For the National Montain Day (NMD) contest I decided to activated a SOTA-hill. The top is located in the forest with no views (except fir trees). Therefore I would activate from point 849 which is closer to the car park.
16 July 2017: 06:00 – 09:33 UTC
Rig: KX3, 10W, 4400mAh LiPo
Ant: 10m DK9SQ-pole with 2x 16.8m doublet
75 CW QSO on 80 m
Car park: 47.19838 N / 8.14643 E; 813 m.
Hiking statistics – uphill only:
Time: 9 min
Distance 0.75 km
Total Ascend: 41 m
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- From the car park to the top. Approximately half way is point 849.
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- View direction SE just before reaching the car park. The tall antenna belongs to the medium wave transmitter Beromünster that was switched off on 29 Dec 2008.
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