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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LA/TM-049 Holtankollen

My goal for today was to check in to the Norwegian QRP net on 5.335MHz and also do some regular sota activating. I managed to erect the 88 ft doublet just in time for the net start at 11.00 utc. LB1AF was the net controller and LA1EOA, LA1IC, LB9YE, LA8EMA and I checked in.

After the net I QSYed to 5.298,5MHz and started to call CQ. I worked 7 G/GW/GM stations before QSYing to 7.118MHz where I worked 4 more stations. The QRM turned louder and louder so I QSYed to 7.115MHz but didn't get any answers. I also called for a while on 3.655MHz before heading home.

Thanks to GW7AAV and G0TDM for spots on sotawatch!

5MHz: 12 QSOs
7MHz: 4 QSOs
DXCCs: LA, GW, G, GM, ON

LA/TM-049 Holtankollen

After the Norwegian HF Traffic Manager confirmed that we are allowed to use 5MHz I decided to do my first 60m activation on Holtankollen. I knew Kjell LA1KHA was on the summit and I worked him from the car when I left home. Half way to the summit I met Kjell on his way down. On the summit I erected my trusty 88ft doublet and crossed my fingers when I pushed the tune button on 5MHz for the first time.

I worked 9 stations from G, GW and GM on 60m before QSYing to 40m. I worked 8 more stations on this band before I tried some calls on 80m.

Thanks to LA2FKA for spots on DX Cluster.

144MHz: 1 QSO
5MHz: 9 QSOs
7MHz: 8 QSOs
DXCCs: LA, G, GW, GM, DL, ON, OE, HB