A tale from better days: two ham and a supervisor on Roccabella, HB/GR-269

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After my post about Motta da Sett (HB/GR-275) I’ve got a message from Roby, IW2OBX. In the end we met in 2019 for a joint SOTA activation of Roccabella (HB/GR-269). We three (Rob with his SOTA dog Zac and I) started on 1950 m asl for a walk over 4 km (one way) and with an ascend of about 780 m.

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Roby and Zag on the way up

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Ludwig

The summit is wide and flat, enough place for 4 or 5 station. So we had no problem working at the same time, Rob on 2m and 30m and I on 2m, 20m and 40m.

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near the Summit

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Roby doing CW, supervised by Zac

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Supervisor Zag out off duty

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Ludwig doing SSB

The weather was perfect, nobody else on the summit and the conditions were OK, a nice activation.

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view to Julier pass, 2284 m asl

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1000 m over village Bivio

After more then two hours we started our way back.
Thanks to Roby and Sac for there companionship and hope to meet again some days on a joint activation or on the bands.

73 from Ludwig

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Hi Ludwig,
it was the first time for me on Roccabella, a pleasent day shared with you.
I remember the great effort to reach six qsos on my log.
Thanks for the activation together and for your present, the cap for firework: a smart trick to fix the end of wire antenna on the top of telescopic pole.
I used it for all my successive activations.
I hope to meet you again for another activation.
73
de iw2obx

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