[PPRAANet] FW: Big SOTA weekend coming up (Colorado 14er Event)

[Raymond Gierlach]

Hi everyone…

 

I am forwarding an email (below) that may be of interest.  It describes the Colorado Ham 14er Event coming up this week-end.  There’ll be lots of SOTA activators all over Colorado for 4 days (Friday through Monday) who would love to have you chase them.  Their Spots and Alerts are updated… real-time… and can be found here: https://sotawatch.sota.org.uk/en/

 

Have fun!

 

Ray / KD8EQA

 

From: ham14er at ham14er.groups.io [mailto:ham14er at ham14er.groups.io] On Behalf Of Bob K0NR
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2024 12:04 PM
To: Bob Witte K0NR
Subject: [ham14er] Big SOTA weekend coming up (Colorado 14er Event)

 

Please forward this as appropriate.

Amateur Radio Fun in the Colorado Mountains
August 2 through 5, 2024
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

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Bob Witte, K0NR
bob at k0nr.com

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