Update: As of 1st February 2017 this summit was renamed to FL/VO-053 and awards 2 points. Before it was known as F/VO-053 with 1 point.
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: 06:03 – 06:13 UTC
Temperature: 17 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.
1 CW QSO on 30m
13 CW QSO on 40m
Car park: 48.630953 N / 6.157498 E; 417m.
Hiking statistics – uphill only:
Time: 0 min
Distance 0 km
Total Ascend: 0 m
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- Approach through the village to the activation zone.
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- Another big tower on the top.
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- My antenna was attached to a fence.
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- My location was on the bottom right hand corner of the map.
HB9CZF 