W6/CT-136 – Burn Benchmark

Posted on by

This was the second summit of the day, having just activated Grass Mountain on the other side of the paved road. Like Grass Mountain, you could pretty much drive this one but I took a mountain bike. The road up was a nice gradual uphill until the last mile or so where it got steeper. The surface condition on this part was deteriorating to to aggressive off road vehicle tires so it was difficult to cycle so I walked a few chunks. Near the summit, I followed a dirt bike trail up, which lead straight to the summit. Sadly, the whole area is a dirt bike hellscape and isn’t very nice. There were several benchmarks, one 90 years old, which I found interesting. Worked 30M and 20M, one S2S. Sadly, I forgot to turn my GPS on, so no recorded track.

https://sotl.as/summits/W6/CT-136

Date:08/01/2022 | Summit:W6/CT-136 (Burn Benchmark)

TimeCallsignBandModeNotes
21:49W3QP14MHzSSBS22 R33 S2S W3/PD-004
22:00WW7D10MHzCWS5NN R53N
22:01WA6KYR10MHzCWS44N R44N
22:02K6HPX10MHzCWS58N R55N
22:04KT5X10MHzCWS55N R33N
22:06W5ESE10MHzCWS22N R22N
22:07KF9D10MHzCWS57N R55N
22:34NW7E14MHzCWS45N R55N
22:35K0LAF14MHzCWS589 R55N
22:36NU7A14MHzCWS559 R449
22:38NM5BG14MHzCWS52N R33N
22:39K7MK14MHzCWS55N R57N
22:41NK5SD14MHzCWS589 R41N
22:43N5YYX14MHzCWS56N R559
22:45W5ODS14MHzCWS55N R56N
22:50W6TDX14MHzCWS589 R589
22:52JH1MXV14MHzCWS339 R39
22:55AE4FZ14MHzCWS549 R53N
I can’t remember why I took this photo, but this gives you an idea of the landscape
Dirt bike use trail I took up. Very steep, I pushed the bike up.
Off road stuff tearing up the landscape
Station
Heading down after a long day