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What a beautiful day for a hike! I spend a great deal of time talking about amateur radio in my day to day life. It is no surprise that I get many questions from non-hams about the hobby and how it works. Recently I decided to host a monthly “nerd hike” where I invite friends…
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It’s my birthday today and decided to blow off going in to work. My YL Debbie tagged along for a hike to Saddle Peak. 10 years ago we hiked this summit as newlyweds and I wanted to go back. The views did not disappoint! I ran some 2m SSB on the Quansheng, and then switched…
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Instead of taking a ton of pics for this activation, I made a YouTube video instead.
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What a beautiful day for a hike! My friend Chris W tagged along to see what Summits on the Air is all about! He, like many others in my personal life, are always full of questions when I bring up ham radio. It is always nice when friends take interest in some of my nerdy…
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Get it on WordPress.org → Interactive GPX Track Map Upload your GPX file and Activator Toolkit for SOTA renders a full interactive map with your track, a summit peak marker, and the precise SOTA activation zone boundary. Switch between Topographic, OpenStreetMap, and Minimal base layers. An elevation profile chart sits directly below the map —…
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Beautiful day for a hike! A.J. W6CMY joined me for an activation at Vetter Mountain. This site is neat because a fire lookout is at the summit. This lookout burned down in 2009 in the Station Fire but was rebuilt. It’s a tough location for 2m / 70cm, Mt Wilson hides a clear view of…
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Blessed to have this summit right in my backyard… but man, the hike is a real grind. About a 2,000 Ft climb, with 1,800 over a short distance. I worked this entire activation on 2m, but mostly CW and SSB. I was in a time crunch to get back. I had my KH1 with me…
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Images are of the Version 4 Prototype Inspired by DL6YYM’s concentric design of the TP-III, I sought out to design a miniature concentric key using the same idea. The design would have to be small to accommodate the KH1’s form factor along with fitting inside the KH1 carry case. The design above was created around…
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Frankly, I owe myself an explanation to this simple question also. This project is WAY out of my league! A little background is probably valuable to understand first. I am very new to CW, only having started in May 2025. My goal then was to cram every single day for at least an hour with…
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AJ W6CMY and I met at 7 a.m. to head into the Angeles National Forest for an activation. Initially, I thought we might tackle Josephine Peak or attempt a two-for-one with Strawberry Peak and Mount Lawlor. However, we weren’t feeling motivated enough for either. Instead, Kratka Ridge, deeper into the forest, caught my attention. It’s…