LA/TM-032 Ramsås

Nice trip to Ramsås to test the gear before ISW. Highlight of the day was talking to Peter G3ZRS/P in his mobile home. He dropped his power to 5w for a 2-way QRP QSO!

7MHz: 9 QSOs
14MHz: 2 QSOs
3.5MHz: 1 QSO
DXCCs: G, GW, ON, GM, DL, LA

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LA/TM-049 Holtankollen

7MHz: 4 QSOs
14MHz: 4 QSOs
DXCCs: HB, G, GW, HA, LA, DL, F

LA/TM-012 Svarteberget

Nice spring trip to Svarteberget. I even boiled my tea water over open fire.

7MHz: 8 QSOs
14MHz: 3 QSOs
144MHz: 3 QSOs

DXCCs: G, GW, PA, SP, HB, DL, OK, LA

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LA/TM-015 Geitebuvarden

When we first arrived at the summit I worked Aage on Svarteberget S2S on 2m and I found out my pencil and logbook was left back home. I decided to run over to the view point by the cairn 5-10 minutes away from the true summit to look for a spare pen and maybe a sheet of paper from the visitor book. I found both! Back on the summit I struggled to get the needed QSOs. To make it even worse a hailstorm suddenly appeared. After finally getting the 4th QSO we decided to pack up and get back to the cairn to put back the pen before heading home.

The photo is taken by the view point.

144MHz: 2 QSOs
7MHz: 1 QSO
14MHz: 1 QSO

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LA/AH-006 Mistberget

I activated the summit with LA1ENA Aage and LA1KHA Kjell during the Norwegian Hammeeting after a lot of trouble with a flat tyre.

7MHz: 1 QSO
14MHz: 4 QSOs
144MHz: 1 QSO

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LA/AH-009 Kolsås, Nordre

Activated the summit with LA1ENA Aage and LA1KHA Kjell on our way to the Norwegian Hammeeting.

3.5MHz: 1 QSO
14MHz: 6 QSOs
DXCCs: LA, S5, HB, HA, RA

Photo: LA1ENA Aage, LA1KHA Kjell and LA1TPA Mads

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LA/TM-049 Holtankollen

144MHz: 2 QSOs
DXCCs: LA

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LA/TM-013 Vestre Vealøs

Hard walk in the snow to the summit. I was offered a ride with a cute girl on snowmobile but turned the offer down with the excuse that I needed the physical activity!

7MHz: 15 QSOs
5MHz: 2 QSOs
144MHz: 1 QSO

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LA/OS-003 Tryvannshøgda

I decided to catch some easy winter bonus points when already in Oslo.

7MHz: 17 QSOs
DXCCs: G, OK, DL, HB, ON, SP, OE, GM, EI

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LA/TM-010 Skrehelle

7MHz: 10 QSOs
14MHz: 3 QSOs
5MHz: 1 QSO
144MHz: 2 QSOs

DXCCs: LA, G, F, HB, DL, S5

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LA/TM-043 Sveinsbuvarden

Saturday
After skiing for about two hours we arrived at the summit. Aage LA1ENA erected a wire vertical and I used my 88ft doublet. I started on 40m but could not hold the QRG very long due to QRM so I QSYed to 20m. Although it was windy and a few degrees bellow zero it was raining! The rain froze instantly on our clothing and all of our gear. At the end my hands were to cold and numb to operate the cellphone so I couldn't selfspot my QSYs to 80m and 60m on sotawatch. We had planned a long activation but after a while we were freezing so we decided to head for the cabin.

When we arrived the cabin it was -8°C inside. We lighted the oven and a lot of candles and after some hours it was almost too hot inside! We erected a temporary random wire antenna outside the cabin but the result was rather poor. Best DX from the cabin was 5B4AIF on 40m SSB worked with 5w.

Sunday
We had planned to do some HF operations on the summit on the way back to the car but the wind and the temperature made us reconsider. We decided to go give some calls on 2m and I worked LA5OGA on 145.550MHz before we headed home.

Saturday
7MHz: 6 QSOs
14MHz: 5 QSOs
5MHz: 1 QSO
DXCCs: DL, F, G, ON, OE, S5, RA

Sunday
144MHz: 1 QSO
DXCC: LA

Road fee: 50nok

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