2023 Mountain Tour (Pruggern / Dachstein area / Steiermark)
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2023 we ran some VHF portabe activities from several mountains in Steiermark area. HF activities where from our Base Station in Pruggern (Dachstein area).
Activity was from July 16th until August 10th.
Base QTH – Pruggern, a small village near Schladming, part of Dachstein region in Steiermark area. Altitude is 1.200 meter above see level.
Call sign was OE/DO1BEN and we where active as /p from several Mountains in VHF using sideband (arround 144,300 Mhz) and FM (Monitoring 145.500 MHz)
I had set up a Base Station for VHF (Sideband and FM) and for HF as well (10, 15 and sometimes 80 meters). HF operating in sideband and also FT8/4. On FT8/4 i use always 10 watt only.
QTH Locator of Base QTH Pruggern is: JN67WJ
Station set-up:
Base VHF/UHF: Radio Yaesu FT-8900 with X200 omnidirectional Antenna
Base VHF: Radio Yaesu FT847 with 5 el. Beam (horizontal).
Base HF: Radio Yaesu FT847 and vertical antennas (10 and 15 meters), Inv. V dipole for 80 meters
Portabel VHF: Radio IC-705 and HB9CV antenna.
Portable activities where from mountains (SOTA) and some other interesting places in the area
For some pictures please click here:.
For QSL card preview please click here.
Thanks to all who gave me a call or picked me up.
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Former activities:
2022 – from June 27th until July 15 th- QTH Pruggern
2021 – from September 3rd until 13th – QTH: Turracher Höhe (VHF only)
2021 – from July 10th until August 5th – QTH: Pruggern
2020 – due to Corona rectrictions there was no activity
2019 – from July 28th until August 15th. QTH: Pruggern
2019 – from July 23rd until 27th – QTH: Turracher Höhe
2018 – from July 28h until August 17th – QTH: Turracher Höhe
2018 – from July 24th until 27th – QTH: Pruggern
2017 – from August 12th until 18th – QTH: Pruggern.
2016 – from July 22nd until 29th – QTH: Gaschurn (Vorarlberg) 2016 – from July 18th until 22nd – QTH: Turracher Höhe
2015 – from July 29th until August 9th – QTH: Turracher Höhe
Activity is valid for “World Wide Flora & Fauna in amateur radio” programm. (Ref.: OEFF-094) Nationalpark Nockberge. Locator: JN66WW
2014 – from July 31st until August 14th – QTH; Gaschurn
Gaschurn is a small village in Montafon / Vorarlberg area. – Locator: JN56AX – Altitude is about 1.000 meters over see level. I worked in holiday style in SSB and PSK / RTTY on HF.