On my journey from HB9 to G I added five SOTA hills to give the driving some change. My first activation was F/VO-053 near Nancy followed by F/NO-100, F/NO-106, F/NO-113 and F/NO-101 all between Reims and Laon. The four F/NO hills mentioned before were never activated so far and offer a big activation zone that can be reached by car.
1 August 2014: 11:38 – 11:40 UTC
Temperature: 26 C and sunny.
Rig: KX3, 10W, 4400mAh LiPo
Ant: DK9SQ pole at 8m with a 2x 6.7m Inverted V and 4:1 Balun between the 8m CQ553 ladder line and the KX3.
5 CW QSO on 30m
Car park: 49.532942 N / 3.516132 E; 180m.
Hiking statistics – uphill only:
Time: 0 min
Distance 0 km
Total Ascend: 0 m
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- I parked next to the telecoms tower.
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- My Inverted V was located in the extension of the overhead power line feeding this site.
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- View over a corn field direction SE.
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