Today was a second chance for a SOTA-activation during our Shikoku Henro pilgrimage. We left our guesthouse in Tano-cho a little late and walked up along the quiet road to temple 27 of the 88.
This was a 540m hike up, then down again another 100m because of the route we chose.
After visiting this nice and quiet temple, we walked up another 200m easy tarmac road to the summit. The summit is full with telecom towers and electricity wires, so I was worried about interference from them. I threw the 25ft wire in a tree, and fortunately the noise-level was almost zero.
I posted a self-spot, and the next half hour was pile-up time. 35 Q’s in 30 min on 20m only. This was the second activation of this summit, and the first one on HF/CW. Because we had to hike back another 15 km to the guest-house, I shutdown after 30 mins. There were still a few stations calling, but my XYL was getting cold, so I’m sorry for not staying longer.
Thank you all for the QSO’s
73, Martin JL1EFV/5 (PE1EEC)