The weekend of August 25th and 26th brought a break from the rainy and hot weather and provided beautiful weather for two NARS summer activities.

On Saturday, August 25th, we held our Family Picnic at Greeley Park in Nashua.  It was a potluck lunch and members brought lots of great food to eat.  It was an enjoyable time, eating great food and chatting with our Ham Radio friends and their families.

Here is a gallery of pictures from the picnic:

Bright and early on Sunday, August 26th we all headed to Mount Washington for our SOTA/POTA activation.  We had another beautiful day with relatively warm temperatures for Mount Washington’s 6000 ft elevation in the 50s.  Most of us drove up on the scenic Mount Washington Auto Road.  We made contacts on many modes and bands on the mountain including

• Satellite contacts using an Elk Yagi and a Kenwood HT
• 6 meter SSB and FT8 using the Icom 7300 and an M2 6 meter Yagi
• HF using Jamey’s Buddipole
• 2 meter contacts using HTs and the Elk Yagi

Both the Picnic and the Mount Washington trip were a lot of fun and we’re looking forward to doing these again next year!

Anita, AB1QB