LB/OS-001 Grønliåsen

A short VHF activity test at Grønliåsen. The usual equipment, FT-817 ND, a 50 W amplifier, and a 3 element yagi (SotaBeams) suitable for portable operations. Not very great conditions at my QTH. In the end I ended up with 5 QSOs, best QRG was 414 km.

DXCC: LA, OZ.

LA/OS-003 Tryvannshøgda

Today, SOTA.no arranged a meeting at the summit. Several HAMs had brought with them 100W rigs. And several of LB8CGs excellent trapped wire vertical antenna. I borrowed a rig, and worked 5 QSOs, two of them were chasers from California, and one was a S2S (LA6FTA from EA7, running 5 watts from a FT-817 into a 7 meter LW). So, the conditions were really great, and I had a great time at the summit.

 DXCCs: EA, F, W, UA.

LA/OS-003 Tryvannshøgda

A quick activation when it's still 2023. This summit must be LAs most easy winter-bonus summit. It was sunny, calm, 3C, and good conditions. At the end, I had 23 QSOs (5 CW, 18 SSB) from 9 DXCCs, among them 2 S2S.

 DXCC: DL, EA, F, G, GI, GM, HB9, ON, SP.

LAFF-0063 / LA-1330 Midtsjøvann

It's the third time a activate this nature reserve. It's only around 15 minutes drive from my home QTH, there are picnic tables at the site, and thus a convenient area to activate. It was partly cloudy, calm, 10C, and good radio conditions. Even though it is late fall, two persons had a skinny dipping when I arrived.

I managed 55 QSOs (16 CW, 39 SSB) from 20 DXCCs, all on 20 meter.

 DXCC: DL, EA, El, F, G, HA, HB9, I, LY, OE, OH, OK, OM, ON, OZ, S5, SP, UA, YL, YO.

LA/OL-067 Blåhøe

A quick activation of this drive-in summit. Party cloudy, a rather cold breeze, and temperature 10C. The radio conditions were fine. I logged 31 QSOs (18 CW, 13 SSB) from 13 DXCCs, among them were 4 S2S. So all in all, I had a great time at the summit.

The equipment used was FT-817ND and a linked dipole. All QSOs were made on 20 meter.

DXCCs: DL, EA, EA6, El, F, G, HB9, OE, OK, SP, UR, W, YU.

LA/OL-184 Kvitberget

Kvitberget is always a nice summit to visit. The scenery is very beautiful. Today, the weather was excellent, sunny and 17C. In addition, the conditions were excellent too, and many chasers were QRV. This resulted in 45 (16 CW and 29 SSB) QSOs from 17 DXCCs.

 The equipment used was FT-817ND and a linked dipole. All QSOs were made on 20 meter.

 DXCC: DL, EA, El, F, G, GI, GM, HA, HB9, I, OE, OK, ON, S5, SP, UA, YO.

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.

LA/OL-184 Kvitberget

The second summit on the second day was LA/OL-184 Kvitberget. When switching on the radio, I discovered that the power had been 2.5 W for the three previous activations. Thus, I increased it to 5 W. The conditions were still very good, and I had 36 QSOs from 13 DXCCs, And four of them were S2S.

 DXCC: DL, EA, F, G, GI, GW, HA, HB9, OE, ON, PA, S5, YU.

LA/OL-181 Feforkampen

LA/OL-181 Feforkampen was the first summit on the second day. Cloudy weather, but really great HF conditions. Still I used 2.5 W, but I got 39 QSOs from 17 DXCCs in the log. One was S2S.

DXCC: DL, EA, F, G, GI, GM, GW, HB9, I, LA, OE, OH, OK, ON, PA, SP, SV.

LA/OL-263 Nårkampen

Nårkampen was the second summit for the day. The conditions were still fine, and stilled I used only 2.5 W. I got 17 QSOs from 12 DXCCs, one S2S.

DXCC: CT, DL, EA, F, G, HA, OW, OK, PA, S5, SP, UA.

LA/OL-200 Segalstadsæterkampen

On July 8 and 9, I had planned four activations. For all of them I used a FT-817 ND and a quarter wave GP for 20 M (a wire on a 6 meter fiberglass pole). LA/OL-200 was the first. It is quite easy the reach the summit and the view is beautiful. The conditions were fine. Somehow, I had managed to reduce the power to 2.5 W. Nevertheless, I ended up with 23 QSOs from 10 DXCCs, two of them were S2S.

DXCC: DL, EA, F, G, GI, GW, HB9, OE, S5, SP.