2018-08-05 South Mountain & Noble Mountain

Today’s hike I’m checking off two summits, South Mountain, and Noble Mountain.  Both are very close to my retreat house and as it turns out, drive ups.  The drive was pretty.  The road I chose for Noble Mountain was a bit rough but passable in my SUV. 

When I setup for first mountain, I noticed I was missing the 70’+ counterpoise wire so I went back to my truck and pulled out the mast and setup the 20M dipole.  I remember why I hate goofing around with the paracord.... I snags and catches on everything.  After finally getting setup, I knocked out 16 contacts.  After breaking down my gear, I am planning an afternoon trip back up to Escudilla Mtn. to retrieve the counterpoise wire.  It’s a 6 mile hike but I’ll need the exercise. 

The drive over to Noble Mountain was a bit rough but passable and it was pretty.  A thunderstorm was moving in so I wanted to setup, activate, and breakdown before it was on top of me since my antenna is a great lightning rode. I didn’t take the time to shoot any video except for the drive up so the video is  just for South Mountain. 

P.S... Mission accomplished.  I hiked up to the lookout on Escudilla in the afternoon and found my spool of wire.

W7A/AP-010 - South Mountain (Alpine Area)

Association:   USA - Arizona Region:   Apache County Lat / Long / Height:   33.827°N   -109.1667°W   2899m / 9510ft Locator:   DM53jt Show » Points / Activations:   10 points,  activated 23 times Latest Activation:   2018-07-25 by KB7CWV IAF 33.81207, -109.15878

Log for South Mtn. (W7A/AP-010)

Date	Time	Summit	Band	Mode	Station Worked	Notes
05/Aug/2018	16:57	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	W9CGZ
05/Aug/2018	17:05	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	N4EX
05/Aug/2018	17:06	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	ND0C
05/Aug/2018	17:07	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	NW7E
05/Aug/2018	17:07	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	KI6EAB
05/Aug/2018	17:08	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	NS7P
05/Aug/2018	17:09	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	AB4PP
05/Aug/2018	17:11	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	W0MNA
05/Aug/2018	17:12	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	KE8CYC
05/Aug/2018	17:12	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	K0LAF
05/Aug/2018	17:13	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	W6JP
05/Aug/2018	17:13	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	KG3W
05/Aug/2018	17:14	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	KF7AXB
05/Aug/2018	17:14	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	VA6FUN
05/Aug/2018	17:16	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	WA2USA
05/Aug/2018	17:16	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	W0ERI
05/Aug/2018	17:17	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	KG3W
05/Aug/2018	17:18	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	KI4TN
05/Aug/2018	17:18	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	K1LIZ
05/Aug/2018	17:20	W7A/AP-010	14MHz	SSB	AA1VX

W7A/AP-007 - Noble Mountain (Accross from Tal-Wi-Wi)

Association:   USA - Arizona Region:   Apache County Lat / Long / Height:   33.8986°N   -109.1926°W   2919m / 9576ft Locator:   DM53jv Show » Points / Activations:   10 points,  activated 20 times Latest Activation:   2018-07-25 by KB7CWV IAF 33.9502, -109.20994 Alt 33.89885, -109.15694

Log for Noble Mnt.  (W7A/AP-007)

Note: With thunderstorm moving in, I had to bail out early.

Own Callsign	Date	Time	Summit	Band	Mode	Station Worked	Notes
N1CLC	05/Aug/2018	18:32	W7A/AP-007	14MHz	SSB	K7DJL
N1CLC	05/Aug/2018	18:35	W7A/AP-007	14MHz	SSB	NS7P
N1CLC	05/Aug/2018	18:35	W7A/AP-007	14MHz	SSB	K0LAF
N1CLC	05/Aug/2018	18:36	W7A/AP-007	14MHz	SSB	N4EX
N1CLC	05/Aug/2018	18:36	W7A/AP-007	14MHz	SSB	AC1Z
N1CLC	05/Aug/2018	18:37	W7A/AP-007	14MHz	SSB	KF7AXB
N1CLC	05/Aug/2018	18:37	W7A/AP-007	14MHz	SSB	KB7XL

Loadout for today:

●      Gregory Zulu 40 backpack

●      CHA MPAS with spike and additional MIL mast

●      Yaesu FT-891D HF Radio at 100 watts

●   30’ of coax feed line

●      Yaesu FT-2DR HT

●      Slim Jim dual band antenna for my 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

●      Treking poles

●      Jetboil MicroMo cooking system

●      Packtenna.

73,

N1CLC

Christian Claborne