Activation report: Jochart, OE NO-057

This is a brief report and a few photos of my activation of Jochart, SOTA reference OE/NO-057. I actually planned a double- activation: I went also to the summit of OE/NO-224, "Hegerberg" but as soon as I have set up my QRP PSK31 setup (see here for a description of my 3-band vertical lightweight portable antenna) heavy rain started and I had to abort the mission without having made a single QSO and pack everything into the rucksack swiftly in order to protect my gear which is not completely water-proof. I tried quickly also with my 2m/70 cm handheld and the very short (15cm) antenna attached to it but as usual no success with this setup. 

I then checked the weather report and decided to give Jochart (OE/NO-057) a try, which is very close-by, the starting point is only around 15 minutes by car from the place I started to the initial mountain. On this one I was more successful, I managed to make 11 QSOs on 2m with my self-built 4 ele-yagi antenna. After entering a SPOT on the android SOTA spotter app, also my very reliable friends from Bratislava showed up on air, thanks to all of them!

Schneeberg

Schneeberg and Rax

"Gipfelkreuz"

QSO Map

Rohr im Gebirge

Rohr im Gebirge

Just a little bit slower than me

73 de Alfred