[PPRAANet] SOTA Alert

[Raymond Gierlach]

Hi Everyone!

 

Chris/W0CNX and I will be attempting several "firsts" tomorrow, Friday,
February 7th.  Our first endeavor will be to hike up, and activation Peak
8108, in the Wet Mountains.  If successful, this will be the first time this
SOTA peak is activated.  We anticipate starting our activation sometime
between 11:30 AM local and 12:00 noon, but the unknowns could delay us.  We
should have good line-of-sight to the Central and Eastern Colorado Springs
area, with Cheyenne Mountain blocking our signal to the western part of the
city.

 

Another "first" is that we will start our activation on the D-STAR, simplex
frequency, of 145.67 MHz.  If any of you have D-STAR capable radios and can
listen for us, we'd love to get you in the log.  This is the first time
we've tried activating in digital-voice mode.  Right after our D-STAR
activation we will switch to 146.52 MHz FM.  So, if you're not able to get
us on D-STAR, just "monitor .52" for an FM contact.  Lastly, we'll finish on
10m. 20m. and 40m. SSB.  You may catch us via ground waves.  We'll be
posting our frequencies on SOTAwatch3: https://sotawatch.sota.org.uk/en/ .
So, you can monitor this website for our callsigns to see what band,
frequency, and mode we are currently activating on.

 

And the last of the "firsts" is.  I'm bringing a register (empty peanut
butter jar, paper pad, and pen) to the summit.  If there's not already a
register at the summit, we'll build a cairn around my register and leave it
for those who follow us.  We'll be the first to sign the register.

 

73,

 

Ray / KD8EQA