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. A 6m carbon pole, reduced to 5m by taking out the thinnest elements.

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 from that kit once, 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 saw some reports in the news that cars are often broken into at this parking spot, so don't leave anything valuable in the car !

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

No shadow anywhere, so take enough water.

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

On this day, we had to move to our next AirBnb. Along the way, I planned to activate this summit.
Parking spot 28.315219, -16.380938

NOTE : 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.

This is the complete walk.

At the top, the wind was very strong, so I took shelter behind the fallen "vertice" (see picture above). My carbon pole was fixed to some bush, and the wind blew the antenna wire in a curve, but it still worked OK.

I kept the activation short, and made 18 QSO's in 20 minutes, but alas no S2S this time.

Our second AirBnb was in Las Calletilas, just North of Candelaria. It had a large roof terrace, where I used the Komunica telescopic antenna for a few QSO's.

15/5/2026
EA8/TF-008 Taborno 1020m 8p  -  POTA ES-2210  +2070

This day, we first wanted to visit the Parque Rural de Anaga

Studying the route, I had seen a special street in the city of La Laguna ... I just had to go over there for a picture ! (if your Spanish is not so good, the street is called Radio Amateur Street)

We then made the typical tourist stops at the "Miradors" along the TF-12 road, and took the walk along the "Sendero Bosque de los Enigmas" and the "Sendero Hija Cambada", which were still nice, despite the wet and foggy weather.

After that, we arrived at the summit of Taborno, which is an easy drive-up summit.
Take the small forest road at 28.535128, -16.272175, see map below. Drive carefully, the road is in bad shape, but can be driven with a regular car.

Parking spot is 28.536057, -16.269830, in front of the gate to the radar station.

Walk a little back and there is a clearing in the forest, which is in the AZ (altitude 1010m). 

Since it was very wet, I also kept this activation short, and made only 5 QSO"s, no S2S.

We continued the trip to the viewpoint at Pico del Inglés, but after seeing this ...

... we called it a day and returned to our apartment.

Later that day, we took a nice walk along the coastal promenade, from Las Caletillas to Candelaria.

Interlude

On Sunday May 17th, we visited the nice town of La Oratava, famous for the many balconies, and the sand carpets.  100% worth a visit !

Here a view of the beautiful Victoria Gardens (Jardines del Marquesado de la Quinta Roja).

And now, back to SOTA !

18/5/2026

EA8/TF-013 Montaña de la Atalaya - 778m, 4points

Parking spot  28.497442, -16.344608, in front of the "Ermita Santa Rita" 

We followed the track from the Sota Maps website by Joe, OE5JFE. This track contains a short but steep section.

At the summit, you have a nice view over the area (see picture above). We had taken our lunch, and had an enjoyable stay on the summit, amidst the smell of the eucalyptus trees.

Note that when in need, there even is a toilet on the summit 😁

The activation went well, and I could even make a few QSO's on 2m FM, with stations from Tenerife and Gran Canaria.

Using my FT1D and Chinese telescopic antenna

Result : 25 QSO's with 3 S2S.

We didn't want to descend the steep part of the track, so we chose to go down another way.

I posted this track on the Sota Maps page, it is a bit longer but less steep, and as a bonus, it goes through some nice wildflower fields (at least in May it looked very nice).

21/5/2026

EA8/TF-014 Roque de Jama - 762m, 4points

We left our AirBnb at 07:00 local time, and started our ascent at 07:30, trying to avoid the heat.

Parking spot 28.095092, -16.641025, where the road is a bit wider, place for several cars along the wall.

We followed the track from the Sota Maps site, by Mikhail, LB8CG.

Halfway our ascent, I took a picture where you can see where we parked (see the yellow arrow).

At the summit, we first took our breakfast, then it was time for SOTA.

I could fix the carbon pole between some rocks, and found myself a nice operating spot near two rocks, that have a third rock lying on top of them, I wonder who put it there ? 😉

Result here : 35 QSO's with 3 S2S.

And that was the last summit of this trip ... but I still had some "radioactivity" planned.

21/5/2026

The same evening was also the 

NTC QSO Party

Now our AirBnb in Chayofa was a large house with FIVE bedrooms !

(and a jacuzzi and a large (shared) swimming pool).

So I chose one of the top floor bedrooms as my shack, and could easily put up my 9.15m random endfed.

Above you can see my improvised shack, with the KX3 and a small Panasonic Toughbook, running N1MM+ for logging.

Result : 9 QSO's, with even one DX contact, not bad for only 15W and a piece of string !

 

My log:

or on  a map:

So far for this report. The last few days were spent making a car tour to see El Teide from a distance, and really some 'relaxing' ... that was what I promised the xyl after all, right ? 

See you soon for another adventure!

73,

Luc ON7DQ

 

My version of the TinyGawant antenna

I learned about the TinyGawant antenna on the SOTA Reflector, in a discussion about antennas for the QMX QRP transceiver. 

Read more about the origin of this antenna in this pdf document.

It uses the same principle as a "Fuchs antenna", but the resonant half-wave radiator is replaced by ... a short whip of only 1.2m! One can not expect a big performance of such a small antenna, but my curiosity made me look for some parts in my junkbox and build one anyway ... it never hurts to try, right?

N6ARA makes available a kit with a 3D-printed box (see here), but shipping it to Europe would be very expensive. Luckily, there is  a nice construction manual here , it has all the info you need.

I made a box out of pieces of PCB, and after measuring, drilling, filing ... the PCB parts were ready:

I provide a banana jack (red) near the whip, to connect a longer wire for experiments, and also a ground jack (black) for a counterpoise.

 After mounting most of the components, this was the intermediate result ...

The final stage was soldering it all toghether, mounting the T50-6 coil, and the resistive SWR bridge.

A back cover was made from clear plexiglass, since people will ask me over and over again "can you open the box to see what's inside? Nooooo, just look through the window! ;-)

My polyvaricon has a maximum capacity of 285 pF, so the high and low ranges would overlap. 
I increased the total number of turns to 28, keeping the tap at 12 turns.

This gives a tuning range from 60m up to 10m, in two ranges. The 20m band can be tuned in the LOW and in the HIGH range.

I first did a test as a receive antenna on a Kenwood THF7E, and must say it is a nice small receive antenna. The tuned network acts as a bandpass filter in front of the receiver, which will never hurt.
Switching in the tuning network gives a 6 dB attenuation, which is useful on the low bands (60/40m) in the evening.

But then I wanted to see if you can use this antenna to transmit ...

I set up the TinyGawant on a small magmount on a baking plate, and used the IC-705 at 5W to do some test transmissions for RBN.
I could tune the SWR to 1.0 on all bands except 15m, where I couldn't get it below 1.5
I sent a message (TEST RBN DE ON7DQ ON7DQ TEST RBN) 5 times on each band from 60m to 10m.

Maybe propagation was bad at the time of the tests (May 7th, 2026), but the only band where I got some spots was 20m, see screenshot below.

All other bands were ... well, just nothing !

Peter, HB9EBE reported a bit better results on the SOTA Reflector.

Maybe the fact that my small garden is surrounded by walls on all sides is a factor, and I should try it another day, and in the open ... to be continued.

Conclusion : yes it's small and handy, it's quite good for receive, but it will probably not save your SOTA or POTA activation if you forget your "big" antenna ...

Happy tinkering !

Luc, ON7DQ

Moxon calculator in python

Moxon program in python

following this discussion in the GQRP Club group

https://groups.io/g/gqrp/topic/118936746

translation by ChatGPT of a BASIC program by L. B. Cebik, found on this website

https://antenna2.github.io/cebik/content/moxon/moxgen.html

Screenshot

Code 

I pasted it in the Thonny IDE and it ran first time. It needed some adaptation for mm output, and positioning of the texts, nothing really difficult:

---

import tkinter as tk

from tkinter import ttk

import math

def bereken():

    try:

        F = float(freq_entry.get())

        U = unit_var.get()

        WD = float(diam_entry.get())

        # --- Omrekening draad ---

        if U == 1:  # inches

            WL_unit = 11802.71 / F   # golflengte in inches

            unit_txt = "in"

            DW = WD / WL_unit

        elif U == 2:  # mm

            WL_unit = 299792.5 / F   # golflengte in mm

            unit_txt = "mm"

            DW = WD / WL_unit

        else:  # wavelengths

            WL_unit = 1

            unit_txt = "λ"

            DW = WD

        D1 = 0.4342945 * math.log(DW)

        # --- Berekeningen ---

        A = (-0.0008571428571 * (D1**2)) + (-0.009571428571 * D1) + 0.3398571429

        B = (-0.002142857143 * (D1**2)) + (-0.02035714286 * D1) + 0.008285714286

        C = (0.001809523381 * (D1**2)) + (0.01780952381 * D1) + 0.05164285714

        D = (0.001 * D1) + 0.07178571429

        E = (B + C) + D

        # --- Omzetten naar gekozen eenheid ---

        A_u = A * WL_unit

        B_u = B * WL_unit

        C_u = C * WL_unit

        D_u = D * WL_unit

        E_u = E * WL_unit

        result = f"""

        A = {A_u:.2f} {unit_txt}

        B = {B_u:.2f} {unit_txt}

        C = {C_u:.2f} {unit_txt}

        D = {D_u:.2f} {unit_txt}

        E = {E_u:.2f} {unit_txt}

        """

        output_var.set(result)

        teken(A_u, B_u, C_u, D_u, E_u, unit_txt)

    except Exception as e:

        output_var.set(f"Fout: {e}")

def teken(A, B, C, D, E, unit):

    canvas.delete("all")

    # Vaste afmetingen (pixels)

    x0 = 150

    y0 = 100

    A_px = 300

    B_px = 100

    C_px = 80

    D_px = 80

    # Driven element (boven)

    canvas.create_line(x0, y0, x0 + A_px, y0, width=3)

    canvas.create_line(x0, y0, x0, y0 + B_px, width=3)

    canvas.create_line(x0 + A_px, y0, x0 + A_px, y0 + B_px, width=3)

    # Reflector (onder)

    y1 = y0 + B_px + C_px + D_px

    canvas.create_line(x0, y1, x0 + A_px, y1, width=3)

    canvas.create_line(x0, y1, x0, y1 - D_px, width=3)

    canvas.create_line(x0 + A_px, y1, x0 + A_px, y1 - D_px, width=3)

    # Feedpoint

    canvas.create_oval(x0 + A_px/2 - 5, y0 - 5, x0 + A_px/2 + 5, y0 + 5, fill="black")

    # Labels (positie vast, waarden variabel)

    canvas.create_text(x0 + A_px/2, y0 - 20, text=f"A = {A:.2f} {unit}")

    canvas.create_text(x0 + A_px + 75, y0 + B_px/2, text=f"B = {B:.2f} {unit}")

    canvas.create_text(x0 + A_px + 75, y0 + B_px + C_px/2, text=f"C = {C:.2f} {unit}")

    canvas.create_text(x0 + A_px + 75, y1 - D_px/2, text=f"D = {D:.2f} {unit}")

    canvas.create_text(x0 + A_px + 170, (y0 + y1)/2, text=f"E = {E:.2f} {unit}")

# GUI

root = tk.Tk()

root.title("Moxon Calculator + Visualisation")

frame = ttk.Frame(root, padding=10)

frame.grid()

ttk.Label(frame, text="Frequency (MHz)").grid(row=0, column=0)

freq_entry = ttk.Entry(frame)

freq_entry.grid(row=0, column=1)

ttk.Label(frame, text="Wire Diameter").grid(row=1, column=0)

diam_entry = ttk.Entry(frame)

diam_entry.grid(row=1, column=1)

unit_var = tk.IntVar(value=1)

ttk.Radiobutton(frame, text="Inches", variable=unit_var, value=1).grid(row=2, column=0)

ttk.Radiobutton(frame, text="mm", variable=unit_var, value=2).grid(row=2, column=1)

ttk.Radiobutton(frame, text="Wavelength", variable=unit_var, value=3).grid(row=2, column=2)

ttk.Button(frame, text="Calculate + Draw", command=bereken).grid(row=3, column=0, columnspan=3)

output_var = tk.StringVar()

ttk.Label(frame, textvariable=output_var).grid(row=4, column=0, columnspan=3)

canvas = tk.Canvas(root, width=700, height=500, bg="white")

canvas.grid()

root.mainloop()

---

SOTA Winter Tour 2026 - Day 3

Day 3 - Schleiden (D) to Ostend 

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

WX : Sunny and 9°C

Parking position : 50.501208, 6.093355

I arrived at the parking lot at 10:00 local time, and there were already a lot of visitors, so I decided to take my stuff, and walk a little to the track behind the summit marker. There it was very quiet, I saw just one man walking his dog, and that was it ...

The weather was great, and so was the activation.
Having a number of POTA chasers helped to accumulate 50 QSO's in 50 minutes!
Icing on the cake was another 4 S2S. Here a map of the QSO's.

A happy activator enjoying the sunhine !

After filling up on fuel in Eupen, it was time for the last summit of this trip.

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

WX : Sunny and 16°C

parking position : 50.677059, 5.920479 , in a small road called Chemin du moulin à Vent.
As a courtesy for the SOTA activator, they placed a nice picnic bench there.

I started my "OTA" adventure with SOTA, but since there are no summits where I live, I also joined the POTA programma. Now, as it happens, I live in an area which is literaly infested with bunkers from both World Wars, so it was not so difficult to combine a numer of POTA activations with BOTA = Bunkers On The Air.

I saw on the BOTA map that my last summit could also be activated for 5 nearby bunkers, so this again  brought in some extra chasers.

But first it was time for lunch, so I set up my 2m Moxon at the picninc bench, and had the autokeyer call CQ while I had my lunch, both in CW and in SSB.
I spotted myself on the SOTA and BOTA clusters.
I turned the Moxon in all directions, but what do you expect ? NIL replies again.

So after lunch, I quickly set up the HF antenna, and made 39 QSO's in 1 hour, including another 5 S2S and 2 DX contacts with the USA.

Well, that concluded my Winter Tour, it took me 3 hours and 7 minutes to get home, thanks to the typical traffic jam around Brussels, and a few other places on the highway.

See you on another trip soon,

73,
Luc - ON7DQ

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SOTA Winter Tour 2026 - Day 2

Day 2 - Wanne to Schleiden (D)

I stayed the night in this hotel in the small village of Wanne, which is only 5 km from the first summit of the day. I had this nice morning view from my balcony:

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

WX : Sunny and 8°C.

I drove to the small village of  Logbiermé first, and there I took the gravel road which leads to a parking spot in the activation zone, pos 50.337472, 5.972281

Beware of some large potholes, drive slowly !

If you don't want to drive the gravel road, you can park along the hedge at pos 50.342258, 5.963365 (check it out in Google StreetView), and walk the 650m to the operating position (about 15 minutes walk).

After weeks of rain, the last part of the track was also quite muddy, but still doable with a regular car.

Here is an overview map if you're in doubt how to get there.

The track to the real summit could be driven with a 4x4, but is not advised with a regular car (see picture below).

I set up on the side of the road, where it was dry, and the activation went very well.
I made 45 QSO's in just 40 minutes, including 3 S2S. Here a view of my setup.

And here a map of all QSO's.

Since I intended to go to Germany for some shopping, I included the next summit, which also has a POTA reference.

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

WX : Sunny and 9°C

The parking spot is at pos 50.256470, 6.359259, and is indicated on the maps as "Wanderparkplatz Nr. 7 Am Tranchotstein". Maps are available for some nice walks in the area, but of course I had no time for that. There is a statue of the Schwarzer Mann nearby, on a viewing platform.

The picnic bench at the parking makes a nice operating table.

I spent 1.5 hours on the summit, and made 33 QSO's, with an incredible 11 S2S. Some time was spent calling on 2m CW and SSB, but again with the same result : no replies.

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

WX : Sunny and 13°C

This was the last summit for this day. Parking position as usual : 50.408317, 6.369818

Again a  nice activation, with 32 QSO's in 50 minutes, including 6 S2S, and working 3 US states!

I was happy to see Gary W0MNA and Martha W0ERI in my log again.

At 15:30, it was time to go shopping, and find my AirBnb near Schleiden in Germany.

My secret tip (well, no longer a secret now) : in the evening , I went for a hamburger and fries at "Onkel Smash" in Kall (GPS 50.545984, 6.573900).
It's a small place, but the hamburger was BIG and very tasty, if you have the chance to visit there, I can only recommend the place !

Continue the story here ... Day 3

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SOTA Winter Tour 2026 - Day 1

 

Day 1 - Ostend to Wanne

I left my home in Ostend at an early 05:20 local time, having my breakfast along the way, and arriving at my first summit at 08:30 local time.  

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

There was a clear sky, but only 2°C. 
I set up near the information panel at pos 49.954181, 4.844514

FYI : the tower "Tour du Millénaire" is still closed for restoration works, and they even use half of the parking lot at the tower as a construction site.

Despite being early on a Sunday morning, a lot of chasers showed up. I had a blast, making 80 QSO's in 1 hour ! This included 3 S2S and 6 P2P contacts, a great start.

 

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

WX : some clouds, but temperature had already risen to 7°C.

Looking for a new parking spot, and not having to walk into the forest, I found a nice place, at position

50.029505, 5.418564. It's in the AZ for SOTA , and also valid for POTA BE-0453.

Only problem ... it's just in front of the gate to the military airfield, but the place looked deserted as always. So I set up my antenne and started making QSO's.

But sure enough, after a while, halfway my activation, a car came through the gate and stopped.
A man came to me and showed me his military ID card, asking what I was doing.
I asked if it was forbidden to be there, but no, that was not the problem.
We had a nice chat (in French), and I even showed him my QR codes pancarte, which he scanned with his phone.
His concern was that since the attacks on Iran had just started, someone setting up a radio near a military base looks rather suspicious ... hi.
After reassuring him I was not a spy, he left me alone, and wished me good luck.

I didn't have the good luck as I had on my first activation though.
Only 27 QSO's here, but still 4 S2S, in about 50 minutes.

Time to move on to the next one ...

I had my lunch at a secluded parking spot along the N89 road, pos 50.059742, 5.411123

It's away from the main road, and there is a nice picnic bench.

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

WX: sunshine with some clouds, and temperature 8°C

Nothing special about this summit, I set up at the big parking lot as ususal, pos 50.254142, 5.731518

During this activation, I wanted to try some 2m CW/SSB, so I used my fishing pole for a lightweight Moxon antenna (which has a mounting bracket that allows both horizontal and vertical use).

To save the time to change antenna's, I set up my "all band" Chinese vertical for HF (see solution Nr 2 here), with the ATU-100 in automatic mode, at the base.

I worked on HF first, making 32 QSO's in about 50 minutes, using all bands from 15m to 40m.

I also had 6 S2S here.

I did get weak reports on 40m, so I suppose the Chinese vertical is less efficient for that band, but it works very well for the higher bands.  

Then came 2m ... I called CQ for a while, both in CW and SSB, while turning the Moxon in all directions. I had spotted myself on SOTAwatch ... but it resulted in ZERO replies. So I gave up and packed my stuff for the last summit of the day. 

ON/ON-013, Bois de Hodinfosse - 568m, 6 points - NOW ALSO A DRIVE UP SUMMIT !

 I arrived at 15:30 local time, WX was sunny and 10°C.

I have already posted some information on the summit page about a new parking spot, from which it is a mere 10 minutes walk to a spot in the activation zone.
But last year, I noticed that the nice view from the operating spot is gone, because the new trees have grown a lot.

So I studied the maps again, and found out that the road that I normally drive, could possibly be driven one block further, where it ends in a T-crossing.

So this time I tried it ... and indeed !

One can drive (with care) to this position 50.318948, 5.843781, which is in the Activation Zone (altitude is 545m there). 

There is even a forest road to the right that can be driven somewhat higher, but then you're completely surrounded by trees. My new parking spot is in an open area (for the time being, until they plant new trees there as well ... hi).

I set up in the sunshine, having a nice view over the valley.

I made 30 QSO's here, with 2 S2S.

But the highlight of this activation was hearing the top chasers from the USA, Gary W0MNA and his xyl Martha W0ERI. My third DX contact was with KC1NDQ ... all calls that end in DQ are special to me, hi.

I left the summit at 17:15 local time, it was time to find my hotel for the night, very close to the first summit of the second day.

Continue the story here ... Day 2

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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** activations.

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:

I made 368 QSO's, an average of 41 per summit.

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 lead on Peter ON4UP, the ranking will not hold for very long I guess ...

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/ )