[PPRAANet] SOTA Goat Alert

[W0XLD]

I will be on travel without an HF rig, unfortunately, so I will simply wish you good luck, hope you have fun, and I hope you stay safe! I look forward to hearing about your goat success.

73,
LD / W0XLD

On April 1, 2025 1:51:09 PM MDT, Raymond Gierlach <rgierlach at wowway.com> wrote:
>This posting is an “Alert” for PPRAA Summits-On-The-Air chasers.
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>In the past, I’ve posted an Alert on the PPRAA Reflector when I was planning
>to activate a SOTA peak that gave me a good line-of-sight with the Colorado
>Springs geography.  Then, during my activation I would call CQ on 146.52 MHz
>to make 2m, FM, simplex contacts.  Thanks to those of you that chased me!
>This activation and posting is different from past ones.  I’ll be activating
>a peak called The Pulverizer, W0C/SP-092, with my SOTA buddy Shane/N0QLR.
>It’s located just south of Wilkerson Pass and Badger Mountain.  So, I won’t
>have a line-of-sight to the Colorado Springs area.
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>But this activation is special.  After 3+ years of activating 160 different
>summits I’m at 997 activator points.  I need three more points to earn the
>coveted SOTA Mountain Goat trophy.  Shane is also at 997 points, and we plan
>to activate our Goat mountain together this Thursday, April 3rd
>(successfully activating The Pulverizer earns us 4 points).  I’d love to
>work all my PPRAA friends and chasers during my SOTA Goat activation, so if
>you’d like to chase me here’s what I think will work.
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>This Thursday, April 3rd, go to the aprs.fi website and enter the callsign
>“N0QLR-7” into the search field, and hit [Enter].  This search will show
>were Shane and I are at as we summit the mountain.  You’ll be able to track
>our progress (I think Shane’s HT will send an APRS beacon every 3-5
>minutes).  We plan to leave the trailhead at the Wilkerson Pass Visitor’s
>Center parking lot at about 7:30am, and reach the summit about 9:30ish am.
>The Pulverizer has a reputation for lots of deadfall, and when I drove past
>it recently, the north side that we’ll be hiking up was covered with snow.
>So, it may take us a little longer to summit, but that’s why being able to
>monitor our progress on aprs.fi is such a good idea.  Once on top, I’ll need
>about 30 minutes to set up.  Then, I’ll start calling CQ on 146.52 MHz.
>Those in the South Park region of Colorado should be able to hear and
>respond to my calls.  Then, to give my European chasing friends the best
>window of opportunity for chasing me, I’ll Spot and Activate on 10m SSB.
>Then, I’ll Spot and Activate on 40m SSB (I’m guessing around 11:00am) .  I
>think 40m will be our best chance of working each other.  Here is the
>SOTAwatch website where my Spot will be posted in real-time.
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>https://sotawatch.sota.org.uk/en/
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>You do not need to be logged-in to use it.  It will show
> in real-time
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>every activator’s callsign, the summit they are on, the band, frequency and
>mode they are using, and any comments they make.  Watch for my spot on 40m.
>Then, go to my frequency (I’m usually on or near 7.220 MHz) and see if you
>hear me.  If so, chase me, and I’ll get you in the log!
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>Also, WG0AT and KF0RIG will be with me, so you’ll be seeing their Spots as
>well.  Shane and Steve/WG0AT will be on CW, Matt/KF0RIG and I will be on
>SSB.  Chase all of us!  And if you want to join us for our Après Activation
>Celebration, watch for my QRT Spot on the SOTAwatch3 website, and meet us at
>Russ’s Place in Divide about 2 hours after the QRT Spot is posted.
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>Thank,
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>Ray / KD8EQA
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