ALERT ORDER: 4 Peaks 4 Regions 4 States 3 Grid Squ

Old Reflector
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060026Z June 13

FM NM5SW

TO NM5TW, K5RHD, WB5USB

INFO ALLSOTA, ALL58

BT

UNCLAS

SUBJ: ALERT ORDER: 4 Peaks 4 Regions 4 States 3 Grid Squares

REF A. http://www.sotawatch.org

  1. SITUATION: 58 Group plan to operate 4 peaks in 4 regions in one day. Will try to run the table and pad the score.

  2. Targets:

a. W7A/AE-015 Pastora Peak - 2868m, 10 Points Association: USA - Arizona Region: AZ-Eastern Arizona
Latitude: 36 47 24 N, Longitude: 109 9 54 W\

b. W7U/SU-014 Abajo Peak - 3463m, 10 points Association: USA - Utah Region: UT-South Utah
Latitude: 37 50 21 N, Longitude: 109 27 45 W
c. W0/SJ-019 Park Point - 2607m, 2 points Association: USA(W0) Region: CO-San Juan
Latitude: 37 16 49 N, Longitude: 108 27 41 W
d. W5N/NL-005 Lone Tree Mountain - 2172m, 6 points Association: USA New Mexico Region: Navajo Lake
Latitude: 36 58 42 N, Longitude: 107 59 37 W

  1. SAFTY/SECURTY
    a. Navajo Reservation, Manti-La Sal National Forest, Mesa Verde National Park, BLM
    b. WX: Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 92

a) All WX USFS/BLM/NPS roads

b) Fire RED FLAG WARNING in Colorado otherwise Condx high\

  1. LOGISTICS:

a) Mechanized SOTA Heavy Load out.

b) Minimum of 20 liters of water. 7ah gel, Solar Panel 10 Watt, battery, wrist rocket and long, crappie pole antenna. Com wire, Field day Crash Box. 2 cases Red Bull.

c) Will bivouac in Monticello UT, Replenish green chili cheese burger Blakes Lota burger Farmington NM .

  1. COMMS:

a. Talk in 146.58 simplex, alternate approach SOTA Megalink, 146.52 FM and 58 for QSO Points (no repeater pse)

b. HF WB5USB 14 MHZ CW, K5RHD 14 MHZ USB, 24 MHZ SSB, NM5SW 24 CW, 7 MHZ CW, 146 MHZ FM

c. Any HF Pack frequency is fair game.

d. Cell 505-966-6131 Text and G3. Coverage marginal

e. Will activate Spot Satellite tracker at this url cut and paste in your browser. Unit will be tied to top of wb5usb 4x4 and in NM5SW rucksack.

f. http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0GdSiGJ8CUcnLWjs676A2uKGOqFjM5DyJ

g. APRS will be NM5SW-1 (on wb5usb car) K5RHD-1/7

www.aprs.fi paste in search window

h. Solar Forecast:

Solar activity is likely to be low with a slight chance for an M-class flare on days one, two, and three (04 Jun, 05 Jun, 06 Jun).

Geomagnetic Forecast:

The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet levels on days one and two (04 Jun, 05 Jun) and quiet to unsettled levels on day three (06 Jun).

  1. Tasking:

a. WB5USB, K5RHD, NM5SW rendezvous at Sandia Casino Saturday 8 June 2013 enroute to Tec Nos Pas Arizona. Commence operation at 0001Z Sunday 9 June 2013. See Soatwatch Alerts for on station times.

b. Request local Station post spot for us at: http://www.sotawatch.org/spots.php

c. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.

  1.                    MURPHY NOT RELEASED OR AUTHORIZED

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NM5SW

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Scotty Wright
NM5SW
QRP ARCI #10970
ARS #1130
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