Lifjellet (or actually a summit close to it) was activated in the evening on July 12. It is relatively easily reached from Hommersåk, a small village in Sandenes municipality. Most of the hike is on a road; only the last 80-90 meters of climbing is quite steep.
This evening I was accompanied with am infinite number of flies and - even worse - gnats, which made the activation unpleasant. In addition, the center of the coax between the antenna tuner and the transceiver was (partly) broken. I first tried calls on 20 meter SSB and 40 meter SSB without noticing the coax problems. After, QSYing to 30 meter I realizing that something was terrible wrong. However, by holding the paddle between the knees and using one hand for the coax connection, it was possible to work 6 QSOs before the gnat attacks were too intense.
DXCCs: 5S, 9A, G, HB9, I.
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