And here's my annual, stay off 146.52 MHz message.... Back in the early days of the 14er event, we just called on 146.52 MHz when using the 2m band. This quickly overloaded the channel which became a

I may be in the San Juans over the weekend of 1-2 August. Can someone please direct me to the starting frequencies that are anticipated for the event? I'm mostly interested in 2 meters FM, 20 meters S

Is there a file where people are entering their plans for next week? I thought I saw mention of one but I’m having trouble finding that mention again. I haven’t solidified plans, but I’ll be on the ai

Crossposting this... There will be SOTA activity throughout the week ahead of the 14er Event. Come on out and play. 73 Bob K0NR -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Colorado SOTA Week was Re:

Here it is July 8th already. Note that the Colorado 14er Event falls on August 1 & 2, so it will sneak up on us quickly. I see that some folks have posted their intended operating plans. Thanks! Take

On Jul 20, 2020, at 2:18 PM, Dino Darling <dino@...> wrote: We need a username and password? So sorry everyone - sent the wrong link. https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=5b58387ea80b

I posted this announcement on my blog announcing the Colorado 14er Event. It may be a convenient place to link to: https://www.k0nr.com/wordpress/2020/07/2019-colorado-14er-event-2/ Or just point to t

Hi all, We've added a number of new subscribers to this list recently, so welcome everyone. You may also be interested in the W0C-SOTA group: https://groups.io/g/w0c-sota (W0C is the designator for Co

I have been in contact with Mike (KN6EZE) concerning the SOTA event the Southern Cal SOTA group is planning in August. By brilliant planning or maybe just pure luck, the event will be on the same week

Judging by some of the questions I get, here are the Top Five Myths Concerning the Colorado 14er Event: 1. Mountaintop stations can only operate from 14,000 foot mountains. A few years ago, the event

I changed the ham14er groups.io to default to "reply to the group," which is consistent with other SOTA-related groups. I also changed the email address of the group from "main@ham14er.groups.io" to "

Wow, I was researching 14er Mt Bross, and discovered it didn't qualify for SOTA. Looks like it only has a prominence of 332ft. Interesting. I wonder how many other Colorado 14ers don't neet the 500ft

Don't forget to gear up with an official Colorado 14er Event shirt from https://www.cafepress.com/mtngoatwear -- Bob Witte, K0NR bob@... Check out my new book: VHF, Summits and More: Having Fun With H

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Please excuse the commercial interruption... I am excited to announce the release of my new book: VHF, Summits and More. This book is about having fun with ham radio, primarily on the VHF/UHF bands. I

Hey Folks! Here is a brief trip report for my activation of Grays Peak and the rest of the hike... My sister, Jackie, wanted to hike her first 14er, so we decided to knock out Gray's and Torrey's. Bei

Here's some interesting data on hiking traffic on the Colorado 14ers. https://gazette.com/news/colorado-s-ers-keep-getting-busier-report-shows/article_fa627818-ec35-11e9-8273-73869de51511.html Number

I had several surprising 2m FM contacts this weekend. On Friday, Joyce and I did "The Pumas" in South Park. While activating Little Puma (W0C/SP-128), I worked a strong station in Colorado Springs. No

Here is a summary of our contacts from Pikes Peak - all were via 2m FM: Total QSO’s: 12 Summit to Summit: 7 Longest Distance: 71.3 Miles (Mt. Belford) Curious about entering the contacts SOTA database

Hi all, I took off work at 4pm on Thursday and headed straight to the San Juan range. I parked at the lower Sneffels trailhead at around 11pm and went to sleep in the back of the truck. I didn't set a