Hvalebykampen, LA/OL-038

Last Tuesday, June 22, I activated Hvalebykampen, LA/OL-038. Skiforeningens web-site suggested that it was convenient to park at Lynnebakken. That's correct; the parking place is 2 kilometers away and 160 meter below the summit. However, it was not a good idea to use google to determine the route. I drove on some of the most terrible roads I have ever driven. Probably the activation was delayed by approximately an hour due to this bad decision.

The weather was perfect for a SOTA activation; sunny, calm, and 22C. And the shack provided a magnificent view.

The pole was erected only a few meters away from the highest peak of the summit, and the 20 meter longwire anteanna ended in a nearby tree.

I started mye activation on 20 meter SSB. Four stations were worked in 8 minutes. After calling CQ for several more minutes, I decided to QSY 30 meter CW. This resulted in 11 QSOs. Before leaving, I QSYed once more, this time to 40 meter CW, and six more QSOs came in the log. Originally, I had also planned to make work SSB on both 40 meter and 80 meter. However, during the 40 meter operation, quite a lot of people arrived at the summit, which made in impractical to work SSB. I thus decided to go QRT. May be I will work more SSB the next time...

DXCCs: DL, G, HA, HB9, LA, OE, OK, SM, SP

Kvitberget, LA/OL-184

Last Saturday I activated Kvitberget, LA/OL-184 in a beautiful, weather; calm, sunshine, and temperature slightly less than 20C. The summit is located not far from Harpefoss in Sør-Fron municipality (but the summit itself is in Nord-Fron municipality). It is easy to access, the parking place at Rudlandssætra is much less than a kilometer from the summit, and it is approximately 80 meter of climbing only. The last kilometers to the parking place is a toll road (road fee: kr. 30,-; cash only).

I mounted the pole at the trig point at the summit, and the end of my 20 meter longwire antenna to a nearby tree.

I first worked 4 stations on 20 meter. After calling CQ for several minutes, a new selfspotting and no resulting QSOs, I decided to QSY to 30 meter. This resulted in 11 more QSOs. Before leaving the summit, I made calls on both 2 meter and 70 cm FM, but did not get any answers to my calls.

DXCCs: 9A, DL, F, G, HA, HB9, LA, OE, S5