Weather forecast for Friday looked promising and I headed for HB/TI my last canton to be activated for my HB9SOTA award. I left home just before 5am and headed South. Vira on the South side of Lago Maggiore is at 209m asl and you climb (incl. 35+ hairpin turns) to the final car park at Alpe di Neggia at 1394m asl. Here you put on the hiking boots and climb Monte Tamaro (HB/TI-131) in the morning, return to the car park, have something eat & drink and climb Monte Gambarogno (HB/TI-138) in the afternoon.
13 November 2015: 08:13 – 08:57 UTC
Temperature: 8C at the car park. Blue sky and very little wind.
Rig: KX3, 10W, 4400mAh LiPo
Ant: SOTApole, 13.1m Inv. L, 5x 4m Radial
5 CW QSO on 20m
22 CW QSO on 30m
30 CW QSO on 40m
Car park: 46.11081 N / 8.84553 E; 1393.7m
Hiking statistics – uphill only:
Time: 1h 12min (incl. 12′ for taking many pictures)
Distance 2.8 km
Total Ascend: 568 m
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- From the car park to the top.
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- My shack on top of Monte Tamaro. I was up there all alone.
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- View from the shack to Locarno.
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- View towards SW with the Italian part of Lago Maggiore.
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- View due West.
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- Snow covered Mountains due West: Dufourspitze (HB/VS-001), Matterhorn (HB/VS-006: 94.3km away), Dom (HB/VS-002), …
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- View direction NE with Bellinzona down in the valley.
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