LA/OL-043 Buhammaren

The spring has come, and I decided to activate LA/OL-043 when it still was winter season (and bonus points). Since I didn't know how much snow was left, I brought snow shoes with me. Fortunately, I didn't need them.

The Equipment used was FT-817 and MP-1, a well-performing combination. I started on 20 meter CW. The pile-up was huge  - as usual. In periods it was simply impossible to pick out any call signs in the QRM. After a while, 27 QSOs were achieved. Since it is CQ WPX conteston SSB this weekend, it was no reason to work SSB on a very crowded SSB-part of 20 meter. I therefore QSYed to 12 meter, and there worked 11 more QSOs on SSB and CW.

Finally and as usual I made calls on 2 meter and 70 cm. However, also as usual, no QSOs were obtained.


DXCCs: DL, EA, G, HB9, I, OK, OM, PA, SP, SV, UX, W

LA/OS-003 Tryvannshøgda

LA/OS-003 Tryvannhøgda was once again activated on Friday 14. The weather was fine, temperatur +4C, and calm. Close to the coast the spring has come weeks ago, but here it was still around 70 cm with snow.

I mounted my MP-1 antenna, and connected it to the FT-817. I started the activcation on 20 meter CW. One call, and the pile-up was established :). Later on I worked SSB. In around 70 minutes 43 QSOs were made, among them one S2S. As usual, I also made calls on 2 meter as well as 70 cm, and as usual, no QSOs were obtained.

DXCCs: DL, EA, EU, F, G, GM, HB9, OE, OM, ON, PA, SP, W.