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| W7MTB on Round Butte |
This SOTA summit is a paved drive up. Access is quite easy from Madras, to the East or Culver to the South.
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| Madras to Round Butte |
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| Hwy 97/Culver Junction to Round Butte |
There is a large open area on the top of the butte to setup your gear. On the Saturday that I was there, I saw one pedestrian and one other car in the 3 hours I was there. There are some small juniper trees but I’d suggest bringing a mast of some kind.
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| Working 17m CW from Round Butte |
I worked several S2S on 2M with ops up on Frog Lake Buttes [W7O/CN-024], 4620 [ W7O/CN-090] 4925 [W7O/CN-086] then switched over to HF and worked scored another S2S from W6/SC-365 on CW. This was the first time I had deployed my newly build K6ARK End fed random wire tuned with the EmTech ZM-2
This would be an excellent introduction summit for new operators. I presents no physical challenge other than sitting in the cold and wind, but it has beautiful views and feels remote enough to be relaxing.
Resources:
W7MTB: Amateur Radio Notes 