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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

Sorry for screw-up, but you get 10 points instead of 8, so it’s not all bad. 73, Mike AD5A

The Santa Fe National Forest has rescinded the Medio Fire closure order, effective March 14. The closure area included all Forest Service lands, roads, and trails within an area that is roughly defined by Rio Nambe Trail #160 on the north, Borrego Trail #150 and Forest Road 412 on the east, Forest Road 102 on the south, and back up the forest boundary line on the west to meet Rio Nambe Trail #160. The closure order was implemented after the Medio Fire in 2021 to protect public health and safety. While roads and trails in the area no longer fall under this closure order, certain roads may remain closed under seasonal weather closures. Please contact the Espa?ola District Office at 505-753-7331 for more information about specific winter road closures. To view the closure order and associated map visit our Alerts and Closures webpage: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/santafe/alerts-notices This should make W5N/PW-018 "9700"

T-Mobile Popular for its extensive cactus gardens, Grand Central is as those who have been there before will expect, except for this: day use fees are waived for all NM residents from November 1 to April 30 in all state parks and lands. Light wind and temperatures in the 50’s made for a very pleasant hike. Strava says it was a 1,200 ft ascent, done in about an hour twenty. I particularly liked finding the rock pole support built several years ago still intact, hi hi. TNX to CN and N9KW for the chases. Condx fine, could see snow capped probably Wheeler and probably Canjilon. 73, John and Fred KX2 KH1

Appears to have been closed as of ten last night, and no notice of reopening, though expect it will later this morning… fd

WELL - FIRST AND FOREMOST - SOTA IS NOT A CONTEST! Neither is POTA. It is much more like DXing, in where some operator travels to a specific location and others try to contact that location. The 146.520 frequency is the national calling frequency. Generally speaking, if you are going to look for anyone to be listening to a simplex frequency, this will be it. There is nothing wrong with calling CQ on the frequency, but a QSO should be moved off that frequency. That is just good manners. Yes - some lack good manners. There is also the wilderness protocol. People monitor 146.520 listening for emergency calls. This is less of an issue in large metropolitan areas, but if near a wilderness region that should be considered. I personally monitor 146.520 a lot. I will answer calls there, but will not have a QSO there beyond a few short words like "I'm in your driveway". Vy73 - Mike - KD5KC. El Paso, Texas - DM61rt. SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager. https://summits.sota.org.uk/association/W5T

I'm planning to activate Sandia Crest, W5N/SI-001, this Saturday. Here's the details: Arrive at parking/trailhead at 8:15am local time Begin Activating at 9:45am local Après Activation at Mine Shaft Bar in Madrid at 1:00pm Forecast is partly cloudy with temps in the 40s The road up is reportedly clear/dry A SOTAwatch Alert has been posted 73, Ray / KD8EQA

There is Morse code in the dust of Mars… until the next dust storm anyway. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p7f8oR5ELwk FD

Wagon Mound/EL-016, and West Las Mesas del Conjelon/EL-014, proved to be everything I was hoping for. The weather was ideal... sunny with a little breeze. I activated with Matt/KF0RIG. For Wagon Mound, we parked at the cemetery, and hiked up, heading for the juniper on the right side of the summit (just like KT5X's posting suggested). In fact, studying and memorizing the SOTA postings was a great help for both summits. I'm happy to report, there's not a bit of snow or ice to deal with. I wore trail shoes (with grippy soles) and waiters (for the scrubby vegetation). The approach to the base of the mound seemed steeper than I expected from looking at pictures. The slot was awesome, with plenty of solid hand-holds. As you go up, near the bottom of the slot, pay attention to a rock that you'll need to use for your descent. It won't be visible when you descend, so it's good to know it's there. Once on top, the same Juniper that we used for a heading, is the one where the register/cairn is located. Looking at the callsigns in the register that came before me made me feel like it was a special honor to have my callsign associated with theirs. For Conjelon, we downloaded (from the SOTLAS page) and used K1JD's gpx track. Also, be sure to get the required NM Rec Access Permit, and display it on the dashboard of your vehicle. My permit took three days to get from online application (Sunday) to email inbox (Wednesday). Even though we had a track to follow, really, your going to have to do a lot of route finding through scrub oak to get to the rim of the mesa. The most important bit of advice I can pass on is to make sure you hike up onto the mesa at exactly the location along the rim that the gpx track does. Being left or right of the entry point you will either cliff-out or be climbing rock. Once on top of the mesa, it's about a mile of open, easy terrain to the last pitch and summit. The 360 degree views of both summits is impressive. Thanks to KT5X for finding his mic for a local contact. My other high points were a couple DX contacts in the Canary Islands, a S2S in W0C, a S2S in W5O, and being N0MTN's Complete for Wagon Mound.