This is an easy summit to reach from the suburbs of Playa Blanca.
Montaña Roja with marked trails
You’d be hard pushed to get lost! I parked at the end of the most Northerly trail which proved a nice easy 20 minute walk to the rim of the extinct volcano. From there it is another 5-10 minutes to reach the summit marker.
Parking spot
Playa Blanca
Views towards Fueteventura
I setup 10m to the South of the summit marker. I had arrived early as there was a slim chance I would hit an opening to Australia. As it happens Mike @2E0YYY was on a HEMA summit with Ernie @VK3DET in QSO and I was able to drop into the chat with an amazing 5w QRP contact to Ernie 58/56 who was usng 400w and a 3 Element Monoband Antenna, thus surpassing my previous UK to Falkland Island longest 5w contact which is now 17,730 km!
I then got some nice contacts on 20m including 4 S2S with @SV2RUJ on SV/ST-080, @IK2LEY on I/LO-227, @HB9HCS on HB/BE-141 and @F5IUZ on F/CR-272.
Great to be able to get CW QSOs with friends Nigel M5TUE and @G8CPZ Andy, nice strong signals on 20m following poor signals from our attempt on 17m.
Simon @G4JXP who was also on holiday didn’t have 2m in the end but we had a great 10m S2S, with him as EA8/G4JXP/P on EA8/LA-004 booming in. Unlike myself who was in a constant 20 knot wind he reported light winds from his summit.
The deep QSB on 20m didn’t seem to be affecting 17m quite the same, or maybe the signals were just a bit up but I had a nice run again on 17m SSB with Mike once again in the log and nice to have a chat with Guru @EA2IF.
TIME | CALLSIGN | FREQ | BAND | MODE | RST | RSR | OPERATOR | SIG | REF | COMMENT |
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07:45 | 2E0YYY/P | 14.294 | 20m | SSB | 58 | 55 | Mike Hunter | HEMA | G/HSP-020 | HEMA: G/HSP-020, NOTES: Mow |
07:48 | VK3DET | 14.294 | 20m | SSB | 58 | 56 | Ernie | OP: Ernie | ||
07:56 | F5JKK | 14.285 | 20m | SSB | 45 | 44 | ERIC JAUCH | |||
07:57 | G4OBK | 14.285 | 20m | SSB | 58 | 55 | Philip (Phil) Catte | |||
07:58 | SV2RUJ/P | 14.285 | 20m | SSB | 44 | 33 | Stavros Triadafyllo | SOTA | SV/ST-080 | |
08:00 | EA2DT | 14.285 | 20m | SSB | 55 | 52 | Manuel | |||
08:01 | IK2LEY/P | 14.285 | 20m | SSB | 58 | 57 | FABIO PELLIZZONI | SOTA | I/LO-227 | |
08:02 | EA5JN | 14.285 | 20m | SSB | 58 | 58 | ANGEL GARCIA | |||
08:02 | G0VWP | 14.285 | 20m | SSB | 58 | 55 | Terry Sayner | |||
08:03 | PF2X | 14.285 | 20m | SSB | 57 | 53 | NOTES: location from qrzcq.c | |||
08:06 | HB9HCS/P | 14.285 | 20m | SSB | 44 | 55 | Stefan Kirchhofer | SOTA | HB/BE-141 | |
08:06 | DD5LP | 14.285 | 20m | SSB | 57 | 53 | Edward A Durrant | |||
08:08 | 2E0ESY | 14.285 | 20m | SSB | 45 | 51 | MIKE Clitheroe | |||
08:09 | SM5LNE | 14.285 | 20m | SSB | 59 | 57 | Jan Skoldin | |||
08:09 | G0LWU | 14.285 | 20m | SSB | 55 | 41 | Andrew Charles Scar | |||
08:11 | ON6EF | 14.285 | 20m | SSB | 55 | 55 | Eddy Walscharts | |||
08:11 | ON4UP | 14.285 | 20m | SSB | 58 | 44 | Peter Preudhomme | |||
08:12 | EA5IFF | 14.285 | 20m | SSB | 56 | 59 | Juan Puche Aguilera | NOTES: QRP | ||
08:33 | M5TUE | 14.057 | 20m | CW | 589 | 339 | Nigel Wadsworth | |||
08:40 | G8CPZ | 14.057 | 20m | CW | 559 | 529 | AJ Barth | |||
08:46 | F5IUZ/P | 14.062 | 20m | CW | 589 | 559 | DAUTRICOURT Moïse | SOTA | F/CR-272 | |
09:06 | EA8/G4JXP/P | 28.470 | 10m | SSB | 59 | 59 | SCH Green | SOTA | EA8/LA-004 | |
09:10 | S57S | 28.530 | 10m | SSB | 59 | 22 | ALEKSANDER ZAGAR | |||
09:11 | IV3GVY | 28.530 | 10m | SSB | 59 | 55 | Maurizio (Mauri) Do | |||
09:12 | OE6RCD | 28.530 | 10m | SSB | 55 | 52 | ROLAND ROBIC | |||
09:15 | G3VXJ | 18.120 | 17m | SSB | 59 | 53 | BOB RYLATT | |||
09:16 | F5JKK | 18.120 | 17m | SSB | 59 | 55 | ERIC JAUCH | |||
09:17 | G4OBK | 18.120 | 17m | SSB | 58 | 35 | Philip (Phil) Catte | |||
09:20 | GM0GAV | 18.120 | 17m | SSB | 59 | 55 | Gavin Taylor | |||
09:21 | G0VWP | 18.120 | 17m | SSB | 59 | 55 | Terry Sayner | |||
09:21 | HB9DHA | 18.120 | 17m | SSB | 59 | 55 | Reinhard (Ray) Sieg | |||
09:21 | GI4ONL | 18.120 | 17m | SSB | 59 | 44 | Victor Mitchell | |||
09:22 | DL8DXL | 18.120 | 17m | SSB | 55 | 55 | Fred Grimm | |||
09:22 | EA2IF | 18.120 | 17m | SSB | 59 | 45 | Op. Guru . | |||
09:23 | 2E0YYY/P | 18.120 | 17m | SSB | 57 | 52 | Mike Hunter | HEMA | G/HSP-020 | HEMA: G/HSP-020, NOTES: Mow |
09:24 | G0RQL | 18.120 | 17m | SSB | 59 | 44 | DON ROOMES | |||
09:25 | DL2DXA | 18.120 | 17m | SSB | 55 | 56 | Bernd Ponetka | |||
09:26 | G6PJZ | 18.120 | 17m | SSB | 59 | 53 | Andy Clift |
Operating Position
EA8 S2S with Simon
There are panoramas in the Google Photos Album.
Thanks for all the chasing and S2S.