[COham] Colorado 14er Event - August 3 & 4

[Bob Witte (K0NR)]

*Colorado 14er Event
August 3 & 4, 2019*

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*Saturday and Sunday
*www.ham14er.org <http://www.ham14er.org>

Amateur Radio operators from around Colorado will be climbing many of 
*Colorado’s 14,000-foot mountains* and *Summits On The Air* (SOTA) peaks 
to set up amateur radio stations in an effort to communicate with other 
radio amateurs across the state and around the world. Join in on the fun 
during the *28^th annual event* and see how many of the mountaintop 
stations you can contact. The covers the entire weekend but many 
mountaintop activators will hit the trail early with the goal of being 
off the summits by noon due to lightning safety concerns.

The event includes all *Summits On the Air (SOTA) *summits, which adds 
over 1700 potential summits! If you aren’t up to climbing a 14er, there 
are many other summits to choose from with a wide range of difficulty. 
See the Colorado SOTA web page at w0c-sota.org <http://www.w0c-sota.org/>

Radio operators who plan to activate a summit should post their intent 
on the ham14er group via the ham14er groups.io 
<https://ham14er.groups.io/>website. Also, be sure to check out the 
event information at http://www.ham14er.org

*Frequencies used during the event
*Activity can occur on any amateur band including HF and VHF. The 2m fm 
band plan uses a “primary frequency and move up” approach. _The 2m fm 
primary frequency is 147.42 MHz._ At the beginning of the event, 
operators should try calling on 147.42 MHz. As activity increases on 
that frequency, move on up the band using the 30 kHz steps. /Don’t just 
hang out on 147.42 MHz…move up! /The next standard simplex frequency up 
from 147.42 MHz is 147.45 MHz, followed by 147.48 and 147.51 MHz.

For a complete list of suggested HF, VHF and UHF frequencies see this 
web page <https://sites.google.com/site/ham14er/frequencies>.

_Warning:_ Climbing mountains is inherently a _dangerous activity_.
Do not attempt this without proper training, equipment and preparation.

There is a lot more information available here: www.ham14er.org 
<http://www.ham14er.org>

Sponsored by /The Colorado 14er Event Task Force/

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Bob Witte / K0NR /bob at k0nr.com  /www.k0nr.com