LA/RL-063 Vedafjellet

Vedafjellet was my second activation on July 29. At the summit, the wind was very strong, and it didn't seem to be easy to erected my fiberglass pole and dipole. Thus, I decided to use the MP-1 instead.

The conditions were quite poor. 30 minutes with calling on 20 meter CW, had only resulted in 10 QSOs. Therefore, I didn't try to make any SSB QSOs. Instead, I QSYed to 30 meter, and was able to work 2 more QSOs. I then went QRT.

DXCCs: DL, EA, F, OK, PA, SP.

LA/RL-011 Bjørndalsfjellet

The summit was activated on July 29. I parked at Gramstad, N 58 53.020 E 005 27.930, which is close to Stavanger Turistforenings cabin. From the parking lot, it is just to follow the road 2-300 meters further up, an then there are ref painted markers all the way to the summit. It is very easy to find (at least in 2014).

At the summit, I erected my linked dipole (Band Hopper III). All QSOs were made on 20 meter. In about 40 minutes there were no more chasers, 21 QSOs had been made, and I went QRT.

DXCCs: DL, EA, G, HA, HB9, OE, OM, SM, UA, UR.

LA/OL-184 Kvitberget

On June 30, I had time to do two activations. The second one was LA/OL-184 Kvitberget. This was my fourth activation of this summit.

I started the activation on 20 meter. In 30 minutes, I had worked all 17 chasers. Also on this summit it had started to rain, right now quite heavely. I therefore decided to go QRT rather than QSYing to another band.

DXCC: CU, DL, F, G, HB9, OE, OK, ON, PA, SP.

LA/OL-181 Feforkampen

On June 30, I had time to do two activations. The first one was LA/OL-181 Feforkampen. This was my third activation of this summit.

I started the activation on 20 meter. In slightly more than 30 minutes, I had worked all 27 chasers. It had started to rain, and therefore I decided to go QRT rather than QSYing to another band.

DXCC: CU, DL, EA, EU, F, G, GM, HB9, OE, OK, ON, SP, S5.

LA/OL-308 Kidliknappen

I visited LA/OL-308 Kidliknappen for the first time on June 29. I parked at N 61 21.42, E 010 11.92. From the parking it was easy to find the summit. The last part of the road was a toll road (fee: NOK 50), and the last part of the road was in a more than terrible condition. Fortunately, the car was not damaged.

At the summit I put up the linked dipole, and started to call on 20 meter. 12 QSOs were logged. Then, I QSYed to 30 meter, and 16 more QSOs were logged.

DXCCs: DL, EA, F, G, GM, HB9, OK, OM, ON, SP.

LA/AH-008 Gåsebrenna

Gåsebrenna was activated for the first time today. As far as I could see, there are no trail leading to the summit. However, that doesn't make it difficult to reach. I parked at N 59 58.241, E 011 28.435. Then it is around 2 km walk to the summit. I followed a forest road until a road cross at N 59 58.714, E 011 28.098, and then picked out the direction and headed for the summit.

The weather was fine; sunshine, little wind, and temperature more than 20C. However, the activation was rather unpleasant. I was accompanied with a tremendous number of gnats!! I managed to stay there for about an hour, but then I had to make a quick return to my car. The gnat attacks were simply too intense.

I brought with me both a linked dipole and the MP-1. The plan was to try to make some comparisons between these antennas. Due to the gnats, this project is postponed...

I used the linked dipole on 20 meter (CW/SSB) and 30 meter (CW). I did also try to call on 12 meter using the MP-1, but the conditions was too poor. The result of the activation was 33 QSOs, among then 2 S2S.

DXCCs: CU, DL, EA, F, G, HA, HB9, OK, OM, ON, PA, S5.

LA/AH-015 Vardehøgda

Today, I visited Vardehøgda. I followed a suggestion from Turistforeningen, and parked at Svangerud, N 60 15.88, E 011 14.32. From Svangerud it is around 2.5 km to walk; first on a forest road, and then on a clearly marked trail. It was very easy to reach the summit.

At the summit, I mounted my MP-1, and start calling on 20 meter. 35 minutes and 28 QSOs later (one of them was a S2S), it was time to investigate other bands. I realized that 12 meter was open. Unfortunately, no QSOs were obtained (even though I was spotted through the RBN). I then QSYed to 30 meter and worked four QSOs. Finally I QSYed to 40 meter and worked two stations, both S2S. Fascinating that such a small antenna works reasonably well on 40 meter :). Before returning to my car, I climbed up in a tower at the summit, and tried to make some QSOs on 2 meter and 70 cm with no success.

DXCCs: CT, EA, DL, F, G, GM, HA, HB9, OH, OK, OM, SP.