Pine Island  OH051L

K8BLP
6 September 2008

Captain Don NN8B with the Butternut vert mounted on the boat. All photos by Rich K8HGY

L-R Joe K8JOE and son, Don NN8B at the helm and Gary KB8HTU We used Don's pontoon boat and had a problem getting close enough to the island to off load our gear. The boat ran aground because we had so much weight in it. Don had to return to shore and off loaded Joe and his two children and the cooler's. He then returned but we still had a problem. Don took off his shoes and waded in about 6" of water and off loaded the gear. He then returned to shore and picked up Joe and the other gear. We found some deeper water when we finished so we did not have as much trouble departing but had to balance on some rocks and a small hill side. We put up an invert v for 40 and Don had a Butternut vert mounted on the boat which worked  very well. We hope to acivate the other two islands another time.

Pine Island, OH051L Guilford Lake, Columbiana county

We completed 106 contacts using call K8BLP. We had 11 dx contacts including Germany, Switzerland, France, England and Canada. 40 contacts on 20mtrs, 11 on 80 mtrs and 55 on 40 mtrs.

Joe K8JOE in the gray shirt with his son

Gary KB8HTU drives a ground rod for the Honda generator

It started to rain so we had to hang a tarp to keep dry.