MARCH 24th...
March 24th was like any other Wednesday, yet unlike other weekdays. Robin surprised me with a planned getaway to Bed & Breakfast hideout in the area of Cat Spring, Texas. As you'll see from the photos, it wasn't without it's amenities, however I did suffer brief withdrawal from lack of Internet or Television.
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We were fortunate that a Pacific cold front was passing through which made for a nice rainy night, and a cloudless, cool day to follow.
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I didn't come completely without electronic devices though, and it only took a few m
inutes for me to hook-up my Yaesu FT-817 to a mag mount to see if any DX was happening on 10 meters. The answer was "YES". The band was open just about everywhere I tuned, and many loud stations were heard coming from Australia, the South Pacific, and South America. A jump down to 11 meters confirmed that it too was hopping with signals, and finally I went to 20 meters to find LOUD stations booming in (sometimes 3/4 scale). I really (r-e-a-l-l-y) regretted not bringing my 20 meter stick, as it would have been a cinch to make my first General Class contact!
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73, Woody
I didn't come completely without electronic devices though, and it only took a few m
inutes for me to hook-up my Yaesu FT-817 to a mag mount to see if any DX was happening on 10 meters. The answer was "YES". The band was open just about everywhere I tuned, and many loud stations were heard coming from Australia, the South Pacific, and South America. A jump down to 11 meters confirmed that it too was hopping with signals, and finally I went to 20 meters to find LOUD stations booming in (sometimes 3/4 scale). I really (r-e-a-l-l-y) regretted not bringing my 20 meter stick, as it would have been a cinch to make my first General Class contact!-
73, Woody
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