SOTA summit: Cabeza de Mesa https://sotl.as/summits/EA1/AT-052 Activation Date: July 11, 2023 Unique: Yes, peak number 276 Call sign used: EA/M0SNA/P Portable operation: Yes Radios: Yeasu 857D Antennas: SOTABeams 20/40 bandhopper Band/Modes used: 20m and
Month: January 2024
What’s in your WAS circle?
I never thought of myself as an award chaser. Maybe like many kids, the endless pressure to achieve a scholastic level as measured by an
Activating an Atlantic Squall
SOTA summit: Hestetinden https://sotl.as/summits/LA/SF-555 Activation Date: May 24, 2023 Unique: Yes, peak number 200 and something Call sign used: LA/M0SNA/P Portable operation: Yes Radios: Elecraft KX2 Antennas: LNR End Fed 40/20/10 Band/Modes used: 20m
Node-Red Calling Summit to Summit
In the arcane and niche world that is the intersection of peak bagging and ham radio, aka SOTA, the participants fall into two broad groups;
Paint by numbers radio kit
The arc of radio kits is waning. Easy to work with parts are going out of production in deference to tiny, minuscule equivalents that are
Blind Faith
SOTA summit: Blind Spring https://sotl.as/summits/W6/ND-067 Activation Date: December 26th, 2023 Unique: Yes, peak number 280 Call sign used: W6PNG Portable operation: Yes Radios: Elecraft KX2 Antennas: SOTABeams Bandhopper 60/40/20 Band/Modes used: Morse (CW)