2020-01-01 Iron Mtn. First Summit of 2020

Happy New Year!

I’m kicking off the new year with the first summit with the radio.  I made a quick trip up to Iron Mtn., not far from my house.  It was a beautiful day with temps over 70f.

I’ve been to this peak several times and I guess the only memorable thing this trip was my effort to keep my telescoping mast upright. 

I made several phone and CW contacts and had a nice conversation with a gentleman from Lakeside.  If you were wondering why I butchered your call-sign, it was a bit hard to hear your signal over his voice :)

Contacts

Own Callsign	Date	Time	Summit	Band	Mode	Station Worked	Notes
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	21:26	W6/SC-214	14MHz	SSB	VE6AGR
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	21:29	W6/SC-214	14MHz	SSB	W0MNA
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	21:30	W6/SC-214	14MHz	SSB	AC1Z
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	21:30	W6/SC-214	14MHz	SSB	VE2JCW
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	21:31	W6/SC-214	14MHz	SSB	WA2USA
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	21:31	W6/SC-214	14MHz	SSB	W0ERI
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	21:32	W6/SC-214	14MHz	SSB	WW5M
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	21:56	W6/SC-214	14MHz	SSB	N4EX
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	22:04	W6/SC-214	7MHz	SSB	N6GO
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	22:06	W6/SC-214	7MHz	SSB	N6DNM
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	22:08	W6/SC-214	7MHz	SSB	NG6R
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	22:09	W6/SC-214	7MHz	SSB	AB6SO
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	22:10	W6/SC-214	14MHz	CW	W5GAI
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	22:24	W6/SC-214	14MHz	CW	W5ODS
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	22:33	W6/SC-214	14MHz	CW	KE6MT
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	22:35	W6/SC-214	14MHz	CW	K6HPX
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	22:39	W6/SC-214	14MHz	CW	AD7HI
N1CLC	03/Jan/2020	22:42	W6/SC-214	7MHz	CW	KR7RK

Loadout:

●      Gregory Zulu 40 backpack

●      First aid kit.  Make sure it’s a good one... like ability to patch up an impalement wound. 

●      Elecraft KX2 10 watt HF Radio

●      The K6ARK Spider Thread Antenna

●   30’ of coax feed line (not needed

●      Slim Jim dual band antenna for my HT.

●      3 L of water (8 lb)

●      iPhone with All Trails, MotionX GPS and sota goat

●      Trekking poles (not today)

●     LNR End Fed multi-band antenna

●   SOTAbeams Tactical 7000hds Compact Heavy-Duty Telescopic Mast TAC7000HDS

●   AnyTone AT-868UV DMR radio for testing.

●   Custom wine bottle cork paddles for CW (crafted by K6ARK)

●   American Morse Porta Paddle for CW

●   Delorme Inreach satellite tracker and communicator.

●      Jetboil MicroMo cooking system

●      Yaesu FT-2DR HT (backup left in the car)

●     Packtenna. (did not take)

●      CHA MPAS with spike and additional MIL mast (and version 2 of the top section) (left in car)

●      Yaesu FT-891D HF Radio at 100 watts  (left this in the car :) )

●     Extra LiFePO Battery (not needed)

73,

N1CLC

Christian Claborne

(aka chris claborne