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K-3854 Flower Hill State Nature Preserve #9 20220722

Amateur Radio, Portable, POTA

Links to prior articles:

  1. K-3854 #1 20220919
  2. K-3854 #3 20220130
  3. K-3854 #4 20220208
  4. K-3865 #7 20220521

 

 

I arrived at 9:27 and started operating at 10:08.  I tried to work 6 bands but only worked 4.  40, 15, 17 and 20.  

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