Amadores, EA8

This was not a SOTA activation (it was a HOTA - Hills On The Air, hi, hi). Nevertheless, it was great fun. One week from March 28, we were on a vacation at Amadores, south at Gran Canaria, EA8. I brought my FT817 and a MFJ-1899T whip antenna with me. In addition I also had some (long) wire and a MFJ-1610 antenna tuner - just in case the 1.6 meter whip antenna should behave like a dummy load.

Our hotel was located along a hill, and the top of the hill was just a few hundered meters away. It showed to be a great QTH. The ten meter band was open, and during slightly more than an hour operation, the FT-817 and whip antenna gave me 18 QSOs with excellent reports from 9 DXCCs. All but one were on SSB. In conclusion, EA8/LA1EBA/P will certainly be QRV the next time we visit Gran Canaria.

DXCCs: DL, EA3, F, G, I, PA, S5, UT, 9A

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