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We
are staying at the Mountain Inn. Look at: www.mountaininn.sz.
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It
is Swaziland's most personal
hotel, situated only 4 km from Mbabane, a professionally, yet family
run establishment.
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| Where
are we? |
Main
building of the Mountain Inn. |
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| Cool
relax after hot pileups! |
Sigi,
DL7DF, on the mike. No, Sigi is NOT shaving his beard, it's a microfon
indeed. |
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| Rainer,
DL7KL, operating (the radio). |
Frank,
DL7UFR, assembling an antenna. As usual, he forgot the manual. |
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| DL4WK
under the 6 ele for 6m. |
4
ele Quad for 12m and 2 ele Quad for 17m between the Titanex V80 and
a fiberglas mast. |
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| Frank,
DL7UFR, is sending the logs and news from an internet cafe. |
Sigi,
DL7DF, at the 6m station. |
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| Dinner
with the local hams: Frank, DL7UFR, Sigi, DL7DF, Willy, 3DAØBD,
Andy, 3DA1BD and Rainer, DL7KL (l.to.r) |
Andy,
3DA1BD, Wolf, DL4WK, Willy, 3DAØBD, Sigi, DL7DF (l.to.r) |
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| The
Mountain Inn - view from the pool. We don't think that we will ever
return home from this beautiful place. |
The
R7 as seen from the main building. |
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Above:
the R7 can now be seen at the entrance of the hotel.
Right:
the R7 on a flag pole at its new location. Not only R7's would like
to be located at such nice places...
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| Frank,
DL7UFR, takes a few microseconds break from the pileup for this photo
shoot. |
Due
to the bad conditions, there is actually no reason to smile but Sigi
is at least happy about the perfect food supply at the hotel. |
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| 6m
is open but the receiver is deaf. Don't blame Wolf, DL4WK. |
You
can't find a more beautiful place for the R7. The R7 seems to feel
well here. |
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| The
famous 3DAØDF & 3DAØFR headquarters in the morning
mist! |
The
famous 3DAØDF & 3DAØFR headquarters a little later,
when the bands opened! |
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| The
Titanex V80E. Is is the antenna or is it the propagation why we have
so few QSOs on the lowbands? |
We
now change strategy: maybe praying at the antenna helps to get better
propagation! |