A Mid-November Parks on the Air activation at Rib Mountain State Park (POTA K-1473) turns into a near blizzard as the ski hill turns on the snow machines.
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Timestamp
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Rib Mountain State Park
01:33 40 Meter Activation of K-1473
05:47 Setting the vertical to 20 meters
06:11 20 meter Activation of Rib Mountain State Park
10:42 Snow Machine Blizzard
11:08 Activation Recap
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