Just a few comments and pictures about today’s (May 7th, 2013) activation of Mount McConnel (WØC/FR-Ø88). It was a gloomy day in northern Colorado. Cloudy and rain throughout the day, windy and chilly at the summit (9:00 AM). It looked … Continue reading
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Still tons of snow in higher elevations. Trying to activate: Date: 7 May 2013 Time: Approx.: 1600 UTC Summit: Mount McConnel (W0C/FR-088) Location: N-Colorado / DN70gq Elevation: 2440 m / 8020 ft – 2 Point(s) Call Sign: KØMOS Frequencies: 14.3425-ssb, … Continue reading
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Bryan/NØBCB and I attempted to activate Bighorn Mountain for the TTF/SOTA event on Saturday. The summit (3487 M / 11463 ft) is in beautiful Rocky Mountain N.P., the weather forecast was excellent with temperatures in the 70s (~20 C) and … Continue reading
Using a Buddipole antenna (BP) for my SOTA activations leaves me high and dry when it comes to the 40 m band. I was never able to build an efficient BP for these frequencies and received many ‘complaints’ that I … Continue reading
I am trying to activate W0C/FR-037 (Twin Sisters Peak East). Date: 28 March 2013 Time: Approx.: 1800 UTC – 1900 UTC Name/Reference: Twin Sisters Peak East / WØC/FR-Ø37 Location: N-Colorado / DN70fg Elevation: 3476 M … Continue reading
After getting some unexpected snow today, I am going and try to activate one or two summits tomorrow. Here the details: Date: 13 March 2013 Time: Approx.: 1700 UTC Summit: Thunder Peak (W0C/FR-150) Location: N-Colorado / DN70fh Elevation: 3083 m … Continue reading
Trying to take advantage of the nice weather in N-Colorado Date: 18 January 2013 Time: Approx.: 1900 UTC – 20:00 UTC Location: N-Colorado / DN70gk Elevation: 2744 M / 9020 ft – 4 (+3) Point(s) Call Sign: KØMOS Frequencies: 14.3425-ssb … Continue reading
Planning an activation after a meeting in Estes Park. Time is a rough estimate since I cannot say when the meetings ends. Summit: WØC/FR-156 (The Needles – CO) Date: 8 November 2012 Time: Approx.: 20:00 UTC – 21:00 UTC Location: … Continue reading
The warm winds reduced the snow quite a bit. Trying to get to higher elevations tomorrow for an activation with OE9HRV. Here the details: Summit: HB0/LI-004 – Augstenberg Date: 18 October 2012 Time: Approx.: 11:30 UTC – 12:30 UTC Location: … Continue reading
Still quite a bit of snow in the mountains around here. Hope it’s gonna be a little warmer for tomorrows activation. OE9HRV/Herbert will be my guide again. Here the details: Summit: OE/VB-467(Vorarlberg) Date: 17 October 2012 Time: Approx.: 09:00 UTC … Continue reading