Altberg ist the 2nd closed SOTA hill to my home-QTH and I was up there several times but never brought a radio with me. For this activation I parked on the West side of Altberg and walked up to point 626 where I setup my rig. Altberg is the most activated hill in HB9 and therefore I chose 12m, the least activated band, and detoured for two additional S2S QSO to 30 and 40m.
31 October 2013: 14:33 – 15:05 UTC
Temperature: 13 C, sunny
Rig: KX3, 10W, 4400mAh LiPo
Ant: SOTApole, 13.1m Inv. L, 5x 4m Radial
8 CW QSO on 12m (5x K in NJ, DE, PA and 2x AZ (my ODX so far))
1 S2S CW QSO on 12m with HB9BCB/p on HB/BE-160
1 S2S CW QSO on 30m with HB9BQB/p on HB/ZH-008
1 S2S CW QSO on 40m with OK1HCD/p on OK/JC-122
Car park: 47.43977 N / 8.38649 E; 516m
Hiking statistics – uphill only:
Time: 18 min
Distance: 1.4 km
Total Ascend: 110 m
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- From the car park to point 626.
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- To Altberg restaurant and viewing tower it takes 35 min.
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- My shack at point 626.
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- and my Inverted-L in the blue sky.
HB9CZF 