On May 17th, I planned to be in Granada with a few hours to spare.
I spoke with José to ask him for a recommendation for a summit with easy and quick access. Not only did he point me to a summit, EA7/GR-030, but he also offered me the use of his equipment and antennas and drove me in his own car.
I would like to thank José for his support and kindness.
Unfortunately, the activation didn’t go as we would have hoped. A tremendous amount of HF QRN prevented us from receiving, and we only made a couple of CW QSOs.Apologies to those who called me but I couldn’t hear them.
Thanks to the colleagues near Granada and the 144 MHz band, I was able to save the activation and score 8 points.
Not just the QRM on HF. My Palm paddle also stopped working. Fortunately, I have a spare key. It definitely wasn’t my best day in a summit.
But the best part was meeting José in person. We’d met many times on the radio and we are in touch almost daily, chasing summits. José, thank you so much for everything.
And before saying goodbye there was time for a beer and a bit of conversation, but not much since I had to return to Granada and from there return to my QTH.
Gracias José habrá que repetirlo!!
73 de EA4R Alfonso
