After a snowed off potential activation of F/AB-104 Aguille Rouge earlier in the week we moved to Champagny-en-Vanoise for our 2nd week in the Alps and I had an opportunity today to activate F/AB-220 Roche de Mio @ 2739m in the La Plagne region. There has been a significant snow fall over the past three days which has made both the village and mountains beautiful in the extreme.
The actual summit is accessible via a short walk from the top of a number of lifts. I was alone apart from a Security de Piste lady - she came over part way through the activation to let me know that I might get some downdraught from the rescue helicopter if it circled to land (which it did later on after I’d departed).
A little disappointed with the latest Sotabeams 20/30/40m inverted V antenna - whereas on previous antennas they used rubber sleeved crock-clips they now have a hard square backing which is perfect for catching the wire when unwinding, suffice to say after 3 activations I seemed to have lost all but 2 clips. Not a great design change, but I’ve got plenty of spares so can patch it up when I get back.
That aside I had a great time activating both 20m and 30m. I tried to find a frequency on 40m but there was a contest today and it was wall-to-wall. Thanks to all the chasers, especially the patient ones on CW. I was really glad that everyone was matching my speed today, especially as I don’t have a CW filter in the FT-817ND any more.
| TIME | CALLSIGN | BAND | MODE | RST | RSR | OPERATOR | SIG | REF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:43 | LZ4GL | 20m | SSB | 59 | 56 | George | ||
| 10:45 | SP9GKS | 20m | SSB | 59 | 55 | Tomek | ||
| 10:45 | IT9HJJ/P | 20m | SSB | 59 | 57 | Salvo | ||
| 10:45 | SQ9CWO | 20m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Jan | ||
| 10:46 | SQ9JYK | 20m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Piotr | ||
| 10:47 | OZ1RD | 20m | SSB | 59 | 55 | Rene | ||
| 10:47 | SQ9PND | 20m | SSB | 59 | 52 | Milosz | ||
| 10:47 | F5PYI | 20m | SSB | 59 | 56 | LARRY | ||
| 10:48 | ON7DQ | 20m | SSB | 59 | 57 | Luc | ||
| 10:48 | GW0RQC | 20m | SSB | 59 | 58 | Robert | ||
| 10:49 | 2E0AGB | 20m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Allen | ||
| 10:49 | EA5FE | 20m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Jose | ||
| 10:50 | EC8ADS | 20m | SSB | 55 | 53 | Alfredo | ||
| 10:50 | G4FVK | 20m | SSB | 59 | 57 | DJ | ||
| 10:51 | DL1SD | 20m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Peter | ||
| 10:52 | EA3ARP | 20m | SSB | 54 | 43 | Joan | ||
| 10:54 | M0MDA | 20m | SSB | 59 | 55 | Michael | ||
| 10:54 | EA1DHB | 20m | SSB | 59 | 55 | Ricardo | ||
| 10:55 | 2E0ESY | 20m | SSB | 59 | 55 | MIKE | ||
| 10:56 | LA5WNA | 20m | SSB | 59 | 55 | Odd | ||
| 10:57 | OZ1NKS | 20m | SSB | 59 | 55 | Jacob | ||
| 10:58 | GI4ONL | 20m | SSB | 55 | 55 | Victor | ||
| 10:58 | SP9FMP | 20m | SSB | 56 | 55 | Krzysztof | ||
| 10:59 | EA7GV | 20m | SSB | 59 | 55 | JOSE | ||
| 10:59 | PA3MM | 20m | SSB | 59 | 55 | JAN | ||
| 11:09 | EA2DT | 30m | CW | 599 | 599 | Manuel | ||
| 11:10 | DL1FU | 30m | CW | 599 | 599 | Friedrich | ||
| 11:12 | ON7GO | 30m | CW | 599 | 599 | Philippe | ||
| 11:13 | F4WBN | 30m | CW | 599 | 599 | Christian | ||
| 11:15 | F6GMQ | 30m | CW | 599 | 559 | HENRI | ||
| 11:16 | ON7ZM | 30m | CW | 599 | 559 | JEAN | ||
| 11:17 | OK1KT | 30m | CW | 599 | 599 | VRATISLAV | ||
| 11:18 | EA2WX/P | 30m | CW | 599 | 559 | Marcial | SOTA | EA2/BI-055 |
| 11:20 | S52AU | 30m | CW | 599 | 559 | Borut | ||
| 11:21 | OE6END | 30m | CW | 599 | 559 | Andreas | ||
| 11:22 | IK2LEY/P | 30m | CW | 559 | 559 | FABIO | SOTA | I/LO-473 |
| 11:24 | OK1FMJ | 30m | CW | 599 | 569 | Josef | ||
| 11:25 | M6GED | 30m | CW | 599 | 559 | Graeme |
