On Friday 5th April 2024 at 09:45 UTC, Rien PA7RA, a radio amateur from the Netherlands, made contact with Markus HB9EIZ/P, a radio amateur from Switzerland, who was operating from Aeugsterberg-Tuerlersee Forest Reserves (HBFF-0236), on the 40m amateur radio band.
Aeugsterberg-Tuerlersee Forest Reserves (HBFF-0236), is a protected area located in the Zurich Canton, to the south of the city of Zurich in Switzerland. The protected area is formed by two Forest Reserves with reference numbers 160_ZH_3461(7.55 hectares) and 160_ZH_10107 (3.58 hectares); on the Federal Inventory maintained by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN).
Markus was at the summit of Aeugsterberg (829 metres asl) while he was at the reserves and made a total of 25 contacts for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
Mountains, Misc
Links: www.protectedplanet.net, hbff.ch, www.cqgma.org, sotl.as
By: Mike_bjm