LA/TM-029 Gygrestolen

Todays activation had all kinds of weather: sun, rain, thunder and lightning, wind and hail. XYL and I made a shelter from the weather out of my Mountain Tarp (Helsport Fjellduk Pro).

I started on 40m as usual but could not get any answers. When I QSYed to 20m the first station I could hear was GX4MWS/P, Macclesfield & District Radio Society. Strange coincidence as I was in Macclesfield in October 2008. I told Adrian the operator that I knew Sean, Jimmy and Tom.

On our way back to the car we took the other way to complete the round trip.

Thanks to M0NRH, ON5KL and ON6DSL for spots on the DX Cluster.

14MHz: 23 QSOs
DXCCs: G, ON, MM, HB9, LA, 9A, DL, GW, EI
S2S: 1 QSO, LA1ENA/P on LA/TM-014

New Year activation of LA/TM-029

Today I activated LA/TM-029. I alerted for 20m, 40m and 80m and brought my 2*13,4m doublet. I started on 20m and had 15 qsos in 15 minutes! When things got quiet on 20m I took a short break for a cup of hot Chicken Soup. After the break I went looking for a quiet frequency on 40m but couldn’t find any! I tried some calls on 80m and managed to work Aage, LA1ENA. I heard GM7UAU call me but he was not able to hear my answer.

It was -10° when I left home. My thermometer showed 0° during the activation but that has to be wrong! My guess is that it was more like -7° or -8° as my breath constantly turned to ice on my beard. This was the final activation this year. See you in 2009! Happy New Year!

14MHz: 15 qsos

3.6MHz: 1 qso

DXCCs: G, 9A, DL, ON, F, S5, LA