This time, I am gonna try to activate a sumit in Austria. It’s gona be a joint activation with OE9HRV: Summit: OE/VB-454 (Vorarlberg) Date: 16 October 2012 Time: Approx.: 12:30 UTC – 13:30 UTC Location: Voarlberg / JN47xj Elevation: 1711 … Continue reading
I am trying to activate a few summits while traveling in Europe. The first possibilities are: Summit: DM/BW-001 (Feldberg) Date: 13 October 2012 Time: Approx.: 09:00 UTC – 10:00 UTC Location: Schwarzwald / JN47au Elevation: 1493 m / 4898 ft … Continue reading
It was a ‘last minute’ decision to go on this activation. WØC/FR-Ø36 or Bighorn Mtn. is located within Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), just east of the Mummy Range (Continental Divide). Yesterday we got some snow/rain in the mountains and … Continue reading
Trying to activate another summit for SOTA: Summit: WØC/FR-Ø36 (Bighorn Mountain – CO) Date: 28 September 2012 Time: Approx.: 18:00 UTC – 19:00 UTC Location: N-Colorado / DM70ek Elevation: 3487 m / 11463 ft – 6 Point(s) Call Sign: KØMOS … Continue reading
I picked the perfect early fall day to activate Grays Pk. (WØC/FR-ØØ2) and Torreys Pk. (WØC/PR-Ø13). There was no cloud in the sky all day long to threaten the activations. The two 14ers, which can easily be reached from Denver, … Continue reading
Trying to activate a summit for NA-SOTA day this Sunday: Summit: WØC/FR-ØØ2 (Grays Peak – CO) Date: 09 September 2012 Time: Approx.: 14:30 UTC – 15:30 UTC Location: N-Colorado / DM79cp Elevation: 4341 m / 14242 ft – 10 Point(s) … Continue reading
Finally everything fell in place… my shack is running on solar power only. An idea/project I have been pursuing for years but the circumstances were never perfect… until this July. Last fall, a hailstorm took care of the roof and … Continue reading
I finally received a letter from the Clark Creek Ranger District regarding my encounter on Mt. Evans (read the first part of the story if you are not familiar with it). It took me almost six weeks and several e-mails … Continue reading
I am off for a week-end trip into the Mountains. I will be hiking in a remote but gorgeous area of the Rocky Mountain NP at the border to the Neota Wilderness. Potential candidates for SOTA activations are: W0C/PR-006 Lulu … Continue reading
I activated Mt. Evans for Summits on the Air (SOTA) on July 15th. I took the route from Summit Lake to the top early in the morning since thunderstorms were in the forecast for the afternoon. I had the peak … Continue reading
