[NLRS] SOTA Activation Thursday

[Larry Peterson]

Hi, Allan & all...SOTA lists 33 summits in Minnesota.  I hope you 
activate sometime.

Now for details, you'll want to visit SOTAWatch at http://www.sotawatch.org/

Then click on the Summits link at the top, and for Minnesota, scroll 
down until you get to K0M which is your SOTA Association for all of 
Minnesota.   You are divided into three regions.  I didn't see Oberg 
Mountain by name.  Maybe you'll recognize it by number.  To qualify as a 
summit, it needs to have sufficient prominence above the general 
surrounding terrain.

For HF spotting, I'd suggest you use the iPhone SOTA Goat app. This is 
useful for HF postings, and often you'll have chasers jump right to your 
frequency looking for you.

You might visit the Rigs section of my ham web site and scroll to the 
bottom to see a few pix of my SOTA operations, particularly my recent 
entry into the SOTA VHF, UHF and microwave world.

So I am still looking for anyone who would like to schedule a DX 
attempt...I realize it is a workday for some.  I am learning that 
mornings are better to enhance tropo-scatter propagation 
possibilities...and maybe I can only reach western WI or eastern MN from 
the lookout tower at Rib Mountain in Wausau.

Good luck, Allan!

73,

Larry WB9KMW


On 7/19/2016 11:06 AM, Allan wrote:
>
>
> Newbie FAQ: I've hiked up to Oberg Mountain on the Superior hiking 
> trail and thought of operating there sometime... Etc.
>
> I discover SOTA has this idea well organized!
>
> Alas, http://www.sotadata.org.uk/summits.aspx shows no association nor 
> summits for Minnesota.
>
> Allan
> WB0WHD
>
> On 07/19/2016 10:25 AM, Larry Peterson wrote:
>>
>>
>> I plan a Summits on the Air (SOTA) activation of Rib Mountain 
>> W9/WI-004 on Thursday, July 21.
>>
>> Karl WD9BGA and I will attempt some DX contacts from his Blue Mounds 
>> State Park location in the morning, starting perhaps around 8:30 am.
>>
>> I will operate SSB (and maybe CW depending on conditions) on:
>>
>>  * 2m at 144.200 MHz
>>  * 70cm at 432.100 MHz
>>  * 23cm at 1296.100 MHz
>>
>> For operations on VHF, UHF and microwave frequencies, scheduling 
>> works well.   For my partners operating on 20m and 40m, spotting via 
>> SOTAWatch is preferable.
>>
>> We communicate prior to the attempted transmissions via a 2 meter 
>> backbone, either the statewide, linked WECOMM on 2m or the Wisconsin 
>> Interstate Network (WIN) on 70cm.
>>
>> I am looking for any others who are available on Thursday and would 
>> like to schedule a QSO on one of these bands.  You can also get SOTA 
>> Chaser points, if you wish, at http://www.sota.org.uk/ by logging me 
>> in the database.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Larry WB9KMW
>>
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