LAFF-0544 / NO-2280 Trolldalen

I visited Trolldalen once again this afternoon. 20 QSOs from 11 DXCCs on 40, 30, and  17 meter came in the log in a relative short time. KX-2 and SuperAntenna MP-1 was used. All CW.

DXCC: DL, EA, I, OH, OM, PA, S5, SP, UA, UT, 9A.

LAFF-0544 / LA-2280 Trolldalen

A second activation today in order to achieve the 44 QSOs needed for WWFF. According to QRZ.com, the conditions were supposed to be good on 17-10 meter, and poor on 30-20 meter. Therefore, I brought with me my MP-1 antenna and my FT-817 ND. I called a lot on 10 and 15 meter, which only produced 3 QSOs on 10, and 2 on 15. Then I QSYed to the "poor" 20 meter, which resulted in 12 QSOs in a few minutes. In total: 17 QSOs from 10 DXCCs.

DXCC: DL, F, HB9, I, OH, OM, SP. UA, UR, W.

LAFF-0544 / LA-2280 Trolldalen

Many months has passed since the last activation, but today I activated Trolldalen, WWFF/POTA: LAFF-0544 / LA-2280 for the first time. A nice and warm spring weather made this activation to a really pleasant one. I decided to test how well my (tr)uSDX behaved in the field. And actually it worked great. It was a really low-budget activation. The rig itself is inexpensive, a dipole antenna is easy to made, and in addition I used a cheap Chinese paddle and a cheap Chinese battery. I was active on 40, 30, and 20 meter. The conditions were overall fine, especially on 30 and 20 meter. The antenna was a linked dipole. The result was 35 QSOs from 12 DXCCs, all on CW.

DXCC: DL, F, HA, HB9, I, OH, OK, OM, ON, S5, SP, YL.