2020-07-18 Porter Mtn.

Today was a quick activation up to Porter Mountain located in Pinetop-Lakeside.  I need to run to Home Depot not far from there so it was a good excuse to hit another quick summit.

The drive in from the north was a bit nicer than I expected.  There is a road that goes up to a parking area within a half mile of the highest point.  There are a lot of towers up there with microwave and what looks like a FM station and some VHF/UHF repeaters. 

My setup was almost good.... The antenna went from the top of the antenna to the bottom of a pine tree but just outside the shadow so I was sitting in the sun.  Most of my contacts were on 20m CW.  I did get a few on 40m cw and one on 20m SSB.  I netted 25 contacts in all.  I was going to try to work a few more SSB but I was getting hot and I wanted to finish my errands before it got too late. 

Contacts

Date:18/07/2020 | Summit:W7A/AE-043 (Porter Mountain) | Call Used: N1CLC | Points: 10

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode
17:53	KX0R	14MHz	CW
17:58	NS7P	14MHz	CW
17:59	WA2USA	14MHz	CW
18:00	K3TCU	14MHz	CW
18:01	NW7E	14MHz	CW
18:03	KF7SEY	14MHz	CW
18:05	W7GA	14MHz	CW
18:06	WW7D	14MHz	CW
18:07	KE9AJ	14MHz	CW
18:07	N4LAG	14MHz	CW
18:08	N4EX	14MHz	CW
18:10	AC1Z	14MHz	CW
18:11	W4KRN	14MHz	CW
18:13	K0LAF	14MHz	CW
18:15	W6BUX	14MHz	CW
18:17	W5GDW	14MHz	CW
18:18	AC7MA	14MHz	CW
18:20	W7GA	14MHz	CW
18:25	K6HPX	7MHz	CW
18:26	N9KW	7MHz	CW
18:27	AE9Q	7MHz	CW
18:29	K6LDQ	7MHz	CW
18:29	N0RZ	7MHz	CW
18:30	W0NF	7MHz	CW
18:44	KI4SVM	14MHz	SSB

Loadout:

●      GoPro Hero8

●      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

●    MFJ MFJ-1714 144 MHz 1/2 Wavelength Antenna for my HT

●   AnyTone AT-868UV DMR radio for testing.

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

●   AmericanMorse Ultra 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)

●     Helinox Chair Zero Ultralight Compact Camping Chair.

73,

N1CLC

Christian Claborne

(aka chris claborne)