Friday afternoon the weather was beautiful and I activated DM/BW-018, DM/BW-766 and DM/BW-767.
7 June 2013: 13:16 – 13:28 UTC
Temperature: 22 C, sunny but thunderstorm approaching
Rig: KX3, 10W, 4400mAh LiPo
Ant: SOTApole, 2 x 6.7m Inverted V, 8m CQ553 feeder and 4:1 balun
4 CW QSO on 24’906 kHz including one S2S QSO with HB9BCB/p on HB/BE-151
4 CW QSO on 18’085.5 kHz
Car park: 47.707383 N / 7.727121 E; 720m
Hiking statistics – uphill only:
Time: 37 min
Distance: 2.4 km
Total Ascend: 219 m
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- The final approach to the top was done from “behind”. A more direct path is very steep.
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- This was at the beginning of my activation. As soon as I heard the first thunder rolling I packed up and quickly walked back to the car. After arriving rain set in.
HB9CZF 