It has not gone unnoticed locally but deserves a wider audience, so here it is: our dear colleague Tabea, HB9HXJ, wife of Tom, HB9EVF, has achieved her first SOTA Mountain Goat. Congratulations, Tabea! She is one of our few SOTA YL professionals and has now added this gem to her collection.
I met Tabea for the first time a few years ago at a USKA hamfest. I had been on a nearby SOTA summit during the day, activating with the club’s callsign HB9A, and had now come down to the festival area. Tabea was standing behind the bar and offered me a glass of white wine. I have never forgotten her callsign HB3XXX, nor her friendly laugh. Since then we have met again and again on the radio and rarely onsite at a HB9SOTA club event.
Tabea and Tom do SOTA activations as a team. They have a good operating and pass the microphone back and forth quickly. There is always time for a friendly word. And yet it’s also efficient!
Tabea, keep enjoying the summits and always have a good trip under our SOTA sunshine! And it’s great that you can do this together with your Tom.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zur ersten Bergziege… ich bin mir sicher, das wird irgendwann eine ganze Herde!
… und vielen Dank auch für die vielen S2S und so manchen complete… sei es auf euren Reisen in Norddeutschland oder auf dem selten aktiverten I/LO-446
Many congratulations Tabea on achieving Mountain Goat status. It’s always a pleasure to hear you and Tom on the airwaves. Your success is well deserved.
