I used a 12ah battery to power the rig, which was a Yaesu FT-817 at five watts. The antenna was a homebrew Buddipole. The Buddipole was supported on a 17.5 foot telescoping painters' pole that you can get at almost any home improvement store, and probably other places too.

Here's a list of the QSO's I made in the four-hour operation:

          W0PJK  - Bob  - Cottonwood, AZ      -  1715Z  - 18.089 mhz
                                                                   
          WA6HZY - Jim  - Bakersfield, CA     -  1750Z  - 18.124.50 mhz
                                                                  
          K7GJX  - Doug - Apache Junction, AZ -  1810Z  - 18.156 mhz
                                                                          
          KG4PUF - Ben  - Okeechobee, FL      -  1840Z  - 21.330 mhz
                   This was a Special Event Station
          
          K0UU   - Jeff - Minneapolis, MN     -  1845Z  - 21.065 mhz
                                                                      
          KG6MU  - Dave - Palm Coast, FL      -  1858Z  - 21.335 mhz
                                                                      
          KO7T   - Gene - Palm Springs, CA    -  1858Z  - 21.335 mhz
                                                                     
          

The QSO with the last two stations was a three-way between us, and they both gave me 5x7 to 5x8 signal reports, so thanks, guys.

So I didn't contact that many stations, but I wasn't that aggressive about it, either. It was a beautiful day just to take it easy and hang out at the lake, so I just worked'em as I was in the mood.

So thanks to all the stations that I contacted. It was fun.

qrpttl - qrp to the lake (lake belton)

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