2020-02-14 Viejas Mtn.

I thought I’d take a quick break and climb a mountain, in this case, Viejas.  I always forget how long this hike is.  It’s only about 1.5 miles to the summit but with the rocky terrain and the 1,400 foot climb, it takes a while. 

The last time I was up here I got a contact in Spain on SSB.  Today, I netted ZL1BYZ, John in New Zealand via CW (morse code), a station in Canada and a bunch in the US.  I had 29 contacts today, all but two of them via CW. 

The weather was clear and a million and probably about 70F.

Contacts:

Date	Time	Band	Mode	Other Callsign	Other Summit	Comment
14/02/2020	19:46	14MHz	CW	VE2JCW
14/02/2020	19:52	14MHz	CW	ND0C
14/02/2020	19:54	14MHz	CW	W0MNA
14/02/2020	19:54	14MHz	CW	WB7BW
14/02/2020	19:55	14MHz	CW	K5KJ
14/02/2020	19:57	14MHz	CW	W0ERI
14/02/2020	19:57	14MHz	CW	K7GT
14/02/2020	19:59	14MHz	CW	AC1Z
14/02/2020	19:59	14MHz	CW	WU7H
14/02/2020	20:01	14MHz	CW	W0DY
14/02/2020	20:02	14MHz	CW	AC5K
14/02/2020	20:03	14MHz	CW	NW7E
14/02/2020	20:05	14MHz	CW	K4MF
14/02/2020	20:06	14MHz	CW	W5ODS
14/02/2020	20:08	14MHz	CW	N4EX
14/02/2020	20:08	14MHz	CW	KI7VEM
14/02/2020	20:11	14MHz	CW	W2SE
14/02/2020	20:12	14MHz	CW	ZL1BYZ		New Zealand
14/02/2020	20:15	14MHz	CW	W4KRN
14/02/2020	20:16	14MHz	CW	AF7MD
14/02/2020	20:18	14MHz	SSB	W0ERI
14/02/2020	20:29	7MHz	SSB	K6KM
14/02/2020	20:43	7MHz	SSB	N6DNM
14/02/2020	20:44	7MHz	SSB	K6LDQ
14/02/2020	20:47	7MHz	SSB	K6YK
14/02/2020	20:48	7MHz	SSB	KE7HOP
14/02/2020	20:49	7MHz	SSB	VA7JSF
14/02/2020	20:51	Microwave	CW	WU7H
14/02/2020	21:25	144MHz	DV	N6CKC

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 (left at the car this trip)

●      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