Øykjafjellet, LA/RL-012

In the evening on July 25 Øykjafjellet (LA/RL-012) was activated. I parked at Noredalen bygdahus (N 58 50.983, E 005 53.447) and just followed the red sticks/marks. It is a relatively hard walk, the trail is somewhere quite steep, but one is rewarded with a tremendous view at the summit!

This time, it seemed that all chasers were on summer vacation, only eight QSOs were achieved. I decided to start on 40 meter SSB, and managed to work four stations. Then I QSYed to 30 meter, and four more stations were worked. Then there were no answers to my many CQs neither on HF, 2m nor 70cm, and when it in addition started to drizzle, I found it was time to go back to the car (but first I had to find and log the geocache GC260Y3).

Five DXCCs were worked: EA, EI, G, HA, I.

Prestkampen, LA/OL-085

Prestkampen (LA/OL-85)was activated on July 16. It is the highest summit along Peer Gynt vegen (between Skei and Golå). I activated it together with my family, so only a short activation was possible. The weather was excellent; sunny, relatively calm, and 22C. Not bad 1244 meters above sea-level!!

We parked at Gamledalen (tollroad; fee: 40 NOK), around 350 meter below and 2.5 km away from the summit. The view from the summit is magnificent (some photos are uploaded at flickr).

All QSOs were on 30 meter. After around 30 minutes I went QRTon HF. As usual I did also make some calls on 2m and 70cm but no one answered. Finally, I tried to make some calls via repeaters, but with no luck. I was, by the way, surprised that I was able to open LA8KR at Kongsberg.

Before we started to go back to the car, we also remembered to log the geocache GCGV6K.

Six DXCCs were worked: DL, G, HB9, I, OH, OK.