After waking up this afternoon, I decided to head out and try some DX with the mobile/portable amateur radio station. I found a good spot in the Altamaha Waterfowl Management Area in Darien: the Butler Plantation along the bank of the Butler River on US17 in McIntosh County. With the temperature around 90 degrees, the spot near the river provided a nice breeze that made for comfortable operating conditions.
Before trying some DX, I wanted to try working the Coastal Amateur Radio Society special event station W4W, which was in operation to help benefit a wounded 3rd Infantry Division soldier. Even coordinating frequency with Guy, K4GTM, propagation just wouldn't support the contact.
I went on to work 6 DX Stations on 20 Meters from Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, and Cyprus. 20 Meters seemed to be pretty active with DX due to the CQ-M Interational DX contest this weekend. The contact with 5B4AIF was my first contact in Cyprus, so it was a pretty good day on the radio. In the space of just over an hour, I worked:
2014Z - 14.267 - S56DX, Slovenia
2039Z - 14.260 - 5B4AIF, Cyprus
2058Z - 14.239 - S58AL, Slovenia
2103Z - 14.245 - OE6Z, Austria
2106Z - 14.258 - OE3K, Austria
2120Z - 14.248 - 9A4KW, Croatia
Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
