I will be in Tenerife from January 11th to 24th and plan to activate a total of five mountains. Which mountains I will activate is still undecided. I would like to combine the activation with a nice hike with my wife. My equipment consists of a KX2 and an MP-1 antenna. I will primarily be operating in CW.
One date is already set, however: I have obtained permission to climb Mount Teide. The time window is January 14th between 13:00 and 15:00 local time (UTC).
I will be operating on 145.500 MHz in FM mode and hope to reach many radio enthusiasts from EA8. If time and weather permit, I will also try operating on shortwave.
I hope that access to Mount Teide will be open and that the weather will allow for the activity.
Mi español debería ser suficiente para un QSO corto. Disculpen las molestias y espero poder hablar con ustedes.
My recent trip to Tenerife was amazing. Here is a list of the summits I activated. Of these EA8/TF-009 was the most magical and very straightforward. If you are taking HF note that I didn’t use the 30m/40m segments of my 20m/30m/40m dipole. You would be better off taking support for 10m/12m/15m/17m or some combination instead. Nothing heard on 30m or 40m.
I have received valuable information from Raúl (EA8AMT). He is very helpful – thank you for that! The situation has changed with the onset of winter and Storm Emilia. Many roads are currently impassable by car and access to the mountains in Teide National Park is heavily restricted. I found further information on the website https://www.tenerifeon.es/.
All in all, it is more difficult than I thought a few weeks ago.
I will have to assess the situation on site.
Of course, I will announce my activities in advance and also spot them.
