Tomorow (02.08.2011) on 9.00 UTC +/- 2 hours Marko S56CW plains
the activation F/AB-001 - Mount Blanc (4807 a.s.l.)
on 14.303 MHz +/- QRM on SSB mode.
Please LSN and if you hear him, please SPOT on SOTAwatch.
Marko, Good luck on Mount Blanc.
73, de S57PZ
In reply to S57PZ:
Good luck to Marko, a great challenge on 20m !
73 Alain F6ENO
In reply to S57PZ:
QRG 2 m?
73, Jaakko OH7BF/F5VGL
In reply to F5VGL:
It seems they are late (APRS).
73 Alain F6ENO
In reply to F6ENO:
Marko is now very close to the top…
LSN on 145.500 or 145.575 MHZ FM mode.
S57PZ
Well done Marko, fantastic acheivement.
73
Robert
G0PEB
In reply to G0PEB:
I agree Robert. Well done Marko. What a feat! Thanks for QSO.
73 Jeff G4ELZ
Congratulations Marko on being the first SOTA activator to activate the highest SOTA summit in the SOTA programme which is Mont Blanc F/AB-001.
Jimmy M3EYP
Congratulations Marko!!
In reply to S57PZ:
Congratulations Marko, FB job !
73 Alain F6ENO
Bravo Marko ! Well done. 73 QRO Roger
Last News:
Marko has happily returned to the valley.
73, Zvone
In reply to S57PZ:
Very impressive and well done Marko. I think we need to hide some lead weights in your bag from now on! 
Did he qualify F/AB-001?
Here is what has been entered by chasers so far. So not only climbed but qualified too. Congratulations.
Chaser Activator Band Mode
HB9AFI F/S56CW/P 14MHz SSB
F5VGL F/S56CW/P 14MHz SSB
HA5TI F/S56CW/P 14MHz SSB
HB9CGA F/S56CW/P 14MHz SSB
OE8SPW F/S56CW/P 14MHz SSB
S56LXN F/S56CW/P 14MHz SSB
S52TC F/S56CW/P 14MHz SSB
S57CI F/S56CW/P 14MHz SSB
EA1DFP F/S56CW/P 14MHz SSB
Andy
MM0FMF
Safely descended and qualified: congrats Marko!
73, Peter - ON4UP
I really hope he was not alone and there will be a lot of photos and a good trip report about his experience. I am interested about his gear and what difficulties he had at such altitude. I heard rumors that most electronic device only works up to 10 000ft or so. This particularly was about iPods with hard disk inside.
Well done!
Peter
In reply to HG1DUL:
Marko is in this expedition used the following equipment:
FT-817ND with tuner Z-100, LiPo 2200 MHa and homemade vertikal antena.
For APRS: Kenwood TH-D72E
All HAM equipment was heavy around 3 kg.
S57PZ
APRS track: http://www4.slikomat.com/11/0803/etp-MB.jpg
Dear Marko
Your achievement of the 1st Mont Blanc SOTA activation deserves the highest respect and certainly represents a milestone in the history of SOTA.
The ability to track your tour by ARPS is exemplary; just great !!
The only downside is that I couldn’t work you because of QRL 
Congratulations!
Vy 73’s, Hardy, DF6PW
Very impressive Marko! I’m looking forward to some photos.
73
Richard
G3CWI
In reply to G3CWI:
Marko, Vy congrats for this respectfull activation!!
HB9TNF Guido
