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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
It was like a pre dawn game. Rolling down the hill I approach one red after another. Timing is everything in this game and I
SOTA summit: Bloody Mountain W6/SS-122 and Laurel Mountain W6/SS-186 Activation Date: August 19, 2020 Unique: Yes, 215th and 216th Call sign used: W6PNG Portable operation: Yes Radios: Elecraft KX2 and Yaesu VX-8r
Event: 2020 California QSO Party (CQP) amateur radio contest Location: Kern County, California, Western USA. Date/duration: Early October 2020, 3 nights Jeep camping Solo: Team of two with Scott