Articles about ham radio adventures, antenna projects, operating tips, and everything related to amateur radio. From a Norwegian perspective!
While being under the weather, I spent some time doing POTA and SOTA hunting. The existing tools are pretty good, but I always felt it would be great to see activations on a map, not just a list. So, I created an app for that: SpotMap.
My Xiegu G90 has served me well, but I longed for more so now I am the proud owner of a Yaesu FT-710 and a Yaesu FT-891
Again I had a 9 km hike up to the summit of Storkluken (LA/ST-327) and after 23 QSOs I also got the "First Activation" badge. The weather started out great, but after a while threatening clouds gathered in the horizon and it started to snow.
After 9km of walking and more than 16,000 steps, I got the "First Activation" badge and activated a summit that no one has activated before. The target summit was Kopparen (LA/ST-217). To me, finding unactivated summits and activating them for the first time is very exciting and something I absolutely want to keep doing!
My third SOTA summit activation. Again with a pileup and a lot of fun!
Bringing my four legged companion towards a SOTA activation. Will we make it to the top?
Second SOTA summit on Liaåsen in Trondheim, Norway using a new antenna and a little bit of "cheating".
I've decided to start a blog to document my exploration and learning around being a ham radio operator.