ON7DQ (KF0CR) HAM Radio Blog

09/06/2026

Tenerife trip 2026

For this years' family trip we went to EA8, Tenerife.

Like last year (see the Gran Canaria report here), I promised the XYL it would not be a SOTA trip, but a relaxing holiday.

But after a visit to some very crowded places at Los Christianos and Playa de Las Americas ... she almost begged me : please, can we do another "peaceful and quiet" summit ? YES, OF COURSE !

So in the end, I still managed to activate 5 summits in our 15 day stay on the island. Several of those were also valid for POTA.

Here comes the report.

NOTE: if you're expecting a report about activating the highest peak "El Teide", it's not here.
The whole administration has gotten so complicated with permits, reserving a time slot, reserving and paying for a parking spot, the cable car etc etc. , it made me decide it's not worth the trouble.

Like last year, we stayed in three different AirBnb places, to get a feeling of the different climate zones, and used those places as a starting point for some excursions.
1 = Golf del Sur, 2 = Las Caletillas, 3 = Chayofa.

We had a Dacia Sandero rental car for the whole stay, driving 754 km in 15 days.

My equipment was basically the same as last year, containing the KX3 set and a 9.15m 'random wire' antenna, with 9:1 UNUN and 4m counterpoise. As a backup, I had a Komunica HF PRO 2 PLUS T telescopic vertical, but I have not used it for SOTA. I only made a few QSO's with it from the terrace of our second apartment.
Backup rig was my QCX Mini 15/17/20m with a linked 3-band endfed + Fuchs tuner, also not used.
I did use the linked antenna one time to do some WSPR tests with my WSPRLite.

OK, time to get on with the summits !

12/5/2026
EA8/TF-019, Rojar - 173m, 1 point - POTA ES-1732

Parking spot 28.037782, -16.548196

We used the same track as Heinz, OE5EEP. Very easy to follow.

This is the last part to the top.

I fixed my 5m carbon pole to the railing, but made sure it leaned out to the outside, so as not to hinder any other visitors (and there were many).
I operated sitting on some flat stones, putting the KX3 on top of my backpack.

We had a nice view all around, here a view of the village of La Tejita and the beach with the same name. It was also fun to watch all the planes take off at the nearby airport.

Result : 19 QSO's, with 1 S2S.

The next day we did the walk through the Malpaís de la Rasca at Palm Mar. See info here
A view over the area from the lighthouse, and the island of La Gomera in the distance.

14/5/2026

EA8/TF-018, Güímar - 278m, 1 point - POTA ES-1731

Parking spot 28.315219, -16.380938

The track that was published by Heinz, OE5EEP is now forbidden !

They even dumped a bunch of stones on the start of the track to make the passage difficult.

Since we had already parked, we took the flat walk around the summit to check if we could ascend from the East. There is an information panel at the start of the walk.

At this position: 28.311416, -16.373640, we could see the start of a track, and with the help of my phone, we could easily follow the track to the summit marker.

Result : 18 QSO's.