Hello Armin,
it is very good to have some more people around us to try!
Hopefully you will get some qso with us, thanks for your interest.
Thanks a lot Paul, a useful tool !
73 de Ignacio
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Thanks Paul. Got the spreasheet but the csv file seems to be unavailable at the moment, I get a 404 error 
Could be due to the upgrade?
73
Geoff ZL3GA
Geoff, that is certainly possible. I have created a post stating that the link to the summit csv file appears to be broken.
Paul
I’ve only just got a chance to check my personal emails and there was a summitslist failed message from the background jobs. Server given a prod and the process completed fine. It will be there for download now.
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I am looking forward to the 27th day, Ignacio EA2BD makes a great job as a leader of the test.
I hope averything will works well and a lot of chasers join us.
Thanks, got it now 
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Hello,
this is the updated list of participants, a few summits added.
About myself, I will finally travel to EA6 and will participate from EA6/MA-040.
I’m afraid I will carry a handheld and a small yagi that fits in my suitcase; just want to avoid any trouble in the plane with batteries and antennas.
Stay tuned and 73
Ignacio
The weather gods are against us
Because of the weather forecast in the Vosges I will not participate tomorrow …
Ballon d’Alsace:
And the forecast for the Pyrenees do not look good too…
Puigmal:
La Munia:
…too bad - I would like a new appointment!
73 Armin
I was planning to try from a nearby summit but things are not looking good WX-wise.
It rained this morning in Pamplona and I can hear now thunders of a new storm approaching in the afternoon…
However, after so many days with hammering sunshine and extremely high temps 
, I admit the cloudy grey sky we have here today is highly welcome 
73,
Guru
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same here - we need every drop!
73 Armin
It’s 6h26 utc and it rains quite a lot in Pamplona…
Good luck all.
73,
Guru
Well, I finally made it!
Bueno, al final lo hice!
A bit too late due to rain and having to take care of my 9 years old son until my daughters came back home after they had finished their English language exams, but I managed to get to the summit of my closest SOTA Mt. San Cristóbal EA2/NV-119 and log 4 QSOs, including 1 S2S, under light rain. I decided to QRT when the light rain started to turn into rain, before my rigs were damaged.
Un poco demasiado tarde debido a la lluvia y a haber tenido que ocuparme de mi hijo de 9 años hasta que mis hijas regresaron a casa tras finalizar sus exámenes de inglés, pero conseguí llegar a la cima de mi SOTA más cercana Mt. San Cristóbal EA2/NV-119 y anotar 4 QSOs, incluyendo 1 SaS, bajo una ligera lluvia. Decidí hacer QRT cuando la ligera lluvia emezó a volverse lluvia, antes de que mis equipos se dañaran.
In such an urgency, I forgot taking a picture of my setup.
My antenna was a dual band 2m/70cm colinear for mobile use but I had it installed on a home made base with 2 wire radials at 45º.
My transceiver was a HH Yaesu FT-470.
My amplifier was a Daiwa LA-2035R.
At all time, my HH was running 500mW, so I guess the amp was putting out about 10W.
En semejante urgencia olvidé tomar fotos de mi instalación.
Mi antena fue una colineal bibanda 2m/70cm para móvil, pero la tuve instalada en una base casera con 2 radiales de cable a 45º.
My transceptor fue un walky Yaesu FT-470.
Mi amplificador fue un Daiwa LA-2035R.
Todo el tiempo, mi walky estuvo trabajando a 500mW, así que estimo que el amplificador estuvo sacando alrededor de 10W.
This is the full log:
Éste es el log completo:
And this is the S2S log:
Y éste es el log SaS:
You can see it on the map:
Pueden verlo en el mapa:
The weather wasn’t cooperative at all today and I guess we’ll have to try again sometime soon.
Thanks dear chasers for your calls and QSOs.
El tiempo no estuvo en absoluto colaborador hoy y supongo que tendremos que intentarlo de nuevo en algún momento pronto.
73,
Guru
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Same for me in F/AM-396
When i looked at the meteo forecast, i knew it will be not good wx after 11:00 Utc
So i had to be there early, before the bad wx;
i arrived on summit about 08:00, and i had some time to setup the 9 el yagi (first time).
After few minutes i heard many many stations all around the band 144 to 146.
I made some qso also on DMR TG2142 to tell i was QRV for S2S on 144.350, but it was too early.
Later on i had a S2S with EA2BD/P on EA6/MA-040
but i had to close and go QRT quickly because of the flashes and the rain falling down.
I have never seen such water, wind and ice comming from the sky!
Hope next time the wx is better. Here is the antenna:
9 element and FT817 4w
73 from Gerald
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Yesterday was a amazing day, even through the storms and rains were presents and some teams and activators didn’t arrive to summits.
I was running on HF CW at 05:00 utc until 09:00 with results of 101 QSO on 40 and 20 cw mode.
Then I deployed the 4 elements yagi homemade and switch on the ICOM 2200H 65w, powered by 5000mA Lipo battery and began the VHF activity.
The longest QSO was 425 kms with EA2DPA.
Here you are the results on VHF Mode, HF doesn’t show It.
Hello,
I’m still on EA6 on holidays. Yesterday it was a great day!
We worked very hard to set up a lot of teams activating simultaneously from different points, well spaced between them.
Unfortunately we faced the only thing we couldn’t plan or arrange to our desire: as we were approaching the target date weather was degrading and forecast announced difficult conditions in many places for this test.
In the end, it was very rainy at some of the planned summits, and therefore some teams who have travelled to very distant places couldn’t do their activation as expected.
Nevertheless I can’t but congratulate all involved team for their huge effort to keep the plan and do their best!! You are excellent operators and friends, and make this hobby a great and incredible experience.
Although I will write a full report once I get back home, I just want to mention I could climb to EA6/MA-04 (my first activation in EA6 association, a really nice area to explore) after leaving my family in a beautiful beach that morning.
I’m pleased to have worked EA3HP/P in EA3/BC-075, EA3BV/P in EA3/TA-003, EC6PG/P in EA6/MA-032, EA6KB/P on EA6/MA-033, EA6LU activating from a Geodetic Vertex, and to my surprise, to have also a S2S with F6HBI/P in F/AM-396, the best DX in my log at 515 Km far away, thanks Gerald! You sounded great on my end.
Quite glad to have logged them all with my handheld Kenwood TH-F7 (5w) and my homebrewed Baby Yagi (50 cm long boom, a short beam that fits in my luggage 
)
After the activation in 145 MHz, just when I had settled up my HF aerial to continue a bit more, a huge and sudden storm started falling there. I had to pack everything in a hurry and leave the summit running under the rain.
I arrived in the park place completely wet, all my clothes soaking. I couldn’t even use my mobile to warn my family I was fine, because the touch screen became temporarily irresponsable. I felt worried for my equipment. Hopefully weather changed in the afternoon and everything is okay today, except my shoes which are still on the drying process…
Again, thanks to all the activators for agreeing on your long trips. Soon you’ll read the whole story and details. I’m afraid we want to repeat it in the futre, with an excellent weather that time!!
73 de Ignacio
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I don’t know if everybody got their logs in yet, but Andy listed 2m-FM S2S QSOs for me from the day, so that I could do some pretty maps.
Let’s start with EA.
EA
Some pretty impressive DX, up to about 500km.
Many activators were out on the US west coast also, again with some good 2m-FM DX in evidence.
W6
W7
Acknowledgement for ESRI base maps —
Sources: National Geographic, Esri, DeLorme, HERE, UNEP-WCMC, USGS, NASA, ESA, METI, NRCAN, GEBCO, NOAA, iPC
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Hello,
after spending a lot of time to collect all activator logs, and gathering info and multimedia, I have uploaded a video with the experience of this test.
I still want to publish a proper article but let me share this video with images and movies recorded by many of the activators.
As a summary, here some numbers of this past simultaneous multiple SOTA activation:
- 17 SOTA summits activated
- 32 operators on these summits
- 232 qso logged (all VHF FM)
- 16 S2S contacts achieved
- 12 qso higher than 250 km
- Best DX 516 km
Remember to activate the subtitles in english !
Thanks to all participants!
73 de Ignacio
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Thanks for sharing and I enjoyed the video (the subtitles helped enormously).
It’s surprising (or not) how similar parts the Spanish and Californian terrain look.
I’ve been to Spain a few times and always enjoy my trips. If we are ever allowed to fly again, the Pyrenees and northern Spain are high on my list of EU destinations.
Paul
W6PNG/M0SNA
Thanks Paul,
I’m happy that you enjoyed the video and Spain.
One of my colleagues at work is from California, and he said the same about the similarity between us and your area.
We’ll be glad to join you if you visit our summits, once this extrange period of pandemic is over…
73 de Ignacio
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