SOTA DM/BM-308 Scheuchenberg

Date: 14.6.2011 Tuesday
Summit: DM/BM-308

Scheuchenberg 
(kopec strašáků, Scarecrows mount) 

Asl:  534m 

Points: 4

Summary

rig: K1, band 40m, output 4W 

antenna: 20m blue wire
first CQ: 18:02z (UTC)
fisrt QSO: 18:06z 
last QSO: 18:27z 
number of QSO: 13 on 40m CW

conveyance: car
start walking: Sulzbach a.d. Donau 18:52 CEST (local time) 330m asl
the top: 19:48 534m asl
walking ditstance on the top: 3km
weather on the top: 27°C, cloudy

When I have known that I would to go to Regensburg to four days business trip, I immediately started to plan a SOTA activation.
The nearest summit from Regensburg is DM/BM-308 Scheuchenberg. I went to the business trip together with my colleague Honza (ex OK1TJH). He also likes the hiking (and geocaching) and he went on summit with me.

17:30 the work meeting (a traning) is finishing
18:47 little parking place in Sulzbach (before bridge over stream, next to bus stop)
18:49 we are starting hike, we are looking a footpath according GPS openstreet map, behind bridge we turn to the left
18:52 Honza is finding little stairs between houses and asking a passing lady:
"Nach oder ?" - "Ja ja nach oder, nach berg"

18:58 footpath is ending at little gate in the fence before a hous, but few meters smaller footpath branches off to the forest

18:59 start of climbing to the very steep footpath, sweaty face
19:03 footpath goes on the crest, sweaty t-shirt
19:08 a little calvary
19:27 first peak, according to openstreet map this peak is main summit but according SOTA databes it's wrong
19:34 gate in a fence (??), the fence is probably against animals, there is a ladder, we get over the fence
19:38 second peak, also wrong
19:40 the crest path is smaller and smaller

19:43 big forest way
19:48 Honza found the main peak
19:50 I'm preparing antenna wire between two tree
20:02 first CQ, insect is preparing attack
20:06 after long CQ first QSO with DL9CM, insect is starting attack
20:13 third QSO, selfspot on sotawatch
20:19 pile-up starting, insect's attack continue
20:27 last QSO, SRI QRT, insect doesn't allowed to continue, totaly nonperfused left foot

20:30 quick packing and away
21:27 back in Sulzbach
21:45 we visited near Walhalla (Honza wanted new geocache)
22:15 at hotel
22:18 three ticks (beetles) on my arms
22:20 I'm shaking my trousers in the shower - five ticks
22:22 I'm shaking my rucksack in the shower - four ticks
06:30 I picked up one tick from my chest

Donau

Walhalla