W6/CT-044 -Onyx Peak

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I’m not sure why I didn’t activate Onyx Peak earlier. I’ve driven by it several times, and even activated W6/CT-041just to the west. This would be an easy summit to mountain bike. It’s a bit under 6 miles round trip, but less than 1000′ of elevation gain on a maintained fire road. Kel and I parked at the locked gate off CA 38 and hiked up Pipes Canyon Road to the summit, which hosts several large communication installations – including a few amateur repeaters. Once there I was able to check into the Coffee Talk net on a 2M repeater in Yucca Valley while setting up my MTR4B with an EFHW antenna. I then heard several other SOTA ops hiking up to San Gorgonio. No S2S with them though. Worked 40m, 30m, and 20m CW. Talked to another hiker who was interested in amateur radio and explained the SOTA program. We hiked down the way we came, but considered a cross-country route down to make it a loop. Overall, easy summit, easy hike.

https://sotl.as/summits/W6/CT-044

Total distance: 5.87 mi
Max elevation: 9067 ft
Total climbing: 852 ft
Total time: 04:02:25
Download file: Onyx.gpx

Date:24/08/2024 |  Summit:W6/CT-044 (Onyx Peak) 

TimeCallsignBandModeNotes
17:27KD7DTS144MHzFMS59 R59
17:28K6ARK144MHzFMS55 R55
17:28N6ARA144MHzFMS59 R59
17:29K6STR144MHzFMS59 R59
17:29W6LOR144MHzFMS59 R59
17:31NT6E144MHzFMS55 R53
17:40WB5USB14MHzCWS55N R55N
17:44KR7RK7MHzCWS58N R54N
17:46K6TUY7MHzCWS58N R56N
17:49K7MK7MHzCWS33N R22N
17:49WB6POT7MHzCWS53N R55N
17:50K7UOU7MHzCWS57N R599
17:51WB7ULD7MHzCWS42N R51N
17:52KN6OMN7MHzCWS52N R55N
18:03K6HPX10MHzCWS57N R54N
18:04K6KMH10MHzCWS55N R54N
18:06K7AMJ10MHzCWS56N R55N
18:07N6KM10MHzCWS58N R53N
18:22W0CP14MHzCWS55N R55N
18:23W0JSL14MHzCWS55N R53N
18:24WW7D14MHzCWS51N R53N
18:27AK5SD14MHzCWS44N R41N

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