[HamTips] Big SOTA weekend coming up (Colorado 14er Event)

[Bob Witte (K0NR)]

Please forward this as appropriate.
*
Amateur Radio Fun in the Colorado Mountains**
August 2 through 5, 2024*
www.ham14er.org <http://www.ham14er.org>

Amateur Radio operators from around Colorado will be climbing *Colorado* 
*Summits On The Air* (SOTA) peaks and communicating with other radio 
amateurs across the state and around the world. Join in the fun during 
the annual event by activating a summit or contacting (chasing) the 
mountaintop stations.

This event is normally held the first full weekend in August. Again this 
year, we will add *two bonus days* to the Colorado 14er Event. The main 
two days remain *Saturday and Sunday (Aug 3 & 4)*, while the bonus days 
are *Friday Aug 2nd and Monday Aug 5th*, for those SOTA enthusiasts that 
need more than two days of SOTA fun! Be aware that many mountaintop 
activators will hit the trail early with the goal of being off the 
summits by (1800 UTC) noon due to lightning safety concerns.

The 14er event includes *Summits On the Air (SOTA)* peaks, which provide 
over 1700 summits to activate. (See the W0C SOTA web page 
<https://w0c-sota.org/> or browse the SOTA Atlas <https://sotl.as/map>.) 
The Colorado 14er Event was started in 1991, about 19 years before the 
SOTA program was set up in Colorado. As SOTA grew in popularity, this 
event expanded from just the 14,000-foot mountains (14ers) to include 
all of the SOTA summits in the state. We still call it the Colorado 14er 
Event because, well, that’s where it all started and the 14ers are the 
iconic summits in the state.

*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. There will be 
plenty of action on the other ham bands, for more information see the 
operating frequencies page <https://ham14er.groups.io/g/ham14er/wiki/23190>.

*Resources:*
Colorado 14er Event webpage <http://www.ham14er.org> – Everything to 
Know About The Colorado 14er Event
Beginner Guide <https://ham14er.groups.io/g/ham14er/wiki/34254> – For 
the first-time activator
Ham14er Groups.io <https://ham14er.groups.io/g/ham14er> – Discussion 
Group for the event
Colorado SOTA groups.io <https://groups.io/g/w0c-sota> – Colorado SOTA 
discussion group

Colorado 14er Event Task Force
info at ham14er.org

-- 
Bob Witte, K0NR
bob at k0nr.com
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