Mouth of Kolan River (VKFF-1614)

This is the 2nd time operating this park. The 1st activation was on the inland edge of this park near the river.  This time I operated on the beach side at around 4pm which was much better. The scenery was spectacular. I managed 20 contacts including a contact to JH1OLB on 15 metres to Japan.









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