It was relatively short but quite steep hike to the summit. No tourists met. This is quite remote area. Even only a few mostly old people are living in a village down in the valley. The pity was that there are no views from the summit because of trees in all directions. But there is nice view of the valley from the saddle. I made only 5 contacs on 20m. No more replies copied after more CQ calls. The antenna was only 2-3m above the ground. Dipole legs were stretched over tree branches.
Zlatý stôl (1322 m asl) is the highest peak of Volovske mountains located in east Slovakia. It took me two and half hours to the summit and exactly one hour back to the car.
I made 3 contacts on 145 MHz FM and 5 on 20m.
This was SOTA activation on 2 band. Maybe one of the last or the last "VHF only" activation. I made only 4 QSOs. I was trying really hard and calling many CQs on 145.500, 145.525, 145.550, 145.575. Only 4 stations answered. I used handheld transceiver Yaesu FT70 with 1/2 wave telescopic antenna Diamond RH-770.
The weather was perfect. No wind, pleasantly warm day and beautiful nature. Bears occur in this mountain range, but luckily I haven't met any. It took me almost three hours to the mountain top and one and half hour back to the car.
Another SOTA activation after half a year break. This time on HF 20m. I was not active in SOTA on HF for exactly two years. Shame on me. These days I'm trying to reduce the weight of my SOTA equipment to minimum. I would like to be more active in the SOTA program again and especially on HF.
About two-hour 6 km hike to the western edge of the gorge with beautiful views. The first relaxing part through the valley. The second part with a quite steep ascent to the plain above the gorge. The most difficult is about 800m long part with 200m altitude ascent:
The weather was pleasant spring but the sun's rays are already intensifying so my head without a cap has tanned. I made couple contacts on PMR 446 MHz with my friend who was located on the nearest castle Turna just 3 km away and with another one on the summit "Jeleni vrch" - 947m asl) about 6 km to the north. Another nice 44 km contact was made on 145 MHz.
non-SOTA summit Skárošská vyhliadka 795m asl located 20 km south-east from QTH Košice
I stayed there for 2 hrs even though it was very windy and made few contacts on 2m and 70cm.
Worked & Confirmed All States
Confirmed via eQSL and LoTW
Band: mixed, Mode: mixed
