LA/OL-044 Brandbukampen

Beautiful weather, fine weather forecast, little to no snow, and I decided to do an activation. I arrived the parking a little before sunrise, and was thus QRV a little past 10am. I called on 20, 30, and 40 meter CW and SSB. When I went QRT, 43 QSOs were made from 16 different DXCCs.

Unfortunately the activation ended 400 meter before I reached the car with a broken leg. But in early spring I should be ready for new activations.

DXCCs: CT, DL, EA, F, G, GI, HB9, I, OE, OK, ON, PA, S5, SP, UA, YO.

LB/OS-001 Grønliåsen

First Tuesday in month, and thus time for 2 meter activity contest. I participated for around an hour from Grønliåsen. Average conditions and 13 QSOs from 6 locators came in the log. Best QRB was 446 kilometers (SK0EN in JO99jx).

DXCCs: LA, SM.

LA/OL-085 Prestkampen

I had the opportunity to activate Prestkampen on September 30. As usual, I parked at Gammeldalen, around 2.6 km away from and some 300 meters below the summit.

This year, I used my HB-1B and a linked dipole (BandHopper III). I had my family with me, and thus it had to be a relatively short activation (SOTA is boring for non-HAMs…). Nevertheless, the activation resulted in 15 QSOs from 8 DXCCs in a relatively short time.

DXCCs: DL, F, OE, ON, SM, SP, UA, 9A.

LA/OL-184 Kvitberget

Kvitberget was activated once again on August 22. The same procedure as the preceding years.

Equipment was a HB-1B and a GP cut for 20 meter. I worked 23 stations from 11 DXCCs.

DXCCs: DL, EA, G, GI, HB9, OE, OK, OM, ON, SP, YO.

LA/MR-155 Aksla

Aksla is a summit which can be easily reached by foot from the city center of Ålseund! I started however at the parking lot of Aksla Stadion, which is relatively close to the summit. The view from the summit is really beautiful.

I used a YouKits HB-1B and a “wire-GP” cut for 20 meter for this activation. 18 QSOs from 11 DXCCs came in the log in a relatively short time.

DXCCs: CT, DL, EA, G, HA, HB9, I, OE, OK, SP, UA.

LA/RL-031 Vårlivarden

LA/RL-031 Vårlivarden was activated on August 11. I parked at Myrland, N 58.923, E 5.922, which is around 3.5 kilomters hike from the summit, and around 210 meters below. A clearly marked trail made the hike up the summit a real pleasure.

Equipment was a FT-817ND and a “wire-GP” for 20 meter strapped to a fiberglass pole (in case I needed to operate on other bands, I had also brought with me a MP-1).

I started the activation on CW, and 27 QSOs came in the log, then followed by 13 SSB QSOs. In total 40 QSOs from 17 DXCCs.

DXCCs: DL, F, G, HA, HB9, I, LA, OE, OH, OK, ON, PA, S5, SM, SP, W, YO.