28/06/2024

ON7DQ Friedrichshafen 2024 - Day 9

A brief visit of Friedrichshafen ...and the SOTA Dinner !


We started the day with a visit to Friedrichshafen, for some shopping and sightseeing. Amongst other things, we climbed the "Moleturm", a nice lookout tower at the Bodensee. Gets you a nice view of the ferryboats and the Zeppelin museum.

In the evening, there was the SOTA Dinner in the same restaurant as last year, Gasthof Adler in Hefigkofen. 70 guests attended the dinner, it was great to see so many familiar (and some unfamiliar) faces. Let the pictures speak for themselves ...




After the dinner, my XYL and myself were in for a big surprise ... 
As we were recently married, Ludwig DH8WN came to us to hand us a "wedding present".
It was an old vacuum tube, a Tesla E88CC (a copy of a Siemens ECC88).
Ludwig told me a whole story about how the properties of this tube (gold contacts among other things) would ensure us a long and happy marriage. Thanks Ludwig ! 


And that was not all, the present was accompanied by some harmonica music by Uli, DC1UH


This will be a SOTA Dinner that is not easily forgotten !

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