WØC/FR-15Ø (Thunder Peak) – 3083 m / 10134 ft

I had planned a double activation for today. Thunder Peak or WØC/FR-15Ø was the first on the list.The weather forecast was great for the Estes Park area and a friend of mine joined me for the hike. We drove into Estes … Continue reading

Ultra-lightweight 2m Yagi for SOTA

I am always carrying my HT (Yaesu VX-7R) as a backup on my SOTA activations. It saved my butt on two occasions when high winds prevented me from setting up my vertical Buddipole. Since high winds are not unusual at … Continue reading

Activation Alert: K0MOS on W0/FR-064 (West Crosier – CO) & W0/FR-057 (Crosier Mtn.)

I am trying to activate W0C/FR-064 (West Crosier). This one got away on my last attempt (Thunderstorm). Date:                  28 March 2012 Time: Approx.: 1600 UTC – 16:30 UTC Location:           N-Colorado / DN70gk Elevation:         2744 M / 9020 ft – 4 … Continue reading

W6/SN-048 (Banner Mtn.) or is it?

I successfully activated W6/SN-048 (Banner Mtn.) today – or so I thought. It seems that either the coordinates provided by the SOTA database or the summit name and elevation are wrong as of 3/12/2012. The provided coordinates (N39.30640030 / W120.26529694) are … Continue reading

DM/RP-475 (Lerchenberg) – 258 m / 846 ft

I was in Mainz, Germany for a quick five day business trip with a very dense schedule. Nevertheless, I was hoping to activate at least one SOTA summit and was scanning through my options on Mario’s Adventureradio.de website. DM/RP-475 or … Continue reading