US-3062 Antelope Island State Park

Created Saturday 29 June 2024

Antelope Island is a "desert oasis" just a few miles from the busy continuous metro area of Utah's Wasatch Front. My home is in Clinton, Utah just 7 miles from the causeway entrance to the park.

Google Maps

https://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/antelope-island/

Ed Lueders and I agree that Antelope Island is a magical place. I wrote about my meeting with Mr. Lueders in 2021, and excerpted his writing about Antelope Island on my blog.

Some pictures from my visits to the island:

My Hunter Log

2024-06-29 K0TTW 20m CW
This was my third CW contact as a POTA hunter. I heard a very strong signal, but was reluctant to call. His 22 wpm was at my challenge level, but I went ahead, and he came right back. After the contact I had a look at https://pota.app. I laughed when I saw that he was at Antelope Island. It's little wonder that he had a strong signal.

Activations

10 QSOs 2024-08-09
Hooray! My first activation
It was fun and challenging. I got out to the island by 9 am before it got too hot, and set up at a picnic shelter near Lady Finger Point. I configured the portable vertical antenna that I built recently for 20 meters. I'm still not a great CW operator, but I wanted to do POTA CW. After 7 contacts I was pretty wiped out from the stress of it all. I went to SSB for one contact, and then came back to CW for two more. With 10 contacts, I called it a day after working at it for an hour.