Another nice Friday afternoon and I headed for DM/BW-291 and DM/BW-640. DM/BW-640 is a very nice hill with 360 degree view on top. The climb is via zig zag path and withing the forrest. A hill I can strongly recommend. On the other hand DM/BW-291 is rather boring. Many bushes on the top and no views at all.
12 July 2013: 11:36 – 11:51 UTC
Temperature: 21 C, sunny and dry air due to Bise (a wind blowing from the North)
Rig: KX3, 10W, 4400mAh LiPo
Ant: SOTApole, 2 x 6.7m Inverted V, 8m CQ553 feeder and 4:1 balun
1 CW QSO on 24’907 kHz as S2S with HB9BCB/p on HB/LU-017
13 CW QSO on 18’087 kHz
Car park: 47.802948 N / 8.00398 E; 973m
Hiking statistics – uphill only:
Time: 40 min
Distance: 2.4 km
Total Ascend: 337 m
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- The GPS track from car park Wacht up to Blössling. GPS reception can be challenging in the steep valley at times.
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- Car park Wacht at 973m asl.
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- The majority of the hike uses these roads …
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- … and for the final ascent the path is a bit smaller.
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- It doesn’t go any higher. My SOTApole was located just next to the trig point.
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- My outdoor shack. After the activation the KX3 PA showed a temperature of 50C 🙂
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- View towards North just after leaving the summit of Blössling.
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