LA/BU-124 Vardåsen

Yesterday, I activated LA/BU-124 Vardåsen, and all summits on Hurum peninsula are now activated :). I parked at N 59.7054, E 10.4705, slightly less than 2.5 km away from and some 160 meters below the summit. The first part of the walk was on a axcellent forest road. However, when I was 900 meter from the summit, there were no trails to it. It became a rather time consuming apporach. The terrain itself was quite unfriendly, in addition it was also wet and slippery due to the last period with rain. But finally I reached the summit.

The fiberglass pole with a BandHopper III was erected in the cairn, and I was rewarded with 34 QSOs (9 on 20 meter, 14 on 30 meter, and 11 on 40 meter), among them 2 summit-to-summit. As usual, no QSOs were obtained on 2 meter and 70 cm.

DXCCs: CT, DL, EA, G, GW, HB9, I, OE, OH, OK, OM, PA, SM, SP

Høgfjellet, LA/BU-086

LA/BU-086 Høgfjellet was activated last Saturday (June 1). I parked at N 60 23.849 E 10 00.395 on the road towards Ringerudseter at 700 MASL and 2.5 km away from the summit (toll road, fee: NOK 60). The first half of the walk was terrible due to a very wet and slippery ground. If I had known these conditions in advance, the activation would have been postponed for some weeks. However, I was rewarded with a magnificent scenery when I finally arrived at the summit.

 

It was easy to use the cairn for securing my pole and Band Hopper III. Also this time I started the activation on 20 meter CW and worked 13 stations. Then 4 chasers were worked on 20 meter SSB before I QSYed to 30 meter CW and worked 8 more stations. Finally, as usual I made some calls on 2 meter and 70 cm, and as usual, no QSOs were achieved.

 

DXCCs: DL, EA, G, I, OE, OK, OM, ON, PA, UA, YO

Villingstadåsen, LA/BU-122

LA/BU-122 Villingstadåsen was activated last Friday evening (May 31). In principle, it is possible to drive quite close to the summit. However, the road is private, and only driving to the properties is accepted. I therefore parked close to the public road (N 59.72586, E 10.44858), and then it was slightly more than 3 km to walk and 275 meter to climb. The summit is easy accessible; there are roads/trails until the last 250 meters.

 

At the summit, I found a bush for the pole, erected my Band Hopper III, and started the activation on 20 meter CW. 23 stations were relatively soon in the log. I then QSYed to the SSB part of the band and worked 2 more chasers. I then had planned to QSY to 30 meter, but due to all mosquitos and the fact that it was around 20:30 in the evening, I decided to go QRT.

 

As usual there were no replies to my calls on 2 meter and 70 cm.

 

DXCCs: DL, G, GW, PA, HB9, OE, OM, S5, UU, W