SOTA Activation: San Gabriel Peak, Los Angeles County, California - May 23, 2014
Summit
On a brief vacation in Southern California to visit family, I managed to activate three (3) SOTA peaks. This is report 1 of 3 for this trip.
San Gabriel is 1,878 Meters, 6,161 feet elevation. It is a 6 point SOTA Summit.
Seaside Hamfest SOTA gathering
The Seaside Hamfest is coming up on June 6-8. As in the last two years, we are having a Friday evening SOTA gathering at 6:30 pm. This will be held at Pizza Harbor,
Hope to see you there.
73,
Phil, NS7P
Chuckanut Mtn 20 May, 2014
Summit
Identified by SOTA as Chuckanut Mtn, this peak is better known as Blanchard Mountain and is part of the Chuckanut Range. it is located on State Trust Land managed by the DNR. More information about the area may be found at:
A DNR Blanchard Forest Block map can be downloaded at:
http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/amp_rec_blanchard_fb_2012.pdf
Peak 4620, OR | May 2014
Summit
When the snow is gone, this is a easy two point summit not far off of Highway 26 east of Mount Hood.
A bit past milepost 63 and just before Blue Box Pass there is a right turn onto two forest roads - take the right one (pictured). A carefully driven passenger car might be able to navigate this road, but having high clearance would make it easier. And the distances are reasonably short so parking when the road gets too rough and walking a mile or so on a forest road could be an option.
SOTA Activation: Rattlesnake Mountain, King County, Washington - May 15, 2014
Summit
On a training hike for our Switzerland Hiking / Climbing tour next July / August. Accompanied by my wife Sharon and our Labrador Retriever Dexter. Rattlesnake Mountain is a relatively easy 9.2 miles round trip (including preliminary walk to trail head from parking lot), gaining 2,500 feet +/- to a summit elevation of 3,517. TH is is easily accessible from my home QTH in Bellevue, WA. I-90 east to exit 32 in North Bend, then good but windy paved road to Rattlesnake Lake area. The hike is through mostly wooded terrain, with some sections
Trailhead Pass Enforcement in Southwest Washington
There are a bunch of different passes required to access public land for Summits on the Air - I currently have five and under some circumstances, I might need to acquire another. For example, the 35-year reciprocity between Oregon and Washington for Sno-Park permits ended in 2014 - if I do a winter activation in Washington I would need to get a $20 day pass or a $40 annual pass.
Announcement: W7 S2S SOTA Activity Days Aug 2-3rd
In conjunction with the Colorado 14er Event on Aug 3rd, the Rocky Mountain SOTA Rendezvous the first week of August, and the ARRL UHF Contest, the W7 Associations are encouraging local Activators to participate from their favorite W7 summit!
Here are some links for more information:
http://www.k0nr.com/wordpress/2014/02/colorado-14er-event-august-3-2014/
Lopez Hill Activation 4/26/14
Summit
All of our trips to Lopez Island seem to involve a bike ride, and today was no exception. After a brisk ride in this year's annual Tour de Lopez, KG7JEH and I left the latex-clad crowd at the finish line for some SOTA de Lopez action. As it turned out, that action didn't last too long before my battery was down to 10 volts and I called it a day.
After taking the ferry ride from Anacortes to Lopez Island, getting to the trailhead is easy, and directions can be found with Google Maps - search for "Lopez Hill Trailhead".