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Cool and cloudy as Don and I headed out from my QTH this morning en-route to pick up Alan at the train terminal in Santa Fe. With Alan on board we headed out to summit trail head parking. see GPX file Drive The dirt roads up to parking are very rocky with some rutting in places. This is NOT SUBARU territory, 4WD and high clearance will be needed. From parking its a .1 mile (very short) hike up the steep and rocky side to the summit. see GPX file Hike Once on top we found some nice places to set up ops. See pics Weather was warm when the sun shone and cool when cloudy. Winds were light to moderate. If you need more info Matt (KF0RIG) just let me know. Fantastic drive up the Rio Grande Box. Great views. 73 all WB5USB Geo..

New Mexico history: https://archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2017/features/new-mexico-pueblo-revolt/ Something more about the Jemez, Cochiti, San Ildefonso, and the reconquest. I saw the ruin of the Cochiti ancestral pueblo revealed in the aftermath of the fire. Black Mesa, the mesa you see to the north from Otowi peak and just north of present day San Ildefonso, is the mesa of which they speak. I have been up it with Enky, the head kashari at that time, and he told me his version of the battle there. He said that the Spanish canon could not reach the mesa top, and showed me where the canon balls had hit the sides of the mesa. He showed me the cave that is mentioned, and he showed me how braves were able to climb down the back side of the mesa, and run down river to solicit help from the Cochiti. They then caught the Spanish between them and chased them back to santa fe. Enky said they caught and killed the Spanish attackers, but since the attackers included vargus himself, they must have caught only some of the Spaniards. Enky showed me shrines on top of black mesa, in Tewa called, Tunyo, and he showed me river rocks. The geologist in me was puzzled by river rocks on top of the basaltic mesa, but now I see the Indians carried them up to use as weapons to, throw onto the Spaniards below! More about Enky… Encarnasio Pena, Indian name, spoken Soquawa but he always wrote it Soqween, he was born in the early 19teens. He was educated at IAIA as a painter. He was a teen when he was part of a team from Harvard that excavated the Pecos Ruin in Rowe. He told me stories about his time there. He also was involved excavating Bandelier which is ancestral to the San Ildefonso. https://www.adobegallery.com/artist/Jos_Pea_Soqween_1902-197915705048 typical of his paintings: Enky said the dancers always wore sprigs of the spruce tree. He said it was a symbol of purity. The origin of this tradition comes from Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde and the full story can be found told by White Bear Fredericks in Book of the Hopi… I walked up canyon from Spruce tree house as described by White Bear and found the story in the petroglyph just as White Bear drew in an illustration in the book. fred

From: David Fuller <nn5k@...> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 7:00 PM To: Fred Maas <just.one.hill@...>; John De Primo <k1jdjohn@...> Subject: Fwd: [W5N-SOTA] An unsuccessful outing Can one of you FWD this to W5N? I am apparently able to rx but not tx now again on w5n -Dave NN5K Begin forwarded message: From: David Fuller <nn5k@...> Date: March 25, 2025 at 17:43:50 MDT To: w5n-sota@groups.io Subject: Re: [W5N-SOTA] An unsuccessful outing ?Can be tested using an OHM meter for catastrophic failure. You can look for a you tube on that. It’s pretty straight forward. I also have a small transistor tester I think this one that I have not used much yet. DROK Transistor Tester LCR Meter, Mosfet Transistor Capacitor Tester, Mega328 NPN PNP Transistor Diode Resistor Inductor Capacitance MOS SCR ESR Meter Automatic Checker Detector amazon.com -Dave. NN5K On Mar 25, 2025, at 17:32, Steve N2IC via groups.io <n2icarrl@...> wrote: ? After replacing the local repeater antenna at PA-001, I set up for SOTA. Sent a few CQ's, but then let the smoke out. :( It's a QMX. Has been working fine for almost a year. I suspect the BS170 finals. Anyone have suggestions on how to test them ? 73, Steve, N2IC

W5N/SI-006 Capilla Peak Saturday, March 29, 2025 Weather will be mostly sunny temps in the high 50's and winds around 18 mph. QRV should be around 1630 or so. Nice little summit with a fie watch tower on top. see pics Roads up have been SUBARU capable. see GPX track drive From parking its a short hike up the road, from the gate, to the summit. As always anyone wishing to join us is welcome. 73 WB5USB

T-Mobile I had never heard of Coues Deer. It seems that this miniature deer is famous for stealth. It is stated to only be found in the Boot Heel of NM. https://azstateparks.com/coues-deer But then while doing a SOTA peak north of Mt Taylor, I find a tiny deer skull. It is a Coues! They are not supposed to be there, but obviously, they are. On the trip last week, I did not see any, but I found miniature deer prints and tiny deer droppings, on W5N/AP-048. I just know this was Coues deer. Steve, N2IC, said he has seen them on his property near Silver, but not often. Keep your eyes pealed out there, maybe see one! Fred

A couple of very cool things to day on Colorado Peak. We have heard of and seen signs wild horses in the Caja Del Rio. Today John and I finally saw a pair. They were clearly not domesticated, snorting at us and pawing the dirty aggressively . Below is a picture of the horses. The second thing was a run of 10 EU stations on the 10m. I’ve experienced this much DX on a Summit in New Mexico. I went to 10m, just to se what might be there and this is what I found, starting at 1653z. A nice day indeed. The logging program is HAM2K, a fantastic app. It exports the logs into ADIF for easy uploading. I never have to reenter anything. 73, Mike AD5A

W5N/EL-001 Gallinas Peak Thursday March 20, 2025 Mostly Sunny, Winds 14 mph, 49 degrees QRV around 1830 UTC. Depart my QTH by 0715 then stop by and pick up Don then head on down to Tim's. From Tim's, drive on down to the summit. Dress warm. Road up is SUBARU capable and should be in good shape. See previous pics... 73 all WB5USB Geo APRS is now WB5USB-7

T-Mobile SRI John’s knee was bothering him, so I went up solo. Road was fine with the Xterra. The route up the ridgeline seemed more open than ever before, seems like the dead pinon had collapsed and the deer had pressed routes on up. Little wind, temperatures pleasant in the 40’s. Worked F4WBN and EA4R on 17m. Seemed like 15M was not getting out so well. Below is an Indian made digging tool I found. Likely used to dig out interesting minerals, copper and gold, probably for jewelry. It is quite big, salad plate sized, and obviously purposefully shaped. 73, fred kt5x

My original plan was to activate Sandia Crest/SI-001, but ultimately weather became the deciding factor. It snowed overnight the night before my activation. In the morning, I was using NM-165 to approach the Crest Road to the summit (I didn't realize using NM-536 was the better/paved option). As I headed up NM-165 the road started out dry, but became snow covered, and then progressively deeper in snow. There was one set of tracks in the snow from a prior vehicle, but the tracks were wider apart than they are on my vehicle, so I could only use one track at time. At the point where I was questioning my ability to get up the Crest Road (steeper grade) in 4 or more inches of snow, I saw the trailhead parking for Palomas Peak, and decided Palomos (plan B) was the better/wiser option. In hindsight, I believe I had a more enjoyable SOTA experience for the day than I would have had activating Sandia Crest. I also learned later from KT5X's posting that the Crest Road was closed the night before... I'm not sure when it reopened. The trail up Palomas Peak is a delightful trail. The first half of the trail is fairly flat until after crossing the Las Huertas Creek, then it's a steady hike up. Heading up I used micro-spikes (and gaiters) for the snow. As I hiked up the trail, the residual, low level clouds from the snowstorm, blocked my view of Sandia Crest and the surrounding area. It wasn't until I was on the summit that the clouds eventually burned off. The temps were on the low side, but with 2 or 3 layers I was comfortable... and it wasn't windy... so that helped too. My first contact was on 2m was with Jon/KC2SHO who says "Hang on!" "Don't leave this frequency... I'll text the gang." And he did! I got a bunch more contacts, many of whom followed me to the HF bands. Back at the trailhead, the snow on the road had melted and it was easy travelling on the muddy road back to pavement, and then to the Mine Shaft Bar (Thanks Fred/KT5X... great recommendation!). Also, thanks to the local contacts who made my day so much fun; KC2SHO, NK5W, WA6BJH, KI5VJJ, W5BYZ, K5ZN, and N5PEZ. I've attached some pics.