A new #SOTA summit today, G/TW-005 “Normanby Top” (1 point). Simple drive on summit. Bad interference from the NATS Radar and solar panel plant, but some interesting DX on 40m band. #summitsontheair
Last hill for my Sardinia trip, 🌲 Monte Pino (“Pine Mountain”) IS0/IS-120, 742 m. Evening walk up to the summit lookout from the ranger station. Extreme geomagnetic storm meant it took half an hour to get the required 4 radio contacts - all groundwave I suspect. #sardinia#hamr#hills#summitsontheair#sota
First ever #summitsontheair station on the summit of Punta Maggiore (IS0/IS-064) in #Sardina (970m). I made 8 SSB contacts on 14MHz with my Elecraft KX2 and EFHW. Pathless scramble to the summit 🧗♂️🏞️ Thanks Chasers! #hamradio#sota#italy#mountains#hiking
Last weekend I activated Semaforo IS0/IS-266 (“Traffic Light”) on the island of Sardinia. This special hill hosts the ruins of a radio laboratory used by Marconi, who was born 150 years ago. #sardegna#hamradio#sota#italy#SummitsOnTheAir#PortableOps
So what's a cheap, small, light plastic container folks might use as an enclosure for a balun / unun for portable ops than one might have lying around the house or could get at a hardware store?
Outdoor junction boxes are too big and bulky / not great to throw in a backpack.
N7OLE, W7MTB, and myself are heading to Willamette Pass Ski Resort this morning to activate W7O/CM-123. Cell is spotty so we'll be relying on RBN and SOTAmat to spot. Please listen for us and hope to get y'all in the log. We'll do some SSB too.
Put us in HamAlert and look for spots on SOTAwatch.
Tomorrow, Sun 2024-04-07 1200 UTC I'm going to activate DM/SR-012 (Schaumberg) for #SOTA program. Intend to work 7-ssb, 14-ssb, 18-ssb, maybe more.
Looking forward to chasers. #hamradio
Hiked up 🗻 Cnoc an Daimh Mor (GM/NS-142) in northern Scotland 🏴 to operate its first “Summits On The Air” radio station. Was one of the last unactivated summits in the UK. 17.5km of bog and peat maze. 29 hours driving to get there and back. 1 point. 💪🏻😃 #sota#hamradio#summitsontheair#hf#elecraft#portableops
Mountain biked up to a local glider port for a #sota activation this morning. Very windy, cold, and the bands sucked. Ride up was steep and I looped out the bike for the first time, ever. Brought a #meshtastic radio which heard distant stations. #amateurradio#bikes