July and really cold temperatures for summer. But no rain this morning and I took the chance to climb on my hausberg, the Piesberg DM/NS-108. I operated about one hour on 2m and 70cm .. only S&P. No special distances are in the log, but 5 DXCC countries. The station was a FT-857D with 25w output, powered by LiPo batteries, and a DK7ZB 5 ele 2m/8 ele 70cm duoband Yagi. Maybe the condx on 70cm were not good or the performance of the antenna on 432 MHz was bad. I worked only one close station and heard some weak stations, but they did not hear me.
Our car is broken and we decided to buy a new one. But it needs about 6 weeks to rebuild it for wheelchair access. Meanwhile I drive my BMW scooter … and I was ready for AGCW VHF Contest, Antenna and mast were in the scooter’s backpack.
From the „carpark“ Schweizerhaus it is only a short hike, about 1km, until the outlook tower. The setup was routine: put together the DK7ZB 5 ele, push up the fiberglass mast, connecting the station.
I heard the first stations calling CQ, worked one and then as usual: CQ de DM7N. ODX was F6DCD for 434 km. Then suddenly a gush and thunderstorm came up – during a QSO my Palm Paddles were flooded and the key had feeled 50 wpm. That was too quick for me and the other station. Fast as a lightning (like around me) I shut down the station and walked downstairs into the shelter at the foot of the outlook tower and had to wait some 20 minutes until I could leave DA/NI-238 Mordkuhlenberg.
Hike to the watermill (first mention 1253 CE), 4000 years old hunebeds (Dolmen) and the Wittekindsburg (castle ruins from the early middle ages / Saxon Wars, sadly no WCA reference) and operating from the bush in TERRA.vita Nature Park (GMA DA/NI-280, GMA Castle DAC/NI-001, DLFF-0125). The temperatures were about 25°C, sunny with a short rain break. In the log are 20 QSOs.
First activation of the protected area „Dievenmoor“ DLFF-0266. Working condx: FT-817 + 20w PA, inverted V Dipole. After 50 operating minutes were my feet ice cold, time to make QRT WX: 4°C, misty to sunny.
07-FEB-2016: Hankenüll, DM/NS-058, JO42CC. This is a typical landscape from the Teutoburg Forrest. A small ridgeway and on both sides it falls steep down. This was the last SOTA activation from this summit, meanwhile it is deleted. 50 QSOs within one hour, 11°C, heavy winds, 25w output to a linked dipole and a lot S2S (Summit to Summit) qsos.
Die vermutlich letzte, für SOTA gültige, Aktivierung des Hüggels. Zum 1. März 2016 werden hunderte Gipfel aus der deutschen SOTA Liste gestrichen, weil auch im Mittelgebirge die Maßstäbe der Hochgebirge angewendet werden: 150m Schartenhöhe. Das bedeutet, hier in der Osnabrücker Gegend bleibt nur noch der Dörenberg übrig … aber zum Glück gibt es ja „GMA„, bei dem keine Schartenhöhe angewandt wird, sondern der Spaß im Vordergrund steht.
Für den diesjährigen 10m Contest habe ich mich für die 2x CW Klasse entschieden. Station: FT-817 ND plus 25w PA, Delta Loop ca. 26m über Grund, 350m ü. NHN. Im Log landeten 41 QSO, das ist weniger als die Hälfte, die ich sonst in SSB habe. Score 1400 Pts, das kann ich jetzt nicht einschätzen, wo man da landet … einfach überraschen lassen. 73 von den Bergen, Mario
Like some years before, I activated on the last day of the year the Agri Bavnehøj in the Mols Bjerge (OZFF-0002). Exactly this 2 hours of the activation we had rain during our holidays.
Only 25 QSOs came into my log. Again, I have a feeling that the QSO number (from SOTA-referenced summits) is steadily decreasing, while the effort of the station becomes larger again. No more QRP, dipole antennas instead an MP-1 portable antenna.
Ein weiteres Mal war ich von meinem Hausberg, dem Piesberg (DM/NS-108 in JO42AH), qrv. Gestern hatten wir Herbstwetter mit Sturm und Regen, aber heute war das Wetter für eine kleine Bergaktivierung geeignet. Etwa 2 Stunden war ich qrv und habe nach neuen und bekannten Stationen gesucht. OE, Österreich, habe ich noch nie vom Piesberg gearbeitet. Das wäre was … und wie immer im Marconi Contest waren die OK Stationen (Tschechien) mit starkem Signal in Osnabrück zu hören. Mit Tom, DL1DVE, hatte ich eine S2S (Summit to Summit) Verbindung mit DA/SX-224 in der Nähe von Dresden für 426km. Dann hatte ich Glück und habe OE5D gehört und auf Anhieb erreicht. ODX heute war G7RAF auf der „Isle of Wight“ für 668km. Station: 25w output, 5 ele Yagi (DK7ZB).
The QSOs on OpenStreetMap
Again 144MHz from my Hausberg „Piesberg“ DM/NS-108 in JO42AH: Yesterday we had autumn weather with rain and storm, but today the wx was okay for some QSO. So I was nearly 2h qrv hoping for new stations. OE is missing from here. As always in Marconi Contest the OK stations were very strong. With Tom, DL1DVE I had a S2S (summit to summit) QSO into Saxonia for 426km. Then I worked luckily OE5D 😀 ODX was G7RAF from the Isle of Wight for 668km. Station: 25w, 5 ele Yagi (DK7ZB).
The Signal of G8T on PiesbergMany Visitors today on the Summit
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