{"id":7946,"date":"2026-06-18T09:24:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/?page_id=7946"},"modified":"2026-06-18T10:27:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:27:32","slug":"qrp-beach-party","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/qrp-beach-party\/","title":{"rendered":"QRP Beach Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-7wext6-1e95939c1a3bc37462bd8926df864c37 av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-6bmm4q-1a0f60a6dcb63317953da7d4fa421049 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_one_fourth  el_before_av_one_fourth  flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mqjro9rq-dfecaa121deb8a5dd46153dfb5c81b94\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mqjro9rq-dfecaa121deb8a5dd46153dfb5c81b94 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mqjro9rq-dfecaa121deb8a5dd46153dfb5c81b94 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mqjro9rq-dfecaa121deb8a5dd46153dfb5c81b94 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-7945 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-7945 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Finlayson-Point-Gazebo-300x169.webp\" alt='' title='Finlayson Point Gazebo'  height=\"169\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Finlayson-Point-Gazebo-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Finlayson-Point-Gazebo-1030x579.webp 1030w, https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Finlayson-Point-Gazebo-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Finlayson-Point-Gazebo-705x397.webp 705w, https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Finlayson-Point-Gazebo.webp 1360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4h4a56-97261baa01cf82da3067f7a677820551 av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_full  flex_column_div  '     ><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-31j2kq-31ff09d6a082b1a8e9a3aba754da77f3 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mqjrrnpw-fbe62499d7963765ad39ef08372ca643 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Mark your calendars!\u00a0 I am organizing the <strong>First Annual QRP Beach Party<\/strong>.\u00a0 Details below.<\/p>\n<p><u>When<\/u>: Tuesday, June 23, 2026.\u00a0 Meet at 11:30.\u00a0 (Weather forecast is v. good &#8211; sunny and 19C).<\/p>\n<p><u>Where<\/u>: Gazebo, Finlayson Point, Dallas Road park, Victoria.<\/p>\n<p><u>Program<\/u>: Enjoy shareable BBQ lunch first, then radio set ups dispersed among the drift logs along the beach (or for those with creaky joints &#8211; find a picnic table\/park bench).<\/p>\n<p><u>Food:<\/u>\u00a0I will supply a portable BBQ and propane.<\/p>\n<p>You bring:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; something to BBQ for yourself, condiments you like, and your drinks, plate, and eating utensils<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; a shareable side (POTA to salad, coleslaw, chips, whatever)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; a shareable desert (cookies, cake, brownies, whatever). (Note* special prize for best desert&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>I will be there around 11:00. BBQ will be hot at 11:30.\u00a0 Lunch over at 12:30 latest.<\/p>\n<p><u>Radio<\/u>: After lunch, pack all the food stuff back into cars and get your radio gear.\u00a0 Disperse among the drift logs\/trails and set up as you like.\u00a0 No planning or coordination, no bandpass filters, none of that; just pot luck radio (this is not Field Day\ud83d\ude0e).\u00a0 We can discuss band-sharing or time slots over lunch; that would be a nice problem to have&#8230;\u00a0 All set ups should be fully self-supporting (power, rig, antenna system).\u00a0 If wind is right, I might try to put up my kite antenna.\u00a0 Low power please; this is to celebrate QRP radio\u00a0\ud83e\udd29 (shameful demerits if you use &gt;5 W\u00a0\ud83d\udc79).<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll go unless weather is absolutely awful.\u00a0 Significant others welcome; also hams who would enjoy the BBQ aren&#8217;t set up for portable radio.\u00a0 Come if you can, leave when you want. If gazebo is taken, we&#8217;ll move down onto the exposed bedrock near the coast.<\/p>\n<p><u>If<\/u>\u00a0you know of other low-power hams who might be interested, please forward this notice to them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No need to reply to this email.<\/strong>\u00a0 If you&#8217;re uncertain about something, just figure it out or come prepared.\ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<p>See you at the gazebo!<\/p>\n<p>73, Scott VA7SNJ<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7946","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7946"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7965,"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7946\/revisions\/7965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}