Spring is Early
March 2016
It was 52F today. The earliest spring weather on record in New
Hampshire.
Judy and I took a walk in Old Hill Village along the Pemigewasset
River.
It was beautiful. I worked Bulgaria, Germany and a National Parks
station
on the Appalachian Trail in Virginia.
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We walked down alongside Needle Shop Brook. The road was covered
with
snow and ice. Then we came to the old main street of the abandoned
village. I
expected it to be dry, but I was wrong.
We walked half a mile and came to a dry spot on an old section of
sidewalk.
I threw my line into a huge maple tree and sat on the crumbling
pavement with
the KX3.
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Band conditions weren't great but LZ300MSP was calling CQ and was
plenty
strong. He heard my 8 watts and we made the exchange. I tuned up the
band where
DK9DK Bert was also calling CQ. He gave me a 549 and he was 579. He
copied
my low powered signal 100%. I switched to 30 meters and was pleased
to work
Brennan N4QX on the Appalachian Trail in the National Parks event.
With that I packed up and headed back up the hill along the brook.
Tomorrow
it's going to be 65F. Hooray... it's spring!
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