In mid‑September I’m going to Kotlina Kłodzka (Kłodzko Valley) in the south-western part of Poland. The region is marked with a darkened color on the map below.
I am going to spend more than a week there and I would like (as usual) to combine my love of mountains and trekking/biking with my HAM radio passion. So expect SP5UAF/P activities from many SPFF/POTA and SOTA locations. I am starting on 14th of September and the very last day will be 23rd of September.
I will be moving with my radio so if only possible I will be active from two, three or even four different parks during one day. Of course I will have to adapt my plans to the the weather, my strength and local conditions. The parks I am going to visit are mostly much needed (low numbers of QSOs) and there are also some SPFF New Ones on my list.
On the picture below you can see the Kłodzko Valley boundaries where I added the SOTA references. The map was generated using wonderful service https://kfmapy.pl/:
If only possible I will be sending self-spots to WWFF, POTA and SOTA clusters. I will also try to inform HAM radio community about my exact plans one day in advance. For details please visit my website as well as https://pota.app/#/activations and http://www.spcff.pl/aktyw.php and also the FB groups related to WWFF/POTA activations.
I will be using FT-710 (I am going to run about 70W), Xiegu G90 or trSDX (5W). I will use mostly dipole antennas but everything depends on the local conditions. My big thanks to Mirek SP5GNI for his invaluable help in the technical preparation of transceivers (electronic service/maintenace of my TRXs). I am not a technical person and such kind of help is “to be or not to be” for me in many cases.
My base holidays location is also located in the park area so on daily basis I will be active from SPFF-2518 (Natura 2000 Góry Bialskie i Grupa Śnieżnika) also valid for POTA PL-2407 and PL-1635.
In general I will be active on CW and SSB. Maybe also FT8. Bands: 80 – 6m.
Areas/plans are listed in the table below. Maybe I will not visit all of them but for sure many of them. I will be active as SP5UAF/6 from my permament vacation QTH and during my trips as SP5UAF/P or OK/SP5UAF/P.
| WWFF | WWFF Name | POTA | SOTA | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WWFF | WWFF Name | POTA | SOTA | NOTES |
I hope to hear you on bands and log you callsign soon.
