N1CLC: 2019-07-29 - Noble Mountain

Today’s expedition takes me to Noble Mountain near the SOC (SOTA Operations Center, AKA my cabin). Jeanette went with me and it was a pretty drive up to the landing zone. Jeanette had gone on a hike early this morning so this would be a very short one. We may have a longer one tomorrow.

The hike up to the peak from the LZ was probably less than a mile and a very gentle climb, probably under 100 ft. Jeanette continued hiking and then went back to the car to read while I geeked out. Setup was easy and I had good cell reception, which means that I could chase.
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I netted 24 contacts and 3 summit-to-summit contacts via CW, and yes, my copy still sucks. One of the operators was on Greens Peak. I was just there and have contacted him several times on other summits. One of these days we will run into each other on a summit. All of the contacts were on 20 m. I tried 40 m but got nothing. Jeanette is waiting for me and thunderstorms were moving in so it was time to exit the AO.

Jeanette was waiting for me back at the car and we could hear the thunder booming in. Just after returning to the SOC, the thunderstorm was overhead and booming. As I sit here writing this, we have light rain and some really big cracks of thunder. Some are the deep note shake the house boomers.

This last picture is from the pond by my villa.

Contacts

Date:29/Jul/2019 Summit:W7A/AP-007 (Noble Mountain) Call Used:N1CLC Points: 10 Bonus: 0 Delete

Time	Call	Band	Mode	Notes
19:03z	K6HPX	10MHz	CW
19:08z	N7CNH	14MHz	CW
19:15z	W0MNA	14MHz	SSB
19:19z	W0ERI	14MHz	SSB
19:20z	AC1Z	14MHz	SSB
19:21z	K6YK	14MHz	SSB
19:21z	K7VAP	14MHz	SSB
19:22z	KI4TN	14MHz	SSB
19:22z	AJ6CY	14MHz	SSB
19:23z	K6EL	14MHz	SSB
19:24z	N4EX	14MHz	SSB
19:24z	N6DNM	14MHz	SSB
19:24z	W4KRN	14MHz	SSB
19:25z	AB6SO	14MHz	SSB
19:26z	W5BOS	14MHz	SSB
19:27z	K1LIZ	14MHz	SSB
19:27z	KM6PHB	14MHz	SSB
19:29z	KG3W	14MHz	SSB
19:30z	NS7P	14MHz	SSB
19:31z	K0LAF	14MHz	SSB
19:32z	KH2TJ	14MHz	SSB
19:32z	N7CCD	14MHz	SSB
19:33z	AB6SO	14MHz	CW