A friend of mine activated Owens Peak earlier this year and I’m surprised I never considered this one. It’s easily accessible and a short little hike. I joined a friend of mine, Jacob, W6RWS, and Jacob’s two kids, at the trailhead and we made quick work of the trip to the top. The trail was a good climb but less less than a mile. It was beautiful weather and enabled a quick getaway.
Once on the summit, Jacob used his HT and
quickly bagged 4 contacts. I setup my HF
end-fed antenna and fired up the KX2 and landed 15 contacts and one with my
HT. It was late in the afternoon so I
didn’t get any summit-to-summit contacts but I still had a good time.
That’s it, nothing else to report.
Expedition Summary
SOTA summits:W6/SC-454 (Owens Peak)
Points: 1
Activation Date: 2020-12-29 (UTC)
Unique: Yes
Activation No: 229
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: 1.48 mi
Hiked Elevation Gain: 364
Contacts
Date:29/12/2020 | Summit:W6/SC-454 (1302) | Call Used:N1CLC | Points: 1
|
Time |
Callsign |
Band |
Mode |
Notes |
|
21:20 |
K0LAF |
14MHz |
CW |
|
|
21:21 |
W6TED |
14MHz |
CW |
|
|
21:24 |
KT5X |
14MHz |
CW |
|
|
21:24 |
WW7D |
14MHz |
CW |
|
|
21:25 |
WD4CFN |
14MHz |
CW |
|
|
21:26 |
KL0NG |
14MHz |
CW |
|
|
21:31 |
W7RV |
7MHz |
CW |
|
|
21:32 |
K6ARK |
7MHz |
CW |
|
|
21:34 |
N0IPA |
7MHz |
CW |
|
|
21:34 |
W6STR |
7MHz |
CW |
|
|
21:36 |
K6LDQ |
7MHz |
CW |
|
|
21:37 |
KX6I |
7MHz |
CW |
|
|
21:38 |
K6YK |
7MHz |
CW |
|
|
21:41 |
N0RSR |
7MHz |
CW |
|
|
21:44 |
KJ7NQH |
7MHz |
SSB |
|
|
22:03 |
N3XUL |
144MHz |
FM |
|
Loadout:
● 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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