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Thanks for stopping by! You'll find radio-related blog entries here, the GREAT majority of which will be related to SOTA (Summits on the Air). I run QRP, almost always at 4 watts unless I'm using a different radio.

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Saturday, March 28, 2020

Shinob Kibe W7U/WS-124 Back to the Beginning

The shack for the day
This is my fourth activation of this summit (I didn't do it last year for some reason), but it is special to me since this is where I had my first successful SOTA activation ever in Aug. 2016. For the first couple of years I went back the same weekend as an anniversary kind of thing--but August here is miserable with heat, so I did it early. Plus, it's the second closest summit to my house and is right in town. I've taken so many photos of it, I didn't even take one from a distance this time.

Monday, March 16, 2020

Seegmiller Mountain W7A/AW-035 Taking a Ride with Dad


The high point, there are other antennas as well
This is a summit I would normally do together with Wolf Hole Mountain (W7A/NM-035) since they're right across from each other, and I would do it in early June for the summer bonus season in Arizona. However, my parents came for a visit and my Dad likes to get out into nature, and this summit is a drive-up with the road leading to the antennas, so this was a good time to head up.