I went to spend a couple of days in the beautiful Urbino, in central Italy, with my wife and daughters.
Why not take the opportunity to do some activations? That area is the hunting enclosure of Eliseo, IK6BAK, who kindly offered to accompany me on a triple activation, I/MC-031 Monte Alto, I/MC-012 Monte Acuto and I/MC-306 Monte Catria.
Saturday, November 2nd, at 7 in the morning Eliseo picks me up by car, and we head towards Monte Alto. The climb is short but steep, there is also cold air. The day is beautiful, we complete the activation quickly and go down, but not before having aroused the interest of some curious horses that inspect the trunk of the car…
Eliseo running the pile-up
Trunk inspection
The second objective is Monte Alto, we leave the car at the arrival of the cable car and head towards the top, on a steep and stony path.
From the summit the 360 degree view is wonderful. Here we take it a little easier, I manage to do some S2S, while Eliseo, after putting the radio back in his backpack, gives explanations to a boy interested in our activity.
Monte Catria from Monte Acuto
After the steep descent, it is the turn of Monte Catria, with its immense metal cross visible from far away. During the climb Eliseo tells of his activations, all new ones, in this wonderful region.
This time, on the large vertical plateau, there are quite a few people, the intention, given the time, is to try to do some DX S2S for the transatlantic qso party, but, after 7 years of honorable service, my fishing rod breaks, not allowing me to raise the antenna much. After a few qso and S2S, we decide to go down, we are also quite tired.
Monte Acuto from Monte Capria
3 new ones, all complete for me, a day in nature with beautiful views.
Thanks Eliseo!