Monthly Archives: November 2024

W6/WH-003 – Piute Mountain 🏔️

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Kel and I made a quick weekend trip through the White Mountains, camping at Grandview the night before and hiking a few of the lower summits. I’ve had pretty bad altitude sickness in the past so I was prepared to turn around at any point on the trip up. Luckily, by the time we got to the end of White Mountain Road, both Kel and I felt great. I attribute this to camping at Grandview and hiking Clem Nelson before gaining additional altitude. We do live at sea level so…..

The hike to Piute Mountain was pretty straight forward; about 3 miles round trip and 1k feet of gain. You can pretty much see the summit from the parking area, just walk straight up to it. We picked a good day to be there. A slight breeze with a temperature in the low 70’s. It was perfect. Worked 40M, 20M CW, even got a 2M FM contact up there.

https://sotl.as/summits/W6/WH-003

Total distance: 3.12 mi
Max elevation: 12498 ft
Total climbing: 1176 ft
Total time: 03:02:57
Download file: PiuteMountain.gpx

Date:11/07/2024 |  Summit:W6/WH-003 (Piute Mountain) 

TimeCallsignBandModeNotes
18:16N1EFK144MHzFMS59 R59
18:20K6YK7MHzCWS57N R57N
18:21KB7HH7MHzCWS57N R53N
18:23NT6E7MHzCWS56N R53N
18:23K6STR7MHzCWS57N R57N
18:23W6LOR7MHzCWS57N R57N
18:26KH2TJ7MHzCWS55N R53N
18:27K6TUY7MHzCWS55N R55N
18:40W5ODS14MHzCWS53N R44N
18:41WW7D14MHzCWS52N R51N
18:42VE7HI14MHzCWS55N R33N
18:43WOMRH14MHzCWS32N R53N
18:45KX0R14MHzCWS2S W0C/SP-071 S55N R56N
18:47N2ESE14MHzCWS31N R52N

W6/CT-281 – 1236

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My pal organized a camping trip at Little Harbor on Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles. To get there, we took the ferry from San Pedro to Two Harbors, then hiked the Trans Catalina Trail to our reserved campground. The hike was a little over 6 miles one way, with the summit somewhere roughly in the middle. At the top, a single pavilion with a picnic table stands. I setup my KH1 here with an EFHW and worked 15, 17, and 20M CW. Bands felt kinda dead but ended up with 11 contacts. Made an 2 FM QSOs – one back to the mainland, and another to a guy on his boat on the east side of the island. I kinda assumed 2M would work better here? Once the activation was done I continued on to Little Harbor for the weekend. I never really liked Catalina because I’ve only ever been to Avalon, but this trip changed my views. I’m now looking forward to activation more summits on the island.

https://sotl.as/summits/W6/CT-281

Total distance: 6.31 mi
Max elevation: 826 ft
Total climbing: 892 ft
Total time: 02:20:52
Download file: CT281.gpx

Date:26/07/2024 |  Summit:W6/CT-281 (1236) 

TimeCallsignBandModeNotes
19:56AB4PP21MHzCWS51N R22N
20:05WOMNA18MHzCWS58N R57N
20:06W0ERI18MHzCWS58N R57N
20:06KF6HI18MHzCWS559 R559
20:07K6TUY18MHzCWS8N R57N
20:20NT6E144MHzFMS57 R55
20:24KQ6NP144MHzFMS59 R59
20:37KF9FD14MHzCWS57N R32N
20:39W4VIG14MHzCWS57N R22N
20:47WB7BWZ14MHzCWS57N R55N
20:48W4IFI14MHzCWS42N R55N