40 Acre Field by the Pemigewasset River
September 2020

Judy and I rode our bikes along the Pemigewasset River this
afternoon. What an afternoon! Only 60F, but beautiful and
very warm in the sun. I worked ten stations. Most of them
were in the Washington Salmon Run, but one was in Hawaii!

We stopped after a mile and I took a quick snapshot of the river.



After riding some more we reached a large field along the river. It was a
perfect spot... protected from the strong breeze and very warm in the sun.
I set up my KX3 and tossed a line 40 feet over a maple branch. I pulled up
a 30 foot wire.



Signals on 20 meters were strong. Mostly stations from the Washington state QSO Party. I worked
a bunch of them.

20 Sep-20 1924  14.051 N7RO   CW 599 599 WA  
20 Sep-20 1925  14.047 N7BV   CW 599 599 WA  
20 Sep-20 1925  14.045 K4XU/7 CW 579 599 OR  
20 Sep-20 1927  14.043 K7RLD  CW 599 599 WA  
20 Sep-20 1929  14.040 KH6LC  CW 599 599 HI  
20 Sep-20 1930  14.034 W6K    CW 599 599 OK RT 66  
20 Sep-20 1933  14.060 WB0ISG CW 559 559 AR   
20 Sep-20 1938  14.040 K7PI   CW 599 599 WA  
20 Sep-20 1939  14.032 W6OAT  CW 599 599 WA  
20 Sep-20 1942  10.121 W6M    CW 559 599 KS RT 66  



Before shutting down, I switched quickly to 30 meters and made one contact with
a Rt. 66 special event station from Kansas. After this I walked through the field for
a half an hour before heading home.

The smell of fall is in the air... and it's certainly getting cooler.