This is the first summit of four E and I completed for Winter SOTA Fest 2024. Until my activation, this was only activated once in 2012 – 12 years earlier. I’m not sure why. Hiking around this was really fun, the rocks were interesting, and it wasn’t that hard of a climb. I’d definitely some back to this one. Worked 7 and 14m CW. After packing up we chose to hike a different way down, through a wash with large boulders to make it a loop.

https://sotl.as/summits/W6/SD-064

Download file: 4835_W6_SD_064.gpx

Date:12/01/2024 |  Summit:W6/SD-064 (4835) 

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode	Notes
19:54	WB6POT	7MHz	CW	S58N R57N
19:54	NT6E	7MHz	CW	S599 R57N
19:55	W7RV	7MHz	CW	S57N R57N
19:56	AA6OY	7MHz	CW	S55N R55N
19:57	K6EL	7MHz	CW	S55N R57N
19:58	K3GX	7MHz	CW	S57N R56N
19:58	K6YK	7MHz	CW	S599 R599
20:00	KM6AA	7MHz	CW	S599 R599
20:01	N7PN	7MHz	CW	S55N R599
20:03	N6PKT	7MHz	CW	S53N R55N
20:11	KN6FNY	144MHz	FM	S59 R59
20:13	F4WBN	14MHz	CW	S52N R55N
20:14	N0DNF	14MHz	CW	S52N R55N
20:15	W0MNA	14MHz	CW	S53N R53N
20:16	KF9D	14MHz	CW	S55N R52N
20:17	W0ERI	14MHz	CW	S52N R53N
20:18	AD0WB	14MHz	CW	S55N R5NN
20:18	K9PM	14MHz	CW	S58N R55N
20:19	W6HW	14MHz	CW	S599 R599
20:20	K7SO	14MHz	CW	S57N R55N

This was the second summit of the day for So.Cal Winter SOTA Fest, having just finished up Su Casa Benchmark to the north. I missed a open clearing to park off the narrow dirt road and couldn’t turn around after realizing my mistake, so I ended up parking a bit further away. After slathering on sunscreen, E and I started hiking up the summit, following a track provided by Kevin, the event organizer. After getting through a wash and dry waterfall we started the steeper climb up out of a box canyon. I kept thinking of my great uncle, Jack, who lost a leg in WWII. He would always joke that the lack of a leg was an advantage when walking sideways across a hill. I think he might have been comfortable than me because most of this hike is side-hilling. The summit was super windy, so I only worked 40M and 2M. On the way down, we took a much better route as we had gone through a sketchy area on the way up.

https://sotl.as/summits/W6/SD-128

Download file: Daggett_Ridge_W6_SD_128.gpx

Date:13/01/2024 |  Summit:W6/SD-128 (Daggett Ridge)

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode	Notes
21:33	K6STR	144MHz	FM	S59 R59 S2S W6/SD-010
21:34	W6LOR	144MHz	FM	S59 R59 S2S W6/SD-010
21:37	KN6FNY	144MHz	FM	S59 R59
21:38	KD7DTS	144MHz	FM	S55 R55 S2S W6/CT-015
21:48	NW7E	7MHz	CW	S52N R53N
21:49	NT6E	7MHz	CW	S599 R55N
21:50	K6YK	7MHz	CW	S55N R57N
21:51	WA6KYR	7MHz	CW	S57N R55N
21:52	WB7ULD	7MHz	CW	S56N R53N
21:54	KD7DTS	7MHz	CW	S55N R55N S2S W6/CT-015
21:55	W6TDX	7MHz	CW	S53N R53N
21:56	KN6OMN	7MHz	CW	S58N R599
21:57	N6AN	7MHz	CW	S52N R54N S2S W6/CT-225
21:57	WB6POT	7MHz	CW	S599 R599
21:58	K6MAA	7MHz	CW	S57N R53N
22:00	W6KME	7MHz	CW	S599 R599
22:07	KN6FNY	144MHz	FM	S59 R59 S2S W6/SD-060
22:07	KN6RDC	144MHz	FM	S59 R59 S2S W6/SD-060
22:16	N6XZN	144MHz	FM	S55 R55 S2S W6/SD-442