From Karlsruhe to Yutz (Thionville), 225 km
DM/RP-411, Hohe Derst - 561m, 4 points
I got some good info from Ingo, DH5ST, about how to get to a nice operating spot for this summit.
Parking is here 49.087561, 7.925953, it is shown on the maps as Wanderparkplatz "Drei Eichen", and can be reached via a narrow forest road, drive carefully and hope that nobody comes from the other direction, hi.
The forest road starts here 49.097757, 7.941459, along the L492 in Böllenborn.
From the parking, follow the paved road upward, but after a big bend in the road it gets a bit tricky : you come at a point where you can choose from 7 different tracks ! See map below.
The paved road (white line) will take you to the real sumit, near a transmitting tower. But Ingo advised me to take the narrow track just left of this road, it is steep and overgrown in some places, but it takes you via the "Ritterstein" , and finally to a nice spot in the activation zone, where you will see two benches.
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| Ritterstein |
The choice was not difficult, one bench was in plain sunshine, the other was partly in the shade.
From there, you also have a nice view of the area.
I stayed QRV for 45 minutes, and made 31 QSO's, with 5 S2S.
On the way to the next summit, I stopped for some shopping at the Zweibrücken Fashion Outlet. Parking position is 49.232226, 7.402977 if you're interested.
FL/VO-166, Stromberg - 314m, 1 point
This is an easy drive-up summit. Set your GPS to this position first: 49.454426, 6.347420, and take the Rue Saint Vincent, going in the North-Eastern direction. It becomes a narrow forest road, but continue on until you reach the summit at pos 49.449709, 6.355749.
I arrived there at 15:55 local time, and it was hot hot hot ... 35°C!
Lucky for me, there is a solar installation on the summit, where I could park in the shade, and setup my station a bit further under the shelter. The large grass field is ideal to put up big antennas if you wish.
Lucky for me, there is a solar installation on the summit, where I could park in the shade, and setup my station a bit further under the shelter. The large grass field is ideal to put up big antennas if you wish.
In half an hour, I had 10 QSO's in the log, no S2S but 2 P2P, since this summit is also valid for 2 POTA references. Working EA8ADS was one of the few DX contacts on this trip.
I really wanted to stay the night somewhere in Luxemburg, but couldn't find anything suitable. So I had to make a small detout to Yutz near Thionville, in France.
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