07/03/2026

SOTA Winter Tour 2026

SOTA Tour XL !



I waited as long as I could to get some nice weather, but still catch the winter bonus points.
And I was lucky : the previsions for the beginning of March looked excellent.

This time, I also wanted to do some shopping in Germany, to get some products that are not available in Belgium. So I made a plan for a SOTA Tour XL, adding an extra day, and one extra summit.

For this trip, I took my IC-705 Go-Box, with the short random wire (9.15m), 9:1 UNUN and ATU-100 Autotuner. 

These were the activated summits, combined with a few POTA* and one BOTA** activation.

Day 1 - March 1, 2026

ON/ON-006, La Croix Scaille - 503m, 6 points + POTA BE-0468

ON/ON-004, Bois de Hazeille - 586m, 6 Points + POTA BE-0453

ON/ON-010 Baraque Fraiture  - 651m, 8 points

ON/ON-013, Bois de Hodinfosse - 568m, 6 points

Day 2 - March 2, 2026

ON/ON-011, Sur Clair Fa - 601m, 8 points

DM/RP-003, Schwarzer Mann - 697m, 6 points + POTA DE-0039

ON/ON-009, Iverst - 693m, 8 points

Day 3 - March 3, 2026

ON/ON-001, Signal de Botrange - 694m, 8 points + POTA BE-0385

ON/ON-026, Le Mont d'Henri-Chapelle - 354m, 2 points + BOTA B/ON-0482/0483/0484/0485/0486

Summary:

Activator points : + 79

Chaser points : + 182

S2S points : + 244 , bringing me back to first place for S2S contacts in Belgium, but with only a 10 points advance on Peter ON4UP, so the ranking will not hold for very long ...

I drove 836 km, but this included a detour in Germany for the shopping.
I stayed one night in a hotel, and one night in an AirBnb.

Click here for the report of  Day 1

* Parks On The Air , https://parksontheair.com/ 
** Bunkers On The Air, https://wwbota.net/ (and for Belgium only, https://onbota.be/ )


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