As usual, we started the loading of our vans on Friday. We had a short delay caused by the rent-a-car service but at least everything was stored. Due to a sport injury Detlef, DL3ALI, was not able to drive the second van and so Gerhard, DL2ASI, was standing in for him.
On Saturday at 8.00 am we started our tour to the "Schneekopf". A short break was necessary in Luisenthal because we left the 9cm equipment at home! Again Gerhard could fix this after a short phone call. At the "Schneekopf" normal contest weather : rain, storm and about 10deg Celsius. Means long underwear and waterproof clothing in July.
Thanks to our new mast constructions the setup was finished in quiet a short time. At 3.00 pm our 7 masts and 9 bands were operational. The weather remains bad during our activities.
At 14.00 UTC we started the contest with good performance. Sometimes we had a "sked buffer overflow" on the microwaves ! Later on, the weather cleared up and the rain stopped at night.
On Sunday, 24 and 47GHz were mounted on the tripods, but the signals were weak and sked partners were rare. The weather was good : sometimes the sun was shining and the temperature raised up to 18deg.
We stopped a few minutes to 14.00 UTC on Sunday and after 3 hours we started our way back home without getting wet.

Regarding our handicap with the "Schneekopffest", which was taking place synchronously with lots of spectators, our overall results were very satisfying. The conditions were very good on VHF: some Es on Saturday, fine tropo on Sunday. On 3cm and up no extraordinary propagation, no rain scatter. Well populated bands, especially from G and PA. Cu in September!

Ready to go : The microwave antenna collection in the fog on Saturday afternoon.	Equipment I : Close look to the 3cm (top) and 9cm (bottom) equipment made by DL6AUI.
Equipment II : Close look to the 6cm (top) and 13cm (bottom) equipment mady by DK4RC.	Equipment III : Close look to the 23cm equipment made by DL6AUI & DL2ALF.
Equipment IV : See the 70cm main and second antenna. In the background some crazy "Schneekopffest" visitors raised with a crane up to 1000m a.s.l. (for money! )	Equipment V : Same with our 2m antenna.
Equipment VI : See the new semi-professional 70cm antenna switch made by DK4RC.	Equpiment VII : The 24 & 47GHz mounted on a tripod. In the background the station for 10GHz crosstalk.
Handling the 2m pile up : Detlef, DL3ALI, showing his secret medicine, keeping him fit for hours.	Same on 70cm : with Oliver, DL2ARD. His secret stands in the background on the right.
Pile up on microwaves : Handled by Frank, DL2ALF, and Frank, DL1WA. Our secret is in the big cups. The brown bottle in the center is just for illusion.	Big equipment : See the Bencher-like mechanics of our elbug and the multi-purpose fixating tool.
Our service corps : Roland, DK4RC, is finishing our special low fat diet components.	Diet II : Harti, DL6AUI, checking the consistence before delivering to the OPs.
Sporadic E on 2m : The log software has some problems with marking the locators on the map.	Our neighbours : The "Schneekopffest" party tent collection.
The crowd : Lots of spectators seeing us working.	Finished : The last equipment is stored.
Diet III : Frank, DL1WA, showing his special calcium diet for the trip back home.	The July crew