►OK/MO-024, Girová, 840m
July 3, 2026: I stayed in Wisła for a couple of days with my Ukrainian friend Vlad Polozhay (3Z3GF / UT3GF) to go a series of activations in the region. The plan for this day was to activate 3 SOTAs in 3 different countries (SP/OM/OK) and we made it!!
On July 3 we started early morning at SP/BZ-060, Kiczorki (Trojaki), then went to OM/ZA-107, Javorské, and finished at OK/MO-024, Girová. All three summits were successfully activated by both of us. The weather in the morning was not so good - it was raining with short breaks in the whole region. But by the time we activated Javorské rain stopped, sun came and we enjoyed a fantastic weather till the end of the day. There are several paved access roads to the Girová summit, however, all of them have the sign banning access there! So, the closest park spot was here (at 49.518285, 18.806876), followed by a 3.2 km hike to the summit. The activation zone is very small, because this summit is sharp, so I put my vertical near the wood cabin and Vlad extended his end-fed 20 meters away. We worked on HF, but also used our HTs for VHF calls, as the summit has nice line of sight conditions for that. The reports for the other 2 summits - in Poland and in Slovakia are here and here.
We worked QRP. Equipment used: I installed my 20m resonant vertical with 10 radials, and Vlad installed his coil shortened end-fed antenna (for 10m-40m). Transceivers - Vlad used a FX-4CR (20W) and mine was a Yaesu FT-818nd with a small amp (16W).
VIDEO: here
QSO list:
Many thanks to all hams who responded to my calls!
73! de OK/ER1SKI