After tackling Mt Tom in the morning, I headed over to this second, 1-mile round trip activation, also in Tioga State Forest. I parked at the side of Mill Run Road, by a gated access road that runs due south to a radio transmitter site. Now that it was mid-afternoon, I noticed that I was not doing great on 40m, so most of this activation was on 20m. I worked an S2S with KT0A on W0D/BB-006 and W7UM on W0C/FR-019, both on 20m.
- Trailhead: 41.66459, -77.50264 : Gated access road off of Mill Run Rd
- Maps: [AA3TZ SOTA] [Tioga State Forest Map]
- Route: 1.0 mi RT hike, ~200 feet elevation along access road
- POTA: US-5478, Tioga State Forest
After this one, I went on a POTA rove, activating several of the PA Wilds state parks: Lyman Run SP, Denton Hill SP, and Patterson SP. I just went for 10-12 QSOs at each, picking up quickly to move on to the next one. I think Patterson is a great alternative to Cherry Springs for dark skies access, and the campsite seems much less crowded.
Tom Zajdel 