Ham Radio

SOTA 23 cm QSO with N0OY

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While planning for the 2022 Colorado 14er Event, I decided to focus on making some long-distance contacts on 1.2 GHz (23 cm). Last year, Dave/W0ADV and I worked summit-to-summit (S2S) at a distance of  244 km (152.6 miles), which is my best result so far. See my previous post here… Using 1.2 GHz in the … Read more

Technician License Class – Black Forest, Colorado

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The Technician license is your gateway to the worldwide excitement of Amateur Radio, and the very best emergency communications capability available! We are once again offering our highly-successful Technician License Class in Black Forest, Colorado. Earn your ham radio Technician class radio privileges Pass your FCC amateur radio license exam right in class on the … Read more

Four Days of SOTA Fun

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This year, the Colorado 14er Event had the normal two-day (Saturday and Sunday) schedule plus two bonus days (Friday and Monday) for four activation days. Of course, Joyce/K0JJW and I decided to activate all four days using VHF/UHF frequencies. Frankly, we have not been doing that much hiking this year, so we were careful to … Read more

Universal Digital Voice

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For the June VHF contest, I operated Single-Op Portable from the summit of Pikes Peak. I combined this with Summits On The Air (SOTA) and Parks On The Air (POTA) activations. In a few hours, I made 80 QSOs on 6m, 2m, 1.25m, 70cm, and 23cm bands. It was a fun time. Quite a few … Read more