[Elecraft] OT - Elecraft Expedition to Leviathan Peak

[FredJensen]

Not sure the "OT" is needed since there will be a K1 and K2 in use, but 
just to stay honest ...

Rich, NU6T, and I will be on Leviathan Peak tomorrow, Sat 25 Jul, 
hopefully starting around 1630Z.  Barring insurmountable problems [we 
know we didn't forget the radios, antennas, and batteries :-)], we'll 
hang out as long as we can.  Expedition end will be dictated by either 
falling temperature or darkness [we want to be back down to US-395 
before the long dark spell starts].

We will both sign NU6T.  Rich will be on his K1 [~14.061 and ~7.045 if 
we are able to hang out until 40 opens.  I will be on my K2 [~10.110, 
~18.090, ~21.061, ~24.910 if 15 and 12 open]  I'll likely start out on 
17m.  We do have Rich's -706 and he may try out SSB.  Rich is working on 
his CW, please be kind :-)

I believe I'll be able to post spots to QRPSpots and SOTAWatch from my 
phone, assuming I can read my notes in my station journal and figure out 
how to work my phone.

LP is SOTA W6/SN-039.  We're hoping to get to most of the summit hunters 
prior to 1800Z ... when FD starts.  Thereafter we'll do our best to hold 
a frequency with 5W, but in that bedlam, it may be mainly S&P.  We'll 
submit a 2B Battery FD entry.  If the SOTA folks are plentiful, I'll 
stay on WARC bands to work them out and Rich will dive into FD.

Leviathan Peak [~9,500 ft] is on the extreme eastern edge of the Sierra 
Nevada a few miles into California in Alpine County and we'll QSL anyone 
needing that county.  Last I heard, there were no active hams in Alpine 
County.  We will load our logs [separately] to the SOTA database, and 
combined to LoTW.

SFI=96, A=13 [ouch], K=3 at 0240Z 25 Jun.  We're hoping for good condx.

73,

Skip, K6DGW
Topaz Lake, NV