Running With Bulls

6028 km on 15 Watts (POTA activation ES-2126)

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bernard
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This is my report from POTA activation ES-2126. During a visit to Mallorca, I activated a new park, ES-2126 Puig de Ses Fites Natura.

I activated it from the walking route. The walk-in was a 1 hour easy walk along the track.

Set-up was very quick and I was QRV in approx. 5-6 minutes. After the first 2-3 calls, I managed to build a little pile-up. 🙂

The majority of the hunters were European based, Spain, France, Italy.

Most unexpected was with VE2EH, Pierre, in Quebec, Canada. This was the second successful QSO with him. 6028.2 km on 15W. And thats not even real QRP! Radio always amazes me.

I also managed my first QSO with San Marino thanks to T77PM, Protti Marco.

In total I managed 14 QSOs, 13 uniques and 1 dupe. Nice walk, good QSOs, and a nice walk back in the starlight.

ES-2126 – Entering Puig de Ses Fites Natura track.
ES-2126 – My activation location.
ES-2126 – Activating station – Operating with Elecraft KX3, LiFePo4 7Ah battery, and Chameleon Tactical Delta Loop antenna.
ES-2126 – Chameleon Tactical Delta Loop
ES-2126 – Chameleon Tactical Delta Loop antenna and a local bat. The mosquitos started to appear so it was time to pack up.
ES-2126 – Zero light pollution so you could see the stars.

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