All three happy Santa´s are safely at the location. No reindeers were harmed during the process, which was a nice bonus.
After some stormy technical adjustments we were ready for furious and D´Xcellent band scanning. By 21 UTC we had also antennas connected and scanning finally started to make some sense.
Nevertheless, after promising start at 21 UTC with some usual suspects (like 1060-Natick etc.) conditions melted down totally. At 04 UTC some nice Colombians were noted, unfortunately not in the cabin but on the upper band, but nothing spectacular or even worth mentioning was noticed. An hour later a decent cx to ND, MT and thereabouts. ESPN-730 raised some eye-browns, but was soon discovered to be only KINF with a new format.
At 08 UTC short opening to OH giving us the only new U.S. station of the day; 1230-WYTS.
The early morning temperature of -27 degrees Celsius gave us a good chance to prepare some D´Xtreme outdoor activities. By the time we got geared-up the temperature had risen well above -20 degrees Celsius. Besides that the snow level in the surrounding forest is about 60 centimeters, so all in all quite ideal conditions to erect a kilometer long antenna. But we did it!
As it has began to be a tradition to tell everybody the content of DXpedition meals, here we reveal the secret of a perfect and typical Lurx-menu;
1) brush your teeth with extra strong toothpaste to guarantee piquant aroma of the meal (after that most of the meals taste the same, so there´s no need to purchase any fancy foods!)
2) main course; half defrost piece of pizza (burning hot on the sides and icy in the middle) with orange juice
3) and end the meal with some salted peanuts and licorice with bubbling limonade
After that meal it is hard to stay in hermetic space with the other guys, but what wouldn´t you do for a perfect meal.
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