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What a fun SOTA summit!? Weather conditions were ideal.? We (Matt/KF0RIG, Steve/WG0AT, and myself/KD8EQA) had a beautiful, sunny, crisp, winter day with clear skies and impressive views.? All the

Roads up to W5N/MG-033, Gray Hill, were in good shape. Subaru friendly.? Very little snow. This was a noisy summit for the lower bands but fairly quite on the higher ones. No problem making a lot of

We will look for you Ray..GL WB5USB George

Have a great time! You may not be able to reach anyone on 2M. If you do, please report such contact(s) here after you get back! (I have a dentist app’t Wednesday, so will probably miss

Hi All, Matt/KF0RIG, Steve/WG0AT, and I are planning to activate Capulin Mountain, W5N/SG-009, tomorrow, Wednesday, the 15th.? It's supposed to be sunny with a light breeze.? We don't anticipate

Action Plan: Wednesday January 15, 2025? W5N/MG-033 Gray Hill We will depart my QTH by 0800 en-route to summit parking. QRV should be by 1800 UTC. Drive time about 2 hrs 11 min?? Weather will be

The cell-phone gloves arrived today. I chose the cheapest I could find, $6.29. The sizing chart was exact, select a size that proves to be snug, and that is good. Two fingers and thumb use

George Yoakum via groups.io writes: Wow. La Cebolla is out there in no man's land. Great activation. Almost due east of me at foot of Polvadera Peak. But was in ABQ retrieving my wife from the

Cold day as Don, Tim and I headed down to W5N/BA-008 La Cebolla. Roads were in good shape snow wise with little or no accumulation. However, the last few miles is rocky, steep, and rutted in a few

TNX warning, Alan. The back-up would be to take the gloves off, hi hi. In fact, since I don’t have gloves yet, did you try yours with a capacitive touch paddle??? When mine arrive will test

Hi Fred! Be warned that those "cell-phone gloves" will indeed work, but only for a very short time. I've purchased 2 different pairs and the material or coating on the fingertips wears off quite

Perhaps some of you, like me, have capacitive touch paddles. I have such on my MTR3 and MTR5 XCVR's. Obviously, this is not the best in winter, as in frostbite fingers. I used my MTR3 yesterday

Many may find contents from ATN’s newsletter interesting! * fred Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2025 3:56 PM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: PNW SOTA Newsletter --- Jan-Feb-Mar 2025

Weather in Santa Fe continues to be cold and dry, today overcast, and forecast for the next several weeks is more of the same. The upper trail route to 9420 is very steep with loose gravel at

Several of us in Colorado just climb in a Bothy bag when activating the high peaks, particularly in the shoulder seasons and winter when the temps drop below zero with blowing snow.? It's amazing how

Proposed Activation: W5N/BA-008 La Cebolla Saturday January 11, 2025 We will depart my QTH around 0800 in route to summit parking. see GPX Drive.? QRV around 1830. Weather will be sunny but cool with

I prefer tactile feedback from a paddle, but I am willing to forego that in the field. I have been using capacitive touch paddles on my MTR radios for years. These have functioned flawlessly

Had such good luck with DX when I started activating around 1630 last time I decided to pick up Don early, around 0730 local, then took the 15 min drive to trail head parking. Was a cool start with

Fred- I assumed a mass of 5 grams with 6 square inches to be heated (2- paddles, 1.5 sq in per paddle side, 2 sides per paddle because heat is transferred off both open faces of the paddles).

Fred- I assumed a mass of 5 grams with 6 square inches to be heated (2- paddles, 1.5 sq in per paddle side, 2 sides per paddle because heat is transferred off both open faces of the paddles). Assumed