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The plan was to participate in the #IARU #UHF #Contest from the 1284 m tall Schauinsland (SOTA: DM/BW-008) in the Black Forest.

Due to bad weather (storm, rain) we had to cancel this plan and participated from a spur above the city of Freiburg instead. Roughly 900 m lower than planned.

While erecting the quad series antenna, one element broke and we had to use our backup antenna, a simple HB9CV. (1/2)

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Given these circumstances, the result of eight contacts into four locator squares and three countries and a total score of 782 is still a success!

And the most important thing: it was a lot of fun playing once again with the trusty little FT-818 in less than perfect weather. (2/2)

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Oct 5 at 3:52pmWeb