We spent again our skiing holidays in Arosa and the nicest day was 14 Feb 2013 with blue sky, no wind on the top of Aroser Weisshorn and about 0 C in the sun. Keying CW without gloves on wasn’t an issue 🙂
14 February 2013: 13:09 – 13:48UTC
Temperature around 0C in the sun and no wind.
27 CW QSO on 7’032 kHz.
15 CW QSO on 14’062 kHz (including 2x K4 & 1x VE1).
Hiking statistics – uphill only:
Time: 4min from the cable car station to the north side of the new Peak Restaurant.
Distance: 60 m
Total Ascend: 0m
Total Descend: 0m
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- HB/GR-155. Aroser Weisshorn is easily accessible with a cable car ride from Arosa.
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- This is the top of the 12 minutes long cable car ride.
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- My 13.1m long inverted L supported by masses of snow. 5 radials are lying on the snow.
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- My shack with Chur – the capital city of Canton Graubünden – 2000m further down in elevation.
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- Yours truly between the QSO on 40m and 20m.
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- View from my outdoor shack on the north side of the newly built Peak Restaurant. It’s not visible on Google Earth yet.
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- The new Peak Restaurant to the left and view direction East & South.
HB9CZF 