The First Warm Day
February 22, 2017
Judy and I went cross-country skiing down at the Pemigewasset River
near
Profile Falls. I brought the KX3 and made 18 QSOs (in the CWT
sprint)
including France, Italy and Germany. It was a bit over 50F.
What a fantastic day to be out. We went east from the road about a
half a mile
toward the river. Here it opens up into a large field. At the far
edge are some
picnic tables and the river.
I tossed my 30 foot wire over a pine branch and pulled the wire up
over the
picnic table. In the sun, it must have been over 70F, because I took
off my
coat and gloves and I was still hot.
I started out on 20 meters. The CWT sprint had been running for a
half
hour. Except for the sprint, the band seemed dead. I had no trouble
making contacts. After making a dozen contacts on 20 meters, I
switched
to 40 meters and made another six. Here's my log. I've changed the
format
to reflect a more normal log rather than using the CWT exchange
format.
22 Feb-17 1930 14.026 N5ZO CW 599 599
CA Marko
22 Feb-17 1932 14.027 K0AD CW 599 599
MN Al
22 Feb-17 1933 14.035 F6HKA CW 599 599
France Bert
22 Feb-17 1935 14.036 DL2CC CW 599 599 Germany
Frank
22 Feb-17 1936 14.040 KM0O CW 599 599
MN Tony
22 Feb-17 1938 14.032 N4ZZ CW 599 599 TN
Don
22 Feb-17 1940 14.030 AC4CA CW 599 599
TX John
22 Feb-17 1942 14.029 WJ9B CW 599 599
NC Will
22 Feb-17 1943 14.030 IT9MUO CW 599 599
Italy Alf
22 Feb-17 1944 14.033 N4IQ CW 599 599
SC Bill
22 Feb-17 1947 14.035 K9UIY CW 599 599
Ill Vic
22 Feb-17 1950 7030 NA8V CW
599 599 MI Greg
22 Feb-17 1951 7031 K4HQK CW 599
599 VA John
22 Feb-17 1952 7036 K3WW CW
599 599 PA Chas
22 Feb-17 1953 7037 CG3KI CW 599
599 ON Rich
22 Feb-17 1954 7039 N3RS CW
599 599 PA Sig
22 Feb-17 1956 7039 VE3KP CW 599
599 ON Ken
22 Feb-17 1957 14.035 K4BAI CW 599 599
GA John
With this I packed up and headed back to the car. It's been a
long
winter with plenty of snow during the last month. What a thrill to
be outdoors again with a rig.
