since the weather looks promising for this weekend and into next week, I quickly planned another 4 day SOTA tour, hoping to activate most of the ON summits I “forgot” … and do the four LX summits as well. I will put alerts as soon as I figured out the approximate times …
I’d like to visit these summits :
6/8
ON/ON-018 A la Plate
ON/ON-019 Bois de Javingue
ON/ON-004 Bois de Hazeille
ON/ON-017 Bois Haut
7/8
LX/LX-003 Kiirchbesch
LX/LX-001 Steekammchen
8/8
LX/LX-004 Widderbierg
LX/LX-002 Grengenwald
9/8
ON/ON-016 Les Aisances
ON/ON-006 La Croix Scaille
F/NO-047 Moulin de Thilay
ON/ON-021 Plantis de Mesnil
As I did on my last tour , I will do 40 ssb > 40 cw > 20 ssb > 20 cw.
Other bands on request, my link dipole covers 40m to 6m
For the CW ops, I’m just a beginner, so please send ur call QRS and spread up and down 0.5 kHz, I will tune around with RIT and try to pick you up.
Also, I don’t have data on my phone (yet), I can selfspot by sms, but I cannot look at the other spots.If you see a chance for S2S please find me, and for the chasers, please inform me of any activators on the same band as I am operating.
I am planning to do a summit on 6.8., also. Hope, we manage a S2S. On 7.8. I will only operate on 2 m SSB during the BBT - so S2S will be quite hard, but possible in principle.
Ok Michael (and any other VHF fans …),
I will take the FT857D and a 4 element logperiodic, and should be on LX/LX003 Kiirchbesch at 09:00, so enough time to do my HF activation and then try some 2m SSB at 09:30 or somewhat later (the contest runs 09:30-12:00 UTC for 144 MHz)
73
Luc ON7DQ
Great stuff Luc - I will be active from Northern Ireland in the GI/MM area this Sunday, Monday and Tuesday - most likely on HF if the weather is dry enough, 2m FM also will be used.
Yes Phil,
weird conditions these days … but I had a good day, found all 4 summits (hi) as planned, and had plenty of qso’s in phone and cw
Only some people didn’t hear me on 40m where they should … and then heard me on 20m where they shouldn’t …
LX-003 tomorrow first HF, then 2m ssb, I’ll try to be as close as possible to 144.325
73 Luc ON7DQ
Dr OM Luc,
Tuesday 9/8/16 I have planned to activate our ‘new’ summit PA/PA-006 Signaal Imbosch. I hope to be QRV around 11:30z. QRG’s 7.032, 10.118 and 14.062. My friend Frank PC7C will be QRV on 7.118 and 14.285 in SSB from around 08:00z on the same location.
We hope to work you Luc!
vy 73 de geert pa7zee
Dr OM Luc,
Today we managed to work S2S. You on F/NO-047 and I on PA/PA-006. Many thanks for your effort to copy my weak sigs. The first attempt was not succesfull and when I checked the voltage of my battery pack, I found out that new batteries needed to be inserted wich I did.
Finally you came back again and …YES it worked!
Above the S2S it was for me also a complete.
Thanks again Luc and vy 73 de geert pa7zee.
Glad it worked out ok Geert, you were the lucky winner, hi !
Sorry for DD5LP and DB7MM that the VHF contacts didn’t work, and for John DK9JC that I couldn’t work you on ON-004.
Here one of the 200+ pictures I took on this trip. This is the bench that Phil, G4OBK missed on LX-002. It was certainly more comfortable than sitting on the ground ! hi