[PPRAANet] Fwd: Colorado 14er Event - Pikes Peak report

[Bob K0NR - email list]

Pikes Peak - Colorado 14er Event - August 9, 2009

We had a very capable crew on Pikes Peak this year, operating 4 stations:
1) 2M FM  2) HF (20 Meters)  3) 50 MHz (mostly SSB)  4) 222 MHz FM, 440 
MHz FM

This had to be the best weather for the event in years, with no one 
reporting being chased off the summit by approaching storms.
Really odd considering the stormy weather patterns we have seen this year.

Most of the 2M FM contacts used callsign KD0BIM,
everything else was K0YB.

Summary of Pikes Peak Logs:

Band         QSOs       14ers        Comments
2M FM       83           13           Best DX: K4S Mt Sunflower
                                      and N0KQY in Kansas
50 MHz      21             1        Only 14er: KQ6EE on Elbert
                                   Short band opening to 
                                 Michigan snagged a few stations
222 MHz      3             1        Only 14er: KQ6EE on Elbert
HF (20M)    17             1        Only 14er: N0B on Humboldt

Total:      124         13

We clearly missed some of the 14ers that were on the air.
Based on my count, there were 16 summits on the air:

Elbert, Massive, Grays, Antero, Torreys, Quandary, Evans, Princeton,
Yale, Bross, Pikes, Humboldt, Bierstadt, Redcloud, San Luis, Huron

Let me know if I missed any.

Thanks to everyone that came out for the event!

73, Bob K0NR