On 22 July 2013 I did an expedition to HB0 with the goal to activate Augstenberg (HB0/LI-004), then Gorfion (OE/VB-241) and finally Naafkopf (HB0/LI-002 – HB/GR-338 – OE/VB-123).
22 July 2013: 07:34 – 07:53 UTC
Temperature: 20 C, sunny
Rig: KX3, 10W, 4400mAh LiPo
Ant: SOTApole, 13.1m Inv. L, 5x 4m Radial
31 CW QSO on 14’062.75 kHz, including 1 S2S with HB9BCB/p on HB/BE-148
Car park: 47.103229 N / 9.607619 E; 1598m
Hiking statistics – uphill only:
Time: 1h 10 min
Distance: 3.3 km
Total Ascend: -47 / +409 m
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- No there was no snow but Google Earth switched to winter. Unfortunately my GPS-logger wasn’t on all the time and a bit was logged after arriving at Sareis and the final approach to Augstenberg.
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- This is the car park in Malbun. It’s free and I took the cable car at 08:00 to Sareis (Bim Chrüz). That’s the mountain shown on the left.
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- At the top of the cable car. 1h 30′ to Augstenberg via “Fürstin – Gina – Weg”.
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- From right to left: Augstenberg (HB0/LI-004), Gorfion (OE/VB-241), Sitz (no SOTA), with Tschingel in the background (HB/GR-341).
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- No high heels please.
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- My shack on Augstenberg (2359m). The highest point is a bit further to the South at 2365m.
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- KX3, inverted L. Malbun down on the left hand side and the cable car just behind the wodden cross. There are more OE/VB hills on the horizon.
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