Amateur Radio · VHF/UHF · Summits On The Air · Colorado Mountains · Adventure
Here’s a great set of Summits On The Air (SOTA) links from Steve WG0AT: Name: Medium: Source: Description: Official SOTA Site Web SOTA UK Gateway to all official SOTA resources Rules & Guidelines PDF SOTA UK General Rules & Guidelines for SOTA WØC SOTA Site Web WØC Assoc.Mgr A good place to start for SOTA … Read more
Thanks to Steve WG0AT, we now have a new design for the Colorado 14er Event Shirt. Steve gen’d up a new logo that has the Colorado 14er Event blended with Summits On The Air (SOTA), that is available on a variety of t-shirts, a coffee mug and maybe a few other items. The logo, shown … Read more
Just when things were terminally boring on the amateur radio regulatory front, the ARRL reports that “The FCC is inviting public comments on a proposal from a Massachusetts ham to amend the Part 97 Amateur Service rules to permit the encryption of certain amateur communications during emergency operations or related training exercises.” The FCC is … Read more
Attention all radio amateurs, this weekend is ARRL Field Day! Don’t forget to get on the air. Field Day is a flexible event, so it can be anything you want it to be: camping weekend, stay at home, participate with your club, go mobile, whatever you desire. Remember to season to taste. One more thing: … Read more
The results are in from the 2013 ARRL January VHF Contest, which includes the new Single Operator 3 Band and Single Operator FM Only entry categories. There were 77 entries in the SO3B category, with Rich KV2R having the high score: 6368 pts. Breaking his contacts out by band reveals 50MHz:92 QSOs/18 Grids; 144MHz:83 QSOs/12 … Read more
My June VHF Contest operation was at the cabin DM78av, operating in the new 3-band single-op category this year. Usually, I have been a two-band guy just focusing on 2M and 6M. I drug along my 432 MHz antenna and drove it with 50W from my FT-847, picking up a few more QSOs that way. … Read more