Wanderings

Terror on Trafton

October 10, 2025 W6PNG

SOTA summit: Trafton Mountain https://sotl.as/map/coordinates/37.851320,-118.567070/14.0?popup=1 Activation Date: October 4, 2025 Unique: Yes, peak number 317 Call sign used: W6PNG Portable operation: Yes Radios: Elecraft KX2 Antennas: LNR EndFed Band/Modes used: 20m, 30m 40m

Fickle me….another radio kit!!

September 21, 2025 W6PNG

I’m back from an extended European wander. The Irish were great, the Baltic states an eye opener and my Norwegian group hike was and is

Clay Cups and Rickshaws

May 29, 2025 W6PNG

We almost feel like old hands. Days have turned into weeks, and we’ve covered two or three thousand miles by train. It’s slow going—maybe ten

Leh, 1978 and the story of a photograph

August 12, 2024 W6PNG

The plane is empty. She’s adamant that we must stay in our assigned seats but I somehow find myself stealthy relocated to a window seat.

Asturias and Picos de Europa, Spain

January 14, 2024 W6PNG

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

What’s in your WAS circle?

January 11, 2024 W6PNG

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

January 8, 2024 W6PNG

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

January 5, 2024 W6PNG

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

January 2, 2024 W6PNG

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

January 2, 2024 W6PNG

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)

2024 SOTA 10m Challenge – Activation #1

January 1, 2024 W6PNG

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

Best views ever?

May 27, 2023 W6PNG

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)

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