This day saw some 240 km of driving, one last SOTA activation ...and rain again !
FL/VO-023, Le Donon - 1007m, 10 points
I activated this summit on my own last year, and liked the rather tough mountain walk over a cobbly track. So I wanted to take the XYL on the same experience ... it don't have to be drive-up summits all the time, right ?
Last year I had beautiful weather, not so this time. During the walk to the summit it was more or less dry, with a very light drizzle coming up when we approached the summit.
I quickly set up my station, but already feeling more and more rain, I chose an operating spot inside "The Temple", there were only a few visitors anyway. I couldn't find a good place to put the spike for my fishing pole, so my antenna was sagging and hanging low above the ground, but it seemd to still work ok.
Sitting behind a pillar, and at the right angle, I could protect myself and the rig more or less.
Considering the circumstances, the activation went well. With 13 QSO's and two S2S in the log, this concluded the SOTA tour.
After a wet descent, we decided not to activate the closeby summit of Le Petit Donon, and drove to our last AirBnb in Pont-a-Mousson. There was no rain there, so we enjoyed the last evening of our trip at the borders of the Moselle river ... and with a view of nearby summit Butte de Mousson FL/VO-060.
This was the last post of this trip. Day 14 was just driving home, nothing special to report.
Thanks for reading, and see you on another SOTA trip soon !
73 de Luc, ON7DQ & XYL Karine
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