Spring at Livermore Falls
Mar 2018
Tim W3ATB and I went up to Livermore Falls in Plymouth for
an early spring outing. It was a gorgeous day... 50F. I worked
Bulgaria, England and the Czech Rep.
![](falls.jpg)
There was still snow on the ground, but along the Plymouth and
Lincoln
Railroad tracks between the road and the Pemigewasset River there
was
plenty of bare ground.
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I tossed my line into a maple tree and set up the KX3 on a
nearby rock. The antenna was sloping about 45 degrees
to the east. I seemed to have a pipeline into Bulgaria because
I worked three of them in a row. Even though the band was
quiet,
there was a Russian contest and a UK contest in progress. I was
able to work a few stations. Here's my log:
31 Mar-18 1702 14.015 LZ5DB CW 599 599
Bulgaria
31 Mar-18 1703 14.017 LZ1ZJ CW 599 599
Bulgaria
31 Mar-18 1707 14.022 N4BP CW 599 599
Florida
31 Mar-18 1711 14.023 LZ1KPO CW 599 599
Bulgaria
31 Mar-18 1725 14.026 M5D CW 599
599 England
31 Mar-18 1728 14.029 OK2RZ CW 599 599 Czech
Rep
31 Mar-18 1730 14.032 G0ORH CW 599 599
England
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Tim was set up along the tracks a little to my north. He and I
worked
pretty much the same stations.
![](tim.jpg)
After a half hour of operating we packed up and hiked back to the
car.
It was so great to see some warm weather again and have a taste of
outings
ahead for us this summer.