I was spending the night in Madison, WI, but before settling in, I drove about 30 miles west to Blue Mound, the high point of southern WI. This is a nice drive-on peak, though there was a day-use fee (13 dollars for “residents” driving vehicles with WI plates, so my rental car qualified). Pretty much everywhere in the main loop between the east and west observation towers is in the activation zone.
I found a quiet picnic bench to operate from. There were many people out on the Sunday afternoon, and the smell of campfires was all around. The air was smoky from the Canadian wildfires. Both observation towers are worth checking out!
I worked WU7H and WW7D S2S on 20m. They were both on W7W/KG-033. It was my first time working two operators using the prosign ‘AS’ to tell me to hang on for the second operator. Not much more to say about this one.
- Trailhead: 43.34858, -89.60023 : Blue Mound State Park
- Map: [AA3TZ SOTA] [Blue Mound State Park Maps]
- Route: 1.4 mile loop on Ice Age Trail/Old Road Path
- POTA: US-1441 Blue Mound State Park
Tom Zajdel 