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HÖLLENGEBIRGE
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Two times two Yagis on the Feuerkogel
The horizon was calculated, so were the stations. Now the installation: two stacked 12-element Yagis, one fixed on Germany, one on the rotator — and the question of where at the Feuerkogelhaus a mast may stand at all, when people walk on the right, paragliders take off on the left and the mountain drops away behind. Plus the comparison with the Stuhleck.
Where the stations really are
The horizon was the first question, the other stations are the second. 3,215 contest logs from two years say where the antennas on the Feuerkogel have to look — and why the second one does not point at Prague.
What the Feuerkogel sees
Before a contest station goes up a mountain, you should know which way the mountain looks. For the Gasthaus Feuerkogelhaus I worked it out: 360 bearings, 800 kilometres, every peak that stands in the way — and the direction where none does.
Crossing the Höllengebirge, with a night on the summit
Three summits along the ridge, each higher than the last. Staying up top instead of descending — and getting the same light twice, from both sides of the day.