In 1909 the hut Tutzinger Hütte had gotten its first public
telephone which was also an emergency telephone in case of
accidents at the mountains. After 55 years the responsible German
Postal Service wanted to eliminate this installation because of the
maintenance costs what could be prevented by great efforts. But the
12km long overhead line now and then was cut by storms, snow, or
forrest works. And the repair every time was expensive. But the
"emergency fone" had to be maintained by the owner who had the
monopoly for communications. In the eighties the owner installed as
a pilot-test a fibre optics cable without costs for the hut. The
transfer quality now was excellent. That cable, better suited
against cutting, reduced the proneness to trouble considerably but
not totally.
With the communication sector becoming private business the new
company Telekom stopped maintaining the telephone cable after a few
cuts. The connection was definitly dead.
The Sektion Tutzing now was challenged to find a solution itself.
But the area around the hut mostly represents a "radio-hole" for
the portable radio-phones (handies). Communications around the hut
remain a matter of luck. This may make some visitors to complain
about, but most of the guests would like the hut being naturally
a
free zone for mobile telephones
We found a solution:
At the gable of the hut which is adverted from the big wall a
special antenna has been installed. Its place and electrical data
hinder the reception of unwanted reflections by the wall. But the
wanted signals from the north will be received stable.
Such way the hut is reachable via phone again.