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How To Do a SOTA Activation On Pikes Peak
Perhaps this should be called The Slacker’s Guide to Activating Pikes Peak since I am going to describe the easy way to do a Summits On The Air (SOTA) activation on America’s Mountain. If you plan to...
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Contest Results Are In
In the past two weeks, the results of several ham radio contests from last summer were posted. The typical contest takes months for the official results to be finalized and I have usually forgotten...
View ArticleSay Hello to Acorn and Barley
After losing Rooster, the alleged brains of the WG0AT SOTA team, we have great news from Steve, WGØAT. Two new goats have joined the herd, getting trained up for more Summits On The Air (SOTA) action....
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Announcing April 2014 Technician License Class
Ham Radio Two-Day License Class Monument, Colorado Sat April 12 and Sat April 19 (8 AM to 5 PM) 2014 Location: Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Station 1 The Technician license is your gateway to the...
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Colorado 14er Event – August 3, 2014
During the Colorado 14er Event, Amateur Radio operators will be climbing many of Colorado’s 14,000-foot mountains and SOTA summits to set up amateur radio stations to communicate with other radio...
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SOTA Activation: W0C/SP-089 Unnamed Summit
With the summer season definitely here, Joyce (K0JJW) and I climbed W0C/SP-089, an unnamed summit east of Buena Vista near Trout Creek Pass, for a Summits On The Air activation. This summit is also...
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Making Plans for the Colorado 14er Event
The Colorado 14er Event (Aug 3) is less than a month away so it is time to get ready. This event was born out of the basic observation that many hiking hams were taking along their radios (typically, a...
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Announcing the October 2014 WØTLM Technician License Class
Ham Radio Two-Day License Class Sat October 18 and Sat October 25 (8 AM to 5 PM) 2014 Location: Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Station 1, Monument, CO The Technician license is your gateway to the world-wide...
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This Spewed Out of the Internet #28
More important things have spewed forth from the interwebz: HamRadioNow interviews the Ham Hijinks guys and has the nerve to actually publish the video. Later the Hijinks crew posted this article about...
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SOTA Summit W0C/SP-042 Activation
For the 2014 Colorado 14er Event, Joyce K0JJW and I decided to try a summit close to our cabin near Trout Creek Pass. The basic idea was to activate a non-14er SOTA peak with good VHF paths to all of...
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Announcing the January 2015 WØTLM Technician License Class
Ham Radio Two-Day License Class Sat Jan 31 and Sat Feb 7 (8 AM to 5 PM) 2015 Location: Black Forest Fire Station 1, Black Forest, CO The Technician license is your gateway to the world-wide excitement...
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2015 SOTA VHF Activity Days
On the topic of operating events for Summits On The Air (SOTA) activations, Guy N7UN suggested focusing on six major events for 2015. Most of these are VHF-oriented but HF activity can also occur on...
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Announcing: Oct 2015 WØTLM Technician License Class
Ham Radio Two-Day License Class Sat Oct 3 and Sat Oct 10 (8 AM to 5 PM) 2015 Location: Black Forest Fire Station 1, Black Forest, CO The Technician license is your gateway to the world-wide excitement...
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Use SSB For Better VHF Range on SOTA Peaks
Previously, I had written about how the use of SSB made the difference while activating Prospect Mountain (W0C/FR-069) for Summits On The Air (SOTA). This time I was the SOTA chaser, trying to work...
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2015 Colorado 14er Event
Amateur Radio operators from around Colorado will be climbing many of Colorado’s 14,000-foot mountains and Summits On The Air (SOTA) peaks in an effort to communicate with other radio amateurs across...
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Summits On The Air at Central States VHF
Recently I had the opportunity to speak about portable, mountaintop VHF operating at the Central States VHF Society Conference in Denver. A key part of my presentation was the Summits On The Air...
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The 10 Essentials for Hiking (and SOTA Activations)
Most backcountry hikers are familiar with the Ten Essentials that you should take with you whenever you head into the wilderness. Over the past few years, I noticed that I was getting a bit sloppy with...
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West Buffalo Peak (W0C/SP-018)
Buffalo Peaks are a pair of 13er summits that stick up quite prominently on the west side of South Park in Colorado. West Buffalo peak is the taller of the pair (13,326 feet) and the SOTA summit...
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2014 September VHF Contest Certificate
The certificate for my entry in the 2014 ARRL September VHF Contest arrived in the mail last week. Given that it has been 11 months after the contest, I had pretty much forgotten about the effort. The...
View ArticleColorado 14er Event: Mount Antero (W0C/SR-003)
For the 2015 Colorado 14er Event, Joyce K0JJW and I activated Mount Antero (W0C/SR-003) on the 2m and 70 cm bands. Alan NM5S joined us on the summit, operating mostly HF plus some 2m fm. We took our...
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