Sunday, January 24, 2021

2020-12-26 Gordon Point

Today’s expedition was with N7DA, Drew.  We had originally planned to MTB up to Grodon Point, next to Palomar State Park, but we decided to hike it at the last minute.  It actually would have been a perfect MTB since most of it was road.  There were two gates that we needed to get through but we should have been able to feed the bikes through. 

It was perfect weather for the hike.  Once on top, we scouted around for a way to make it to the very top.  It would have been a pretty tight bushwhack with very little reward.  Given that we were only about 50 feet from the top, we were still in the activation zone.  We both fired up our HF radios and easily landed some contacts.  I made a few FM contacts and we headed back.  On the way down, we did see a few hikers.  Given our early arrival, we had had the mountain to ourselves. 

I’m going to try to cut the video that I shot and post below. 



Expedition Summary

SOTA summits:W6/CT-102 (Gordon Point)
Points: 6
Activation Date: 2020-12-26 (UTC)
Unique: Yes
Activation No: 228
Call sign used: N1CLC
Radios: KX2
Antennas: LNR 10, 20, 40, MFJ Whip
Band/Modes used: 17m 20m, 100m, 40m, CW (morse) SSB (voice), 2m FM
Cell Data: AT&T
Miles Hiked: 7.75 mi
Hiked Elevation Gain: 1,301

Contacts

Date:26/12/2020 | Summit:W6/CT-102 (Gordon Point) | Call Used:N1CLC | Points: 6

Time

Callsign

Band

Mode

Notes

19:28

W6DT

7MHz

CW

 

19:29

W7RV

7MHz

CW

 

19:31

KT0A

7MHz

CW

 

19:32

WB6POT

7MHz

CW

 

19:33

K6YK

7MHz

CW

 

19:34

KT5X

7MHz

CW

 

19:35

NW7E

7MHz

CW

 

19:36

KR7Q

7MHz

CW

 

19:37

K8TE

7MHz

CW

 

19:38

K7GT

7MHz

CW

 

19:40

KX0R

7MHz

CW

 

19:45

K6MXA

144MHz

FM

 

19:47

K5DEZ

7MHz

CW

 

20:06

WB7ULD

10MHz

CW

 

20:07

K6QCB

10MHz

CW

 

20:18

N3XUL

144MHz

FM

 

20:19

K6ARK

144MHz

FM

 

20:19

W6MDE

144MHz

FM

 

20:20

W9SSN

144MHz

FM

 

20:20

NG6R

144MHz

FM

 

20:34

K6KMH

7MHz

SSB

 

20:36

N0RSR

7MHz

SSB

 

20:36

W7FAS

7MHz

SSB

 

20:47

WW7D

14MHz

CW

 

20:49

AK8A

14MHz

CW

 

20:49

N7OOS

14MHz

CW

 

20:51

K8LJG

14MHz

CW

 

20:51

WN4AT

14MHz

CW

 

20:52

K7VK

14MHz

CW

 

20:53

K7MTD

14MHz

CW

 

20:54

W2SE

14MHz

CW

 

20:55

KL0NP

14MHz

CW

 

20:57

K0LAF

14MHz

CW

 

20:58

N1AIA

14MHz

CW

 

 

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)

   American Morse 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)

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