A challenging walk to an extremely windy summit
From the A-341 I took the track opposite the quarry to find a parking spot just through a wire fence.
Following the path from the open topo map was difficult and I frequently ended up scrambling over rocks to keep walking upwards. The ground became increasingly icy and once at the summit the wind was extremely strong and cold. I was encouraged by the additionl 3-point winter bonus that a February activation would earn me, and certainly felt that I had earned it!
The summit has a trig point but I did not attempt to attach my sotapole due to the wind.
Fortunately there is a large area suitable for activation just below the trig point which provided some shelter from the wind. I attached my bandhopper antenna from a high point near the trig marker, spanning the activation area and pegged at the ground, so set up as a sloping dipole.
I made 19 SSB QSOs on 20m.
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