Rooster & Peanut plus Steve-wG0AT will be activating a W0-Colorado peak for SOTA for the first time ever! We plan to be on Mt Herman SOTA W0/FR-063 (6-points)
Date: 1 May 2010 @1500 UTC
Freqs: 14062 and 21062
Real time QRV info via APRS: http://aprs.fi/?call=WG0AT-7
Monitoring UHF-IRLP node#3043 but giving priority to HF QSOs!
In reply to M0GIA:
Sean as soon as W0 shows up in the database I’ll be using the Alert tool but till then I’ll use the reflector for my alert posts
The 2-element vertical is nothing more than 2-Buddipole verticals aka vertical dipoles. One active as driven, one passive reflector.
Conditions were pretty fair today I was hearing many EU/QRP stations but unable to work them from home. I hope for better luck at 2750 meters on Mt Herman?
In reply to WG0AT:
Interesting…“2 element vertical”…
Why use a reflector instead of a director? I would think that by using a reflector instead of a director you are loosing at least one band on the low side as directors are shorter then reflectors…
The weather is too bad for an overnight stay. He will be QRV Saturday for the CW chasers from 1500 UTC until grain-thirty. Freqs: 14062, 18090 and 21062, and will return on Sunday 2-May for SSB OPs.
In reply to N2YTF:
Tom…I see W0/FR-063 won’t go through on a spot…I take it thats why you spotted Steve on a W2 summit. I now notice other spots and log entries showing Steve on the W2 summit. He was on Mount Herman as shown on his aprs…correct???
Yep he was on Mt Herman…I did not spot him that way…
I did notice that although I could not spot him properly, I was able to enter him into my chaser log and did get credit…although I don’t know when the summit becomes official.
In reply to N2YTF:
Hi Tom…yeh…I couldn’t spot the W0 summit either…but it did go in my chaser log. I started another Reflector topic as I noticed at least one log entry that uses the W2 summit …hope the other chasers see it and correct their logs! I didn’t figure Rooster or Peanut had convinced Steve to buy them a first class ticket to fly to W2 land this morning…Hi Hi
In reply to VA6FUN:
Na ah ah ah …Us goats were having FUN at 9030’ Colorado style on Mt Herman.
WOW! for our first SOTA event it was super! With (3)S-2-S W6S, VE6FUN, & N2YTF! 30+ QSOs, 2-DX(EU) QSOs …Goats are still mumbling about what an incredible awesome day it was on the mountain! Woohoo! …going back up tomorrow this time earlier to catch the EU opening hopefully!
In reply to WG0AT:
Na ah ah ah we’re having FUN! Just had to throw in a reminder that I’m a VA6 not VE…happens all the time. Hope to work you tomorrow…I sure got to get my copy speed up a notch! Thanks for the FUN!