WPX from Potter Place
May 2017
I rode my bicycle from Andover to Potter Place this afternoon and
worked the CQ WPX contest.
In a little more than 10 minutes I worked Hungary, Austria, Cyprus,
Slovenia, Poland, Germany and
France. The contest is a DX gold mine.
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It was a beautiful afternoon with temperatures around 70F. I started
out in Andover and rode west
along the old Northern Rail route. Before long I was at the covered
bridge going over the Black
Water River.
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The trail was lined with wild strawberry flowers, dandelions in
bloom, honeysuckle and lilacs.
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I set up at the old Potter Place railroad station. I tossed my wire
into a
maple tree and put the KX3 on a picnic table that was right under
the tree.
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20 meters was packed full with strong stations. Working them was
easy. I've altered the log below
to show the location of the stations worked.
27 May-17, 1934, 14, OE2LCM, CW, 599, 599, Austria
27 May-17, 1935, 14, HA8IB, CW, 599, 599,
Hungary
27 May-17, 1937, 14, HG7T, CW, 599, 599,
Hungary
27 May-17, 1937, 14, K0AD, CW, 599, 599,
MN
27 May-17, 1938, 14, N6AR, CW, 599, 599,
FL
27 May-17, 1944, 14, AD5A, CW, 599, 599,
TX
27 May-17, 1945, 14, SP5WA, CW, 599, 599,
Poland
27 May-17, 1947, 14, P33W, CW, 599, 599,
Cyprus
27 May-17, 1949, 14, S50R, CW, 599, 599,
Slovenia
27 May-17, 1951, 14, DL3ANK, CW, 599, 599, Germany
27 May-17, 1952, 14, F5IN, CW, 599, 599,
France
The black flies and mosquitoes were out in full force, but bug spray
worked well,
and for the most part, I was left alone.
After working nearly a dozen stations in as many minutes, I packed
up for the return
trip. There's nothing like a contest to overcome the poor
propagation we've had during
the last few months.
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