Being retired since last week, and the weather forecast being optimistic, i activated TK/TK-031 today.
It was a real pain this morning. I will have to train myself and lose the “winter fat” i build up the last months… Too much wine and good food !
Corsica can be very tough in winter, we are lucky enough to have high summits in the middle on the Mediterranean see. While it’s mild on the seaside, it can be very cold in the center of the island, with a lot of snow.
A few kms with snowshoes in a perfect snow and i reached the summit.
This is the summit… Easier to reach in winter than in summer !

It was windy and cold and CW was really difficult… I HATE this keyer and will sell it, it’s not adapted to our outdoor activity. Lots of bad contacts, and difficult to hold in place without pushing the paddles…
All in all, a nice activation with 15 QSOs. I had to stop due to frozen fingers and nose dripping on the logbook…

Almost alone on this planet ! Some wild animals though…

73 Patrick TK5EP