Saturday, March 9, 2019

2019-03-09 SOTA to W6/SC-365 - Hill 1109


I attended an ARES meeting this morning but decided to get a walk in with the dog.  There is a small hill not too far from the house in 4S Ranch.  I last did this one in 2017 and you can read about it HERE

It’s been rainy for the past few days but today it was mostly cloudy to partly cloudy but no rain.  I was nice to be able to get a quick hike in.  The RF fishing was poor today and I’m not sure why.  You get a day like that once in a while.  While I goofed around with the radio, Sulu took a nap. I struggled to get 4 contacts on 20 meter and then went over to the 40 meter band and got a couple more, nothing like the pileup that I had in 2017.  The signal reports that I got varied from OK to poor.   My SWR meter indicated that I didn’t have an optimal antenna setup for sure.

The hike was nice.  As you can see from the chart below, I did a little loop.  Coming back on a trail was much nicer than being on the road. 

I’m planning on heading up to Viajas Mtn. tomorrow and I’m expecting better results and a rocking trail.

Association: 
 USA
Region: 
 Southern Coastal Ranges
Lat / Long / Height: 
 33.0369°N   -117.126999°W   338m / 1109ft
Locator: 
 DM13ka Show »
Points / Activations: 
 1 points,  activated 3 times
Latest Activation: 
 Monday, 2018-12-31 by K6ARK
IAF 33.02738, -117.12253


Contacts


Date
Time
Summit
Band
Mode
Station
Worked
Notes
09/Mar/2019
22:27
W6/SC-365
14MHz
SSB
AA1VX
 Dave in MA
09/Mar/2019
22:30
W6/SC-365
14MHz
SSB
K6ARK
 Adam over in Ramona
09/Mar/2019
22:32
W6/SC-365
14MHz
SSB
W7MSX
 Michael in ID
09/Mar/2019
22:33
W6/SC-365
14MHz
SSB
K0LAF
 Charles in MO
09/Mar/2019
22:34
W6/SC-365
14MHz
SSB
NW7E
 Michael in OR
09/Mar/2019
22:35
W6/SC-365
7MHz
SSB
K6MXA
 John in La Mesa
09/Mar/2019
22:43
W6/SC-365
7MHz
SSB
N6DNM
 Dmitry in Walnut Creek, CA
09/Mar/2019
22:44
W6/SC-365
7MHz
SSB
K8TE

William in NM

Loadout for today:

      Yaesu FT-891D HF Radio at 100 watts
   30’ of coax feed line
      Yaesu FT-2DR HT
      3 L of water (8 lb)
      SOTA Dog
      iPhone with All Trails, MotionX GPS and sota goat
      MFJ-939Y auto antenna tuner for 891
      Trekking poles
     Packtenna.
   Extra LiFePO Battery
   AnyTone AT-868UV DMR radio for testing.
   Delorme Inreach satellite tracker and communicator.

73,
N1CLC
Christian Claborne
(aka Chris Claborne)

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