21 July 2013: 07:07 – 07:13 UTC
Temperature: 20 C, sunny
Rig: KX3, 10W, 4400mAh LiPo
Ant: SOTApole, 2 x 6.7m Inverted V, 8m CQ553 feeder and 4:1 balun
The internal tuner of the KX3 was able to match the antenna on 80m. The bandwidth was very narrow and the RST I received were many dB below what I heard them.
4 CW QSO on 80m during National Mountain Day (NMD) contest in HB9.
Car park: 47.831480 N / 7.850135 E; 1220m
Hiking statistics – uphill only:
Time: 8 min
Distance: 0.5 km
Total Ascend: 40 m
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- From the K6341 take the gravel road and follow the blue line. Park the car and walk along the yellow line to the activation zone.
HB9CZF 