I’m in a SOTA Slack group with Charlie, NJ7V
who lives in Mesa Az and the creator of Red Summit RF YouTube channel. Charlie has come up to the area near my
cabin several times to work Summits On The Air (SOTA). We’ve talked about doing some joint
activations and he was able to make that happen while I’m here at my cabin, or
as I like to call it, “my summer villa”.
I met another ham, Dale, AA7OY, exchanging
email about SOTA summits near my cabin.
(Pictured from left, N1CLC, AA7OY, and NJ7V. Click on Image for larger)
Charlie and I kicked around all the
possibilities for summits up here.
We settled on St. Peter’s Dome, one of my
favorite hikes in the area.
I was really excited to hook up with Charlie
and Dale and lead them on a hike that I’ve really enjoyed a few times
before.
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| AA7OY |
The weather was overcast, perfect for the 670
foot climb to the summit.
The activation zone for this summit is really
big, and beautiful, with pine, ponderosa, aspen, and oak.
I setup my station with the KX2 radio and the
K6ARK wonder antenna and my new paddles.
Dale was running a Mountain Topper (MTR) and a
custom linked dipole that did 20, 30, and 40 meter.
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| NJ7V |
Charlie had brought his Yaesu FT-817, the well
known and hard working journaman SOTA radio.
One thing I noticed while watching the other
guys operate was that Charlie and Dale, being more experienced CW operators,
are a lot smoother on the paddles than I am.
I went back to my station to work some side
band for chasers that don’t do CW but got nothing.
We packed up and headed down the mountain to
the cars.
The drive over is only about 5 minutes and
then we headed up the mountain.
The drizzle stopped once we summited and we
repeated what we did over on St. Peter’s Dome.
We really had a great time hiking, telling
stories and exchanging tips and ideas for the hobby.
As I reached the highway from the dirt road, I
saw a very large thunderstorm cell coming right at us, and it was dumping rain
like crazy.
Contacts
Date:17/07/2020 |
Time
|
Callsign
|
Band
|
Mode
|
15:03
|
K7GT
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
15:03
|
N4MJ
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
15:05
|
KF7WI
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
15:06
|
WU7H
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
15:07
|
NU7E
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
15:08
|
NW7E
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
15:08
|
KI4TN
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
15:10
|
KG3W
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
15:11
|
W0MNA
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
15:11
|
W0ERI
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
15:12
|
WW7D
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
15:13
|
N2ESE
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
15:14
|
VE7HI
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
15:14
|
K0LAF
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
15:15
|
K4MF
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
15:16
|
W4KAC
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
15:18
|
WB3EVZ
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
Date:17/07/2020 |
Time
|
Callsign
|
Band
|
Mode
|
17:49
|
WA2USA
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
17:50
|
W0MNA
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
17:50
|
W0ERI
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
17:50
|
WW7D
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
17:51
|
W5BOS
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
17:52
|
K7SS
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
17:53
|
N2ESE
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
17:56
|
WU7H
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
17:57
|
N4MJ
|
14MHz
|
CW
|
18:11
|
N6WT
|
14MHz
|
SSB
|
18:25
|
WONF
|
7MHz
|
CW
|
18:27
|
KXOR
|
7MHz
|
CW
|
18:28
|
K6HPX
|
7MHz
|
CW
|
18:29
|
WA7JTW
|
7MHz
|
CW
|
18:29
|
NG6R
|
7MHz
|
CW
|
18:30
|
NU7Y
|
7MHz
|
CW
|
18:31
|
K7FF
|
7MHz
|
CW
|
18:32
|
KR7Q
|
7MHz
|
CW
|
18:33
|
KB7HH
|
7MHz
|
CW
|
18:34
|
AI6XG
|
7MHz
|
CW
|
18:38
|
K6LDQ
|
7MHz
|
CW
|
18:39
|
KK6ZLY
|
7MHz
|
CW
|
Loadout:
● First aid kit.
●
● 3 L of water (8
lb)
● iPhone with All
Trails, MotionX GPS and sota goat
● Trekking poles (not today)
● LNR End Fed multi-band antenna
●
●
●
●
●
73,
N1CLC
Christian Claborne
(aka chris claborne)
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