Holiday in E7 / 9A

In the spring we were thinking about the destination of our family holiday. First part of holiday should be mountains and my requirement  was: not overcrowded  (SOTA) mountains...  Bosnia and Hercegovina looked as attractive option, but  with two problems - I could not find in internet  tourist maps of mountains in E7 and  I was afraid of mines in Bosnian territory. I decided to write  an e-mai to some radioamateur in E7. I searched my logbook for  E7 stations and I found several times the callsign  E77CV. I wrote to Arman and asked him  for  help and advice. He sent me a lot of  tips and promised help, but finally - Arman and his family were our generous host and attentive guide.

We attended Travnik - the Old Fort and


 continued through  the Ski resort  Vlasic on summit SOTA Paljenik  (E7-BO-010).

I activated this SOTA on 7 MHz.

Then  we  spent two days  in  area Vranica (Rovinj Planinarski Dom). First day we took a hike on Vranica-Locika  (SOTA E7-BO-002). The activation was comlicated due to bad condition on 7 MHz and the antenna was too low (my younger son has to help ...)

Second day we climbed on Nadkrstac -  no SOTA, but very nice summit  - and



 

then we attended the lake Prokosko - very interesting place.

 

 

The stay in Bosnia was very very interesting. Mountains that we visited were very nice and - compared  with hills here in Beskydy - very large, spacious.  And my dream came true - mountains are not overcrowded ...

 

And main thing  -  I must say great  "thank you" to  Arman, E77CV and his family for the incredible  hospitality and friendship.  I do not know if I can express my gratitude enough.  No travel agency would show us Bosnia  as Arman.

 

 

 

Then we left for Croatia - to do a lazy part of our holiday. We stayed on Pasman (IOTA EU-170 / JN73QV) with great view towards Kornati Islands.

 

For the holiday style operation i used FT-450 (50W out) supplied by the car battery 60 Ah (powered by the 20W solar panel). The antenna was the doublet 2 x 12.5 m with center on the 10 m mast.  



One morning we arranged a small trip on summit of the island  Pasman - Veliki Bokolj  - SOTA  9A-DH 154. I activated it on 7 MHz

On Pasman I realized about 100 QSO - all with the old hand key. Elbug was out of order with no posibility to repair it on that place...

Holiday 2017 is over ...