LA/OL-044 Brandbukampen

Today, I once again visited Brandbukampen. Last time I parked at a cabin just south of Sør-Bleiken, north of the summit.  Unfortunately, it was difficult to find the trail from this starting point. Thus, this time I parked near “Energigården”, where the paragliders park (N 60 26.64, E 010 28.59). It is 180 meter more to climb, but it was nevertheless a much more convenient walk; a forest road almost to the summit. A large part of it can also be done by car (toll road: fee NOK 50).

At the summit I erected my 7 meter pole and my linked dipole, and connected it to the FT-817. I started on 20 meter SSB. The band condition was quite good, and 35 chasers came quickly in the log. I then QSYed to the CW part and 14 QSOs were made. Two of them were S2S. The next band was 30 meter, and 14 QSOs were also made here. Finally, I made some calls on 40 meter CW. However, only one chaser was logged. Totally, the activation resulted in 64 QSOs.

DXCCs:  DL, EA, F, G, HA, HB9, I, OE, OK, OM, ON, PA, S5, SP.

LA/OS-003 Tryvannshøgda

LA/OS-003 Tryvannshøgda was activated once again this morning. I was using a FT-817ND and a MP-1 antenna.

I started to call on 20 meter SSB around 06:50 UTC. Ten minutes later no one had replied, and I QSYed to the CW part of the band. Ten minutes later, and I was still without any QSOs. A quick look at RBN revealed that no RBN-skimmers had copied me. The band was dead (at least with QRP and a portable vertical antenna). I then QSYded to 30 meter and hoped for better band conditions. It was. I got five QSOs in around 15 minutes. I then start calling on 40 meter CW, and three more QSOs came in the log. Finally, I QSYed back to 20 meter CW. Now, the band had opened, but there were no chasers, so I decided to QRT.

DXCCs: DL, HB9, OE, OK, OM.