2012 08 18 : France : Briançon : Col du Granon :
With: F4EGG, F1HKN, F8CRS, Daniel, JG1XMV.
DX fever was running high as everybody was trying to work the Comoros islands in CW. Eventually F8CRS managed to do so. F4EGG had done them on multiple bands in the morning, and F1HKN was busy doing some PSK31 from the back of his car. A nice outing. Beatiful views. Too bad F8CRS' car died town and had to be towed back down!
2012 08 19 : France : Briançon : Lacs de la Casse Blanche :
With: F4EGG.
A pleasant climb to the lacs de la casse blanche from the Nevache side. Thierry borrowed a FT-817 from F8CRS along with a portable antenna. The antenna was grounded in the lake. A lot of sunshine but not a lot of QSOs. Propagation was pretty bad but Thierry still managed to do a few QSOs using 1w only with some patient operators. Some OMs out there still have good ears (and good earphones!). So the radio operating was not great but given the beautiful surroundings nobody complained! 73 de JG1XMV.