DM/BW-461 and -471 are the closest SOTA hill in DM/BW from my home QTH as well as my QRL. Unexpectedly I was delayed by an hour waiting at the HB/DL border in Koblenz. Finally I detoured to Zurzach with no cars lining up at the border corssing. Therefore I was a bit in a hurry on both hills and activated only one band on each hill.
8 March 2013: 12:59 – 13:13UTC
Temperature: 12C, no wind
Rig: KX3, 10W, 4400mAh LiPo; except I left my headset at home 😦
Ant: SOTApole, 2 x 6.7m Inverted V, 8m CQ553 feeder and 4:1 balun
26 CW QSO on 10’118 kHz
Car park: drive-in hill; 47.602745N / 8.407157E, 683m.
Hiking statistics – uphill only:
Time: 0 min
Distance: 0 km
Total Ascend: 0 m
Total Descend: 0 m
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- Approach to DM/BW-471 from Griessen. BTW: the Google Earth elevation model does not coincide with Google map or OpenStreetMap.
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- Access to Wannenberg.
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- Next to the car park I set up my shack.
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- KX3, 4500mAh Lipo behind, Mini-Paddle sitting on paper logbook, 4:1 balun (W1CG kit).
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- Tower of SWR.
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- Lookout towards North a bit further down of Wannenberg.
HB9CZF 