Last weekend was the previous one to the 2015 EA2 SOTA Day (Eguna in basque language) and EA2 activators had programmed as many activations as possible following this year novelty, the 2015 EA2 SOTA Eguna Award. This is a new activity, chasers oriented, and they must work at least one third of the activated EA2 summits, plus the special call EG2UNA which will be on the air next suday 2015-06-06 from Atxabal EA2/VI-040. There, most of the EA2 activators will meet for a joint activation, and later enjoy a lunch (basque-style) at the near restaurant of Sanctuary of Oro.
Here you have a summary of the weekend results:
- Nr of activated summits: 23 (15 on V/UHF and 18 on HF)
- Nr of activators taking part: 15
- Nr of QSOs made: 830
- Nr of different chasers contacted: 393
- Nr of chasers who contacted with 7 or more EA2 summits (>33%): 23
- from them, nr. of "only chasers": 11
- from them, nr. of activators who contacted 7 or more other EA2 summits (S2S): 12
- Nr of non-EA2 chasers who contacted with 7 or more summits: 1
- max nr. of summits contacted by only one chaser: 20
- of chasers who did only 6 summits: 7 (5 of them non-EA2)
- Nr of chasers who contacted with 7 or more EA2 summits (>33%): 23
- from them, nr. of "only chasers": 11
- from them, nr. of activators who contacted 7 or more other EA2 summits (S2S): 12
- Nr of non-EA2 chasers who contacted with 7 or more summits: 1
- max nr of summits contacted by only one chaser: 20
- Nr. of chasers who did only 6 summits: 7 (5 of them non-EA2)
Marcial EA2BDS, my son Oier and me did 3 summits, Ganguren, Lemoatxa -on saturday- and Oiz, on sunday.
So, given the weather conditions and the poor progagation, we are quite happy with the results. We must thank to all activators who made the effort of hiking and staying on the summits, and to all chasers who had taken part. Now we all are waiting for hiking up to Atxabal next sunday
More info available at: http://sotaeguna2015.blogspot.com