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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