TK/TK-095 activation by TK5EP

A sunny sunday after a loooong rainy period and a relaxed lockdown (3hours and 20km max) were enough to decide me to activate a rather close summit : TK/TK-095.
I decided to try a path i never used before. On the map it was shorter than the “regular” path, but after a few km it completely disappeared in the bushes and trees… Walking back ? Never !
I very often had to crawl and walk bent, hooking the branches covered by rain drops… These were the longest kms i’ve ever made and i finished completely wet like if i had taken a bath ! I only met 2 hunting dogs during the whole day, only beings that could find me in the famous corsican “maquis”…
The SW-3B and his 5W into a linked EFHW allowed me to make 27 QSOs on 20m only, the 40m was crowded by italian contesters…
Needless to say, i used a more conventional trail back to my car, but even there i had to climb over barbed wire fences… Another hole in my pants. :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

Thanks to all chasers, more particularly the NA stations !
73 Patrick, TK5EP.


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Hello Patrick,
098 or 095 (watch your title).
Very nice photo, the Ajaccio Bay is wonderfull…
when you crawl in the “maquis corse” you should wear orange clothes!
73 à bientot, Gerald F6HBI

I have corrected the title.
Nice scenery compared to the fog that I see from my office…

73 Joe

Thanks for the post and photos. I figured a lot of these summits are going to be very difficult to access!

Mark. M0NOM

This picture makes the wanderlust in me grow.
I look forward to the times after Covid.

73 Armin

Oops !
Thanks for correcting my post.
Sorry for the fog… I will probably discover that during my Xmas holidays “im Elsass” …
We never have fog here at sea level. :smile:
73 Patrick

F6HBI

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Hello Patrick,
098 or 095 (watch your title).
Very nice photo, the Ajaccio Bay is wonderfull…
when you crawl in the “maquis corse” you should wear orange clothes!

:grinning: Yes, no hunters during lockdown and my first concern was to be as stealthy as possible, the best policeman would have been unable to detect me… FOMEC as we say in the french army… :laughing:
73 Patrick, TK5EP