[COham] 2022 Colorado 14er Event - Aug 5 to 8

[Bob Witte (K0NR)]

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*August 5 to 8, 2022
Friday to Monday
*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 annual event and see how many of the mountaintop stations you 
can contact. Be aware that many mountaintop activators will hit the 
trail early with the goal of being off the summits by noon due to 
lightning safety concerns.

This event is normally held the first full weekend in August. Following 
up on the success of the 10-day W0C SOTA event in 2021, in 2022 we will 
add *two bonus days* to the Colorado 14er Event. The main two days 
remain *Saturday and Sunday (Aug 6 & 7)*, while the bonus days are 
*Friday Aug 5 and Monday Aug 8th*, for those SOTA enthusiasts that need 
more than two days of SOTA fun!

The 14er event includes *Summits On the Air (SOTA)* peaks, which 
includes over 1800 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 W0C SOTA web page at w0c-sota.org <http://w0c-sota.org/>.

*Important: *The recommended 2m FM frequencies have been changed to 
*146.58*, 146.55, and 146.49 MHz, to align with the use of the *North 
America Adventure Frequency for SOTA (146.58)*. The National Simplex 
Calling Frequency (146.52) may be used as appropriate. See the operating 
frequencies page <https://ham14er.groups.io/g/ham14er/wiki/23190>.

See the very cool *Colorado 14er Event gear* available at 
https://www.cafepress.com/mtngoatwear

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

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

*And there is more!*

On the same weekend, SOTA enthusiasts in Montana, Idaho, Washington, and 
Oregon will activate summits for the Pacific Northwest 
Not-Quite-Fourteener (PNW-NQF) event. <https://qrpdx.org/> Also on the 
same weekend, the Southern California SOTA group will hold their SOCAL 
SOTAFEST <http://socalsota.com/>. So there will be plenty of SOTA 
stations to work that weekend.

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

Sponsored by /The Colorado 14er Event Task Force/

-- 
Bob Witte, K0NR
bob at k0nr.com
/Have fun with amateur radio and tell people about it./
My blog: /www.k0nr.com <http://www.k0nr.com>/
My book: /VHF, Summits and More: Having Fun With Ham Radio 
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