Second ever activation with two trans-Atlantic S2S!
Left home at 04:30 local and drove to the trailhead for Tunk Mtn. W1/EM-009. Got there at about 6 am local, one hour before the S2S main hours. The temperature was 1C.
Very nice trail past some ponds.
Then up and up.
Required pic of the 3-rung ladder on the trail up Tunk Mtn. Many pics make it look vertical but it has run as well as rise.
Selfie:
The medication that’s supposed to keep meat on my bones causes wicked cramps so I have carried a 455g chair on both activations. But I sat on the granite today and it was a MUCH better operating position.
I strung up two 13-meter wires as an antenna. Inverted W or wide M or some such shape. The pic below barely shows the yellow insulation going to the left of the pic and another behind my arm.
Had two Trans-Atlantic S2S, one with @GM4JXP in Scotland and one with @MW0PJE in Wales. THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU! Five contacts total. May not be competitive but I’m very happy with the day.
After an hour, I started to get cool enough to move. I’ll switch the chair for a bit of foam next time. I can get up and down from the ground but really expected that sitting for an hour would leave me with crippling cramps. Not so!
The sun was higher on the way down and I was facing the right way for great views many places. That bright line at the horizon is the Atlantic.
Did I say my second ever activation? Did I say I’m very happy? Thanks for this awesome program.
73
Dave
W1ETC