Will work toward arriving and being setup by 0900 PST or 1600 UTC. Track me on aprs.fi using KG6HQD-9 while mobile and KG6HQD-7 once on the trail for real time ETA to summit. Will spend 1.5 hours on summit and will work 20m & VHF 146.520 FM.
This will be a head to head test of the KG6HQD speaker wire antenna vs the K9ARV linked dipole. Both are cut and resonate on 20m and the dipole requires RG174 coax to use. They will be setup identically and I’ll use the Elecraft Utility software to run CW through each of them for later RBN results.
Time Permitting a second nearby peak will be activated for fun with the “best” antenna!
Will work toward arriving and being setup by 0800 PST. Track me on aprs.fi using KG6HQD while mobile and KG6HQD-7 once on the trail for real time ETA to summit. Will spend 1.5 hours on summit and will work 20m & VHF 146.520 FM. Message me on APRS for band requests with 40-10m SSB limits.
We will cover the following:
- APRS Basic Overview
- APRS.fi
- APRS Messaging
- APRS2SOTA
- APRS TX Phone App
Will work toward arriving and being setup by 1000 PST. Track me on aprs.fi using KG6HQD while mobile and KG6HQD-7 once on the trail for real time ETA to summit. Will spend 1.5 hours on summit and will work 20m & VHF 146.520 FM. Message me on APRS for band requests with 40-10m SSB limits.
This is a deep hike in a remote area with NO water so planning related to weather will determine if it’s a go or not.
Will work toward arriving and being setup by 0900 PST. Track me on aprs.fi using KG6HQD while mobile and KG6HQD-7 once on the trail for real time ETA to summit. Will spend 1 hour on summit and will work 20m & VHF 146.520 FM. Message me on APRS for band requests with 40-10m SSB limits.
Will work toward arriving and being setup by 1000AM PST. Track me on aprs.fi using KG6HQD while mobile and KG6HQD-7 once on the trail for real time ETA to summit. Will spend 1 1 hour on summit and will work 20m & VHF 146.520 FM. Message me on APRS for band requests with 40-10m SSB limits.
- Friday March 22nd will be a travel day and the infamous Mt. Herman (aka: “The Hermanator”) w/ WG0AT
- Saturday March 23rd will be Peak TBD by WG0AT
- Sunday March 24th Chief Mountain – a classic SOTA peak followed by dinner with the CO MG’s
- Monday – travel home!
WX will determine final peaks / track KG6HQD-7 on APRS.fi for ETA from Trail Head to Summits
Six of us SOTA activators will be hiking deep into the Sierra Mountains along the Piute Pass and Golden Trout Wilderness area for multi-peak SOTA activations.
Click here for a quick look of our planned area. There will be CW and hopefully APRS spots to keep you posted. Doubt cell phones or Twitter will work but you never know.
Activators include:
K6ARK – Adam / K6TW – Tim / N0OI – Scott / W6RIP – Kevin / AA6XA – Jeff and yours truly.