I will be trying OE/TI-249 Kemacher, 2480 m near Innsbruck tomorrow (August 1, 2017). It is a 10-pointer and has so far only been activated once (by DM1LE) and that four years ago.
My callsign will be OE/DK3IT/P.
It is hard to predict the exact time of being QRV on the summit, but I guess it will be ca. 11:00 UTC. But it can be one hour earlier or 2.5 hrs later.
The activation will be CW-only, starting at 7.032 +/- and maybe 10.118 and 14.060 if time permits.
I would be happy if you chased me, and I kindly ask for your support:
Please, please QRS 10 - 14 WPM, since I am still a CW newbie. My first 1 - 2 CQ calls will be at 16 WPM at the limits of my reading ability (ok for callsigns, beyond my league for rag-chewing), because RBN spots faster and more reliably at 16 WPM upwards.
Please spot me if you hear me.
Please give your callsign at least twice.
Please try to use rubber-stamp QSO, because my time on the summit will be very limited.
Because I am in company, I will at max have ca. 30 minutes for the activation. I will be carrying an APRS handheld with me, so you should be able to monitor my path at aprs.fi. The APRS SSID will be DK3IT-7, aprs.fi - live APRS map.
Sorry, I had to turn around and cancel the plan. My 10-year old company did not want to proceed at some point, and it was wiser to give in than to spoil a potential love for the mountains in the long run.
I will very likely activate the summit later this year.
Thanks, Pedro and all others for your understanding & the likes!
The first passage of the via ferrata to the Kemacher summit is designed to be a kind reminder that this is no-sneakers terrain I have done this climb quite a couple of times before, because I used to live in Innsbruck, and never found the part too difficult, but the distance between the steps of this first part was just too large for a kid, so we had to turn around.
As said, I will surely activate this summit again as soon as time permits and will post details here some days ahead of the actual trip.
Dear all:
With today’s nice weather forecast and a free Sunday, I will give it another try today!
I plan to be QRV on Kemacher, OE/TI-249, by 11:30. Since I will be solo, I should have time for a reasonable amount of time for the activation, so none of my recent super-hasty ones.
Callsign will be OE/DK3IT/P. The alert is already out.
The activation will be CW-only with my TinySOTA box and either @HB9BCB 's 3-band EFHW with traps or my SOTA Vertical with a T1 tuner for fast matching.
I will start calling on 7.031 or 7.002 ± depending on where I find a clear frequency. Very likely, there will be time for a quick try on 30m and 20m (10.118 and 14.060 ±).
I have done this climb quite a couple of times before, because I used to live in Innsbruck, and never found the part too difficult, but the distance between the steps of this first part was just too large for a kid, so we had to turn around.