Plan for Today is Rogers Peak 13,300’ and Mt Evans 14,200’ or depending on road/crowd conditions head over to Sniktau 13,300’ trying for first 6m CW QSOs. So far no luck.
I am with a non-SOTA friend hiking out here. The altitude is really bothering him despite being in great shape. Going above 13,000’ from low altitude with less than a week acclimated for altitude is no joke!
Great signal from Squaw Mtn. W0C/PR-082 on Sept 10th. Thanks for providing the first 2m FM S2S contact for my friend Jim KC0DGR during his very first activation from Green Mtn W0C/FR-085 just above Boulder, CO. He was really surprised you could do that with just on 2m, and in our case with just an HT!
Have fun during the rest of your Colorado adventure!
I made a couple calls after 2m on 70cm and my FT818 SWR went through the roof! I forgot I had the bandpass filter still on the 2/70cm Jpole. Note to self Don’t Do That! Luckily Yaesu makes mostly idiot proof gear!!! No harm done.
Green Mountain is a very slight possibility tomorrow morning before heading back east!
I got to chat with you when you were on Rogers and I was doing a POTA activation in the Arapaho Nat’l Forest. Looks like you had a great trip! 73, Dave
Chris, I have been using the SOTAbeams 2m RF filter on high QRM summits. It definitely helps but on Squaw Mt. it was not very effective.
I thought about it for a bit. Last year I was positioned between a stone firetower and the antenna farm. This year I operated more in the open.
I didn’t use my YAGI on this activation. I have found it effective on blocking RFI but it also limits the usable azimuth out to the horizon. I used the YAGI effectively on Greylock Mt in Massachusetts recently. That Summit had severe QRM also.
anyway I look forward to catching up with local SOTA chasers!
