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
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Fresh snow and rain make access to higher elevation inaccessible. I will therefore try to activate: Date: 20 April 2012 Time: Approx.: 1600 UTC – 17:00 UTC Location: N-Colorado / DN70fh Elevation: 3083 M / 10134 ft – 4 Point(s) … Continue reading
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
Since we have high winds in the forecast, I a trying to stay below tree-line. I am trying to activate WØC/FR-146 (East White Pine Mtn.). Date: 6 April 2012 Time: Approx.: 1600 UTC – 17:00 UTC Location: N-Colorado / DN70go … Continue reading
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
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
I am trying to activate W6/SN-048 (Banner Mtn.). Date: 12 March 2012 Time: Approx.: 1830 UTC – 1930 UTC Location: Sierra Nevada (CA) / CM99UH Elevation: 1188 M / 3898 ft – 2 Point(s) … Continue reading
I am trying to activate W0C/FR-037 (Twin Sisters Peak East). Date: 5 March 2012 Time: Approx.: 1800 UTC – 2030 UTC Location: N-Colorado / DN70fg Elevation: 3476 M / 11428 ft – 6 (+3) … Continue reading
I am trying to activate VK3/VC-022 (Mt. Cowley). Date: 15 February 2012 Time: Approx.: 0000 UTC – 0100 UTC Location: Victoria – Australia / QF11wk Elevation: 689 m – 2 Point(s) Call Sign: KØMOSVK /portable Frequencies: 14.200-ssb +/- QRM QRP … Continue reading
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