This is a one point summit near Whittier, and my first activation of the day of three planned. I parked the car at the end of Vantage Point Drive and headed up the paved road to the summit. After a very short walk I came to a locked gate with several “keep out” signs. This gate didn’t look like the area where others activated, so I wasn’t sure if I was in the activation zone. I considered hopping the fence and climbing a small hill, but there were several long horn cattle in the area and I liked the idea of a fence between me and them. I called another SOTA station on the next summit over, they said the gate area is where they activated in the past. They also shared an story of how a rancher found them on the other side of the gate and was not too happy about it. Still skeptical about actually being in the activation zone, I didn’t bother setting up the HF station and just used HTs. Made seven, 2M FM contacts, and one, 1.2GHz FM contact, 3 S2S. Back at the house, I checked activation.zone and found I was indeed in the correct place.
Sorry, no video or .gpx file for this report. I might update this in the future.
https://sotl.as/summits/W6/CT-240
Date:28/01/2022 | Summit:W6/CT-240 (1428)
| Time | Callsign | Band | Mode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:28 | K6KWI | 144MHz | FM | S58 R59 S2S W6/CT-242 |
| 18:35 | K6LDQ | 144MHz | FM | S59 R59 |
| 18:40 | KI6SLA | 144MHz | FM | S59 R59 |
| 18:44 | WA6WV | 144MHz | FM | S59 R59 |
| 18:50 | N6AN | 144MHz | FM | S56 R55 S2S W6/CT-146 |
| 18:52 | KM6UHU | 144MHz | FM | S55 R59 |
| 18:53 | K6ARU | 144MHz | FM | S59 R54 |
| 19:01 | N6ARA | 1240MHz | FM | S59 R59 S2S W6/CT-242 |
