Rooster & Peanut have been complaining about my sloppy fist and use of commercial paddles. So Peanut goat got busy in the wood shop and produced a paddle worthy of summit activations with some dead-wood collected from recent summit activations. (Good work Peanut Goat for not eating it!) My code is now goat inspired and improving with every activation! …woohoo!)
Video tells the story! Although no joy on first several CQs from woodshop? …so waiting for next activation!
Us Goats hope to work you soon with goat our made SOTApaddle! …72, Steve/wGOAT
Road to top of Pikes Peak is OPEN today! yea! “SOTApaddles” Maiden Voyage!
Planning to be on top around noon to 1PM MDT will be using KX3/loop/SOTApaddles. Weather is always a factor Today’s high winds from a front blowing in for the weekend are going to be a challenge. So Alexloop will be antenna du jour! Look for a blaze orange jacket OP on the deck with loop antenna via this webcam: http://www.springsgov.com/units/pikespeak/cam2.asp
Also track via APRS: http://aprs.fi/wG0AT-7
In reply to LA5XTA:
Yes …when we I heard about the high winds I decided to leave the ‘boys’ in the barn or I may been witness to flying goats? They will follow me to above timber line but much rather be at lower elevations where there’s green stuff to nibble on. Unlike their cousins the Mtn Goats
I fit them in the hand microphones. I have them in both my FT817 and IC706 plus other home-brew QRP rigs. They are wired into the up/dn buttons PCB; you then need to select CW from the up/down buttons.
You don’t need to carry a key at all so you can never find you’ve forgotten it on arrival at the summit. There are just two problems. I can`t get hold of them anymore. The last one I bought was at Blackpool Radio Rally 2007. Secondly, I cannot now send CW on anything else!
Wish I could find a couple more,
All the best,
John G4YSS (GX0OOO/P)
