Author: LB5JJ
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POTA: LA-2535 Slottsfjellet Historic Site
Spring has taken a break, and it’s been pissing down for for most of the day! Tried my luck with a SOTA activation in spite of the rain, but after about an hour of battling continuously deeper wet snow, I gave up and returned to the car. I’m sure it’s a nice summit, but I…
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SOTA: LA/VF-012 Røysa
Summer is slowly but firmly tightening its grip on the Norwegian weather, so I decided to make the most of it and activate a few summits this sunny Saturday. First one out, and a new one for me, was LA/VF-012, Røysa. Two years since the last time it was activated, and going by the state…
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SOTA: LA/VF-017 Storås
Winter is finally letting go, and today was this years first SOTA activation where I didn’t have to wade through snow to get to the summit. It was raining for most of the night and early morning, so I picked an easy one. And for once, that turned out to be true! Spent about 35…
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LA1T 2m SSB Net – Alternative Thursday
We’re trying new things! The LA1T ham radio club is starting up a new weekly activity; Alternative Thursday. We check in on 2m SSB at 144.325 before doing one round of signal reports. We then move on to testing some uncommon or unusual combination of frequency and modulation. This week we got to try SSB…
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POTA: LA-2532 Fredriksten festning
I joined Morten LB0FI activating LA-2532 Fredriksten festning today. Nice weather and acceptable temperature. And a great QTH with excellent conditions (at least on 10m and 20m). We rigged the 2 x 22m dipole on the 10m DX Commander mast. Fed by 300Ω ladder line from the CG3000 tuner. Tunes nicely from 10m down to…
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SOTA: LA/TM-010 – Skrehelle
Time for some vertical movement, both for me and Oscar (my son). Winter in Norway makes it too easy to find an excuse to stay indoors. I reckoned Skrehelle (LA/TM-010), with its summit at 553m would do us both some good. And I think I was right. We couldn’t have asked for a nicer day.…