ACØPR, ham radio blog: "Deadwood Hill" W7U/IR-035 (7450)

Just off the summit looking north

This 4-point summit is a pleasant ATV ride up the mountain and a short hike. It's covered fairly thickly with trees so you have to go off to one side to find any views. The activation zone was heavily covered with dead, fallen trees when I first activated it, thus its nickname. The deadwood does leave the space and means for setting up a mast and getting a wire spread out.

Trail report:

This summit, coming from St. George, can be accessed either by Cedar City or Enterprise and then passing through New Castle on Hwy. 56 (same Hwy. if coming from Cedar City). From the highway take Desert Mound Rd, a very nice and wide dirt road that circles around the south of the mountain. There is a main road that heads north into the mountain from there (although there are other roads).

You should check map or GPS as there are a number of turn offs on the road and you’ll need to take the correct ones to arrive near the summit. ATV or other OHV is preferable to a pickup. The summit is mostly covered in trees, and at this time, lots of deadwood.

The experience:

There are some summits I do every year, this one isn't quite in that category--I think I missed last year--but I still enjoy it and when weather is good and I have the time, I like doing it. It is in an area that doesn't get activators, so no one else has done it yet, but it's a good one. Another thing I am not consistent with is summit registries. Sometimes I enter them and others I don't. I did for the first time on this summit. When it's more difficult or I know I won't be returning, I usually do mark it.

The bands were pretty good. Even 30 meters, which is intermittent with success with me, was decent today. I got a couple of summit-to-summits in at the end. It was a good trip back as well.

Date:05/05/2020 | Summit:W7U/IR-035 (7450) | Call Used:AC0PR | Points: 4 | Bonus: 0

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode	Notes
16:23	W0MNA	14MHz	CW
16:23	N4EX	14MHz	CW
16:24	W0ERI	14MHz	CW
16:24	K3TCU	14MHz	CW
16:25	K9OZ	14MHz	CW
16:25	W0NF	14MHz	CW
16:25	WW7D	14MHz	CW
16:26	AG6V	14MHz	CW
16:27	VE2JCW	14MHz	CW
16:27	W9MRH	14MHz	CW
16:28	W4KRN	14MHz	CW
16:28	WA2USA	14MHz	CW
16:29	K4MF	14MHz	CW
16:31	KR7RK	14MHz	CW
16:36	W7RV	7MHz	CW
16:37	WU7H	7MHz	CW
16:38	K6YK	7MHz	CW
16:38	K7GT	7MHz	CW
16:39	KB7HH	7MHz	CW
16:39	K6EL	7MHz	CW
16:40	WB7ULD	7MHz	CW
16:40	NW7E	7MHz	CW
16:41	W0NF	7MHz	CW
16:41	W0LI	7MHz	CW
16:44	WU0A	7MHz	CW
16:50	K6QCB	10MHz	CW
16:51	W0NF	10MHz	CW
16:52	NK6A	10MHz	CW
16:53	KF9D	10MHz	CW
16:55	WA6MM	10MHz	CW	S2S W0C/PR-148
16:56	NA6MG	10MHz	CW	S2S W6/CT-262