Activation report: Osser (OE/ST-223) and Schweineck (OE/ST-244)

Recently I made a double activation again, which went more successful than one of the last attempts to do a double activation. I activated Schweineck, OE/ST-244 and then a close by summit, Osser, OE/ST-223. Both are situated on a mountain plateau called Teichalm, normally a very popular recreation area but currently not as populated as normally due to the restrictions.

Teichalm

I used my standard SOTA VHF equipment comprising of the Anytone 2m handheld and my self built 4-element Yagi.

One of the funny things was that very well within the activation zone there was a tree stand which made an excellent base for my activation. 

Perfect location

DMR direct simplex QSO

Also a first during the activation was a DMR (digital voice) direct simplex contact. I had to schedule it with another OM. Do not expect to get an answer frequently on the DMR simplex calling frequency 145.375. If you are interested in the technical setup for DMR direct, please see my description here. The distance was not far though, it was 15 km direct line.

Osser, OE/ST-223