Hinterhermsdorf DVOR/DME, HDO , 2 september 2017.

Wim wrote in his travel report:
The hotel what we had chosen for the night didn't have vacancies. We decided to go first to the HDO beacon before we start searching for another hotel.
We did find the hill where we thought that the beacon could be find and we did find a building site. Why did the just now replace the DVOR? We understand that afters years a beacon must be replaced but...
Lots of old stuf lying around. We now know whats in an Antenna. But we wil return to this spot for the new beacon.

HDO being rebuild


inside the antenna housing

4 September 2019

Yes, Wim and I drove again to the east of Germany. And the beacon stil looks like new.

HDO, gate.


HDO, right side.


HDO, left side.


HDO, shed.


HDO, antenna and left an observation tower.

The tower is on top of a steep hill and about 37meter high. Wim and I walked to the tower and climbed the 173 steps. We had a very good view of the surroundings. Wim took a camera with a 600mm lens upstairs, the result is the photo of HDO below.

The observation tower.


HDO, taken at the tower.

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