Photographs, stories, places and projects
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
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
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;
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
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)
SOTA summit: Temple Hills W6/SC-369 Activation Date: January 1, 2024 Unique: No Call sign used: W6PNG Portable operation: Yes Radios: Yaesu FT-857 Antennas: Buddipole dipole Band/Modes used: 10m SSB (voice) and FT8 Operating highlights: Pack
SOTA summit: Sotekollen Activation Date: May 23, 2023 Unique: 260th Call sign used: LA/M0SNA/P Portable operation: Yes Radios: Elecraft KX2 Antennas: LNR 40/20/10 Trail friendly end fed Band/Modes used: 20m SSB (voice)
SOTA summit: Haugjelsvarten https://www.sotadata.org.uk/en/summit/LA/HL-017 Activation Date: May 18, 2023 Unique: 254th Call sign used: LA/M0SNA/P Portable operation: Yes Radios: Elecraft KX2 and Yaesu VX 8G Antennas: LNR 40/20/10 Trail friendly end fed
I’m spoilt. It’s not that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, I wasn’t. Nor is it that I live in California
Grounded. No travel, no vaccine, no toilet paper, no eating out and for some no work but for me these deprivations come with copious amounts
SOTA summit: Ben Nevis GM/WS-001 Activation Date: September 1, 2022 Unique: 251st Call sign used: MM0SNA/P Portable operation: Yes Radios: Elecraft KX3 and Yaesu VX 8G Antennas: LNR 40/20/10 Trail friendly end
SOTA summit: Hilton Peak W6/SS-125 Activation Date: June 22, 2021 Unique: Yes, 235th Call sign used: W6PNG Portable operation: Yes Radios: Elecraft KX2 Antennas: LNR 40/20/10 Trail friendly end fed Band/Modes used: 20m