Tag: amateur radio
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Activation Report: W7O/CM-091 – Pistol Butte in the snow
Last June I activated Pistol Butte for my first CW only activation using my newly built Penntek TR-35. During my walk down I thought it would be a great winter activation because the view is phenomenal and the roads getting in are pretty easy to follow. As we approach the end of winter bonus season…
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Activation Report: W7O/CE-219 – Cline Buttes, OR | February 2023
This was my first mountain bike activation of the year. Tim [N7KOM] and another friend joined me for a ride/joint activation of Cline Butte after my last failed attempt in November of 2022. I wanted to do some exploring of a new trail system based out of the Cascade View Trail head that opened in…
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Activation Report: W7O/CE-213 – Awbrey Butte,OR | February 2023
Awbrey Butte SummitGreen: AX, Magenta: Trail, Blue: Fence line After a little encouragement from Tim, N7KOM, I decide to try Awbrey Butte, which is arguably the easiest SOTA in the Bend Area. The AZ is only 3.1 miles from my QTH and is accessible from 2 Bend City Parks, Sylvan and Summit. The is notoriously…
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Activation Report: W7O/CE-188 – Lava Butte, OR | January 2023
Lava Butte Summit For the February Polar Bear / FYOB combined event, Tim N7KOM, and I wanted to get out and do another joint activation. Since we both had limited time a quick approach summit would give us the best opportunity to make the most of the day so we choose to return to Lava…
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Activation Report: W7O/CN-074 – Round Butte, OR | January 2023
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. Madras to Round Butte 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…
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Activation Report: W7O/CE-223 – Juniper Butte
Juniper Butte from the South This is a pretty easy hike, with some elevation gain. My watch clocked 1070 ft of gain in 2.6 miles from where we parked the truck. The primary access road is pretty good dirt that turns into a pretty ok jeep track. It would be possible to drive up the ok-ish jeep…
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Activation Report: Hoodoo Butte W7O/CM-060
Hoodoo Butte AZ KK7HJL and I had been wanting to get out and do more activations during our Holiday break from work responsibilities.The weather and social calendars colluded to prevent us from making it happen until the last day of our break. We won a pair of lift tickets to Hoodoo Ski area and decided…
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Activation Report: W7O/CE-068 Pine Benchmark – Thanksgiving Day 2022
After a successful RF high experience on Lava Butte the day prior, the weather looked stable and warm so KK7HJL and I decided to bag another of our local summits. Pine Mountain is about 25 miles SE of Bend on US Highway 20, then another 5-6 miles on a good gravel road, though in…
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Activation Report: W7O/CE-188 – Lava Butte
We haven’t been terribly active on the air of late. Only one activation since August, so we (KK7HJL and I) decided to take a couple hours on Thanksgiving Eve to hike up Lava Butte to activate. While the park is “closed” they do leave the gate to the parking lot open to allow folks to…
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PNW Campout Report
On the weekend of July 8-11, SOTA activators from California, Oregon and Washington gathered at Hyatt Lake campground in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument near Ashland, OR. Amy Hamptonstall (AG7GP) and her partner Robin (N7HAP) organized the gathering as a way for SOTA operators to get together and activate lots of summits with plenty of Summit…
W7MTB: Amateur Radio Notes 