Thanks to everyone for the QSOs on my trip to EN24 and EN25 today. I was the operator and my wife (OA4ABC) was the human antenna rotator.

Things did not go quite as expected. Severe weather delayed the start of our operating by about 30 minutes or so. But once we got going from EN24 we did work 5 stations on AO-73 (1558z), 14 on FO-29 (1655z), 7 on SO-50 (1708z) and 1 on UKUBE-1(1742z).

EN25 was an after-thought as we had just about enough time to get there before a 32 degree pass of FO-29. It was raining pretty hard at the start of the 1849z pass, but the rain stopped and I put up the antenna and managed 6 Qs from EN25 before the heavens opened up at which time I took down the antenna and shut down the radios.

I have uploaded all the Qs to LOTW. If you do not find a match for our QSO, send me an email. I transcribed the log after getting home and I may have fumble fingered something.

I set up a table in the back seat of my Rav4 and put my two FT-897Ds there and set up my Arrow antenna on a heavy duty camera tripod outside the car. I also had an Amsat Preamp on the receive antenna. The antenna rotator would do her job and adjust the azimuth two or three times on a pass. So with no elevation correction it wasn't ideal, but it meant that we basically kept dry inside the car. A total of 33 contacts were made.

The trip home was the worst rain driving I have ever experienced. We stopped repeatedly because the visibility was reduced to zero. A great time was had by all (er..... 'both', to be more exact) and we hope to do it again from EN23 before too long.

73, Rolf NR0T and Taty OA4ABC (antenna rotator)