DX from Livermore Falls
October 2015
Tim W3ATB and I went up to Livermore Falls in Plymouth this morning.
I
worked England, Spain, Israel, Denmark and Latvia. To make it even
better,
the fall colors were stunning.
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The Plymouth and Lincoln railroad tracks run just to the west of the
falls. I set
up on some rocks in the sunshine. It was nearly 55F in the sun.
![](track.jpg)
I tossed a 33 foot wire into an oak tree so my wire was sloping to
the east. It
was perfect on 15, 12 and 10 meters. I used the KX3 with a 9:1 unun.
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As I tuned across 15 meters I felt like I was in radio heaven.
FS/K9NU Paul in
St. Martin answered on my first call. Here's my log for the morning:
27 Oct-15 1455 21.028 FS/K9NU CW 599 599 St. Martin
27 Oct-15 1458 21.024 OZ5RM CW 569 599
Denmark
27 Oct-15 1503 21.022 YL2TQ CW 589 599
Latvia
27 Oct-15 1508 21.007 LZ1IN CW 559 579
Bulgaria
27 Oct-15 1512 24.900 4Z5AD CW 599 599
Israel
27 Oct-15 1523 24.900 UR5WA CW 599 599
Ukraine
27 Oct-15 1525 28.028 G0EFO CW 579 599 England
27 Oct-15 1530 28.009 EA3AR CW 579 599
Spain
I tried 12 meters and worked Ukraine and Israel, so I moved up to 10
meters.
I was amazed to find it also open. I worked England and Spain.
With that I packed up and headed home. I'm so glad I was able to get
out.
It's supposed to rain the next two days.