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Re: Silent Key [1 Attachment]
Dawna Gerst
Jeff would scare the bejeebers out of me when we would go to Denver or when we would head off for the 14ers event. If someone was pulled over on the side of the road, he pulled over to help them. No matter what.
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He was one of the sweetest, kindest men I have ever known. He was also one of the smartest men I have ever known. He could take garbage and create antennas. He could fix anything mechanical from vehicles to radios. I am honestly in shock. I didn’t know he was sick. Apparently he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer at the end of October. I am going to miss him. Dawna
On Jan 2, 2019, at 9:24 PM, 'Bob Witte (K0NR)' bob@... [ham14er] <ham14er@...> wrote:
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Re: Silent Key [1 Attachment]
Sorry Bob & everybody else, its been a bit hectic out here in Akron the last few days and I didn't even think of this group.
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Wish we had that pic for the service today Bob, the other ham is Ron, K0LMD from Wray, CO and he talked a bit about that Longs Peak trip today, others agreed with your "chatty" remarks :-) Jeff had only been diagnosed with cancer in November and it took him quickly, he was a good friend and its partly his fault I moved to Akron 2yrs ago, he will be sorely missed. 73, Dan N0TZL
On 1/2/2019 8:24 PM, 'Bob Witte (K0NR)' @K0NR [ham14er] wrote:
Dawna/KC0FDT, thanks for passing along this sad news of Jeff/N0XDW
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Re: Silent Key
Dawna/KC0FDT, thanks for passing along this sad news of Jeff/N0XDW becoming a silent key.
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I did not know that Jeff was ill. Jeff was involved in the early days of the Colorado 14er Event, serving on the Colorado 14er Event Task Force that manages the event. He's been active in the event and Summits On The Air activity in Colorado. Jeff (and Phil/N0KE) together hold the 2m all-mode distance record for the Colorado 14er Event. Operating from Mount Bross, they both worked W7XU and N0QJM near Parker, South Dakota on 2m CW at a distance of 551 miles. Attached is a photo of him and another ham doing a Longs Peak activation a few years back (with some serious antenna hardware). I'll always remember Jeff as being very friendly and chatty on the air, always willing to help out. Even to a fault....I recall thinking "come on Jeff, stop talking, I've got other stations waiting to make a contact." He will be missed by me and many others on the ham bands. 73 Bob K0NR Bob Witte / K0NR / @K0NR / www.k0nr.com
On 01-Jan-19 4:40 PM, SA_Dawna@... [ham14er] wrote:
N0XDW passed away on December 30, 2018.
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Re: Silent Key
Peter Ebertowsky
Sad news. Thanks for the notice. Peter KD0YOB
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Silent Key
Dawna Gerst
N0XDW passed away on December 30, 2018.
Here is the link for his obituary. http://www.bowinfuneralhome.com/obituary/jeff-gerst 73 KC0FDT
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Another Ham Radio Tech Day - October 13th!
Yes, we are back at it with another Ham Radio Tech Day. This day of amateur radio training is aimed at helping hams get started in the hobby by building their skills and knowledge. More experienced radio amateurs will enjoy this event, too.
*Tech Day* *Black Forest, Colorado* *Sat Oct 13^th , 2018 (8:30 AM to 3:30 PM) * Location: Black Forest Fire Station 1 11445 Teachout Road, Colorado Springs* * *Come to our one-day ham radio education event. *** * Improve your radio knowledge and skills * Learn from informative presentations on amateur radio topics * Have your handheld radio programmed with local repeater and simplex frequencies * Have fun messing around with ham radio stuff! *Time* *Activity* *Presenter* 8:30 Doors Open 9:00 How to Assemble a 2m J-pole Antenna Adam White, K4SPB 10:00 Portable High Frequency (HF) Operating Shel Radin, KFØUR 11:00 Basic Radio Operating and Net Procedures Barrett Poe, WØASB 11:45 Lunch 12:30 DX with a Technician License Using Satellites Vince Vella, KI6ASW 13:30 VHF Station: Beyond the Handheld Transceiver Bob Witte, KØNR 14:30 Your First HF Station Stu Turner, WØSTU 15:30 End of event Lunch will be provided. Sponsored by the / Tri-Lakes Monument Radio Association/ A Colorado-registered 501(c)(3) organization Check the website for updates: www.w0tlm.com <http://www.w0tlm.com> (some details may change) There is no registration, no fee, just show up, learn and have fun. Contact: Stu Turner, WØSTU, stu.turner@... Flyer attached. Please spread the word. 73 Bob K0NR -- Bob Witte / K0NR /@K0NR /www.k0nr.com
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Re: Activating Longs Peak this weekend
Excellent. Longs is a long hike so good luck!
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On Sep 12, 2018, at 07:55, ke0btx@... [ham14er] <ham14er@...> wrote:
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Re: Activating Longs Peak this weekend
Jeff <jeff@...>
Good luck,
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I haven’t been on Longs since doing a 14er event activation before SOTA came here. Took a buddipole and an 817. I will try to look for you.
On Sep 12, 2018, at 07:55, ke0btx@... [ham14er] <ham14er@...> wrote:
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Activating Longs Peak this weekend
ke0btx
Hello All, I just put in the alert on the SOTA site, just letting people know I will be attempting a SOTA activation of Longs Peak (W0C/FR-110 on 146.52-FM) this Sunday 9/16. Very tentative ETA is around 9 am, but I really don't know how long it will take with our group. I will send out a spot if I have cell phone service when on the summit and ready to go. Thanks, Kris KE0BTX
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AD0KE on Greyrock, 146.52, Summits on the air
Bryan
Just worked Wayne from Greyrock, W0C/FR-095 on 146.52-FM. Give him a try!
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Re: Mt Antero Today (Friday)
It worked out well...great weather. We activated Antero and White for a 20 point SOTA day!
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Thanks for the QSOs. 73 Bob K0NR
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From: ham14er@... <ham14er@...> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2018 6:53 AM To: ham14er@... Subject: [ham14er] Mt Antero Today (Friday) The WX is looking good for Friday, so Joyce and I are headed to Mount Antero (SR-003). https://www.sota.org.uk/Summit/W0C/SR-003 ETA is 11 AM local. 146.52 MHz If the weather remains favorable and our bodies are still working, we may try Mount White (SR-021) which is nearby. ETA 2:30 PM??? https://www.sota.org.uk/Summit/W0C/SR-021 I will try to keep SOTAwatch.org up to date with our plan and progress. 73 Bob K0NR Bob Witte / K0NR / @K0NR / www.k0nr.com ------------------------------------ Posted by: "Bob Witte (K0NR)" <@K0NR> ------------------------------------ Keep Safety First for All Mountaintop Operating! ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links
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Re: Mt Antero Today (Friday)
Jeff <jeff@...>
Do you think there’s a path to Akron from there. I can’t remember if the FT-90 is still in the Mini, or if I have a cigarette plug to power it. I haven’t gotten Powerpoles installed yet...
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but if you might be up there past 11:30 and have a path, I will see if I can get the radio hooked up at lunch time. I will be at the airport full day today.
On Aug 24, 2018, at 06:53, 'Bob Witte (K0NR)' @K0NR [ham14er] <ham14er@...> wrote:
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Mt Antero Today (Friday)
The WX is looking good for Friday, so Joyce and I are headed to Mount Antero (SR-003).
https://www.sota.org.uk/Summit/W0C/SR-003 ETA is 11 AM local. 146.52 MHz If the weather remains favorable and our bodies are still working, we may try Mount White (SR-021) which is nearby. ETA 2:30 PM??? https://www.sota.org.uk/Summit/W0C/SR-021 I will try to keep SOTAwatch.org up to date with our plan and progress. 73 Bob K0NR Bob Witte / K0NR / @K0NR / www.k0nr.com
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W0C-SP-076, unnamed peak activation 8/25
Barrett Poe
Folks, I am camping overnight this evening with some coworkers and I thought I might as well bag a peak while I'm in the area. I am opting for an unnamed peak just east of My Antero. I'll be packing my 2m/70cm HT with a half wave, and I'll bring the Yagi just in case. Barrett W0ASB
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Re: 14er event last Sunday, Mt. Belford
Hi Gerry,
Bob K0NR
From: ham14er@...
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2018 6:28 AM To: ham14er@... Subject: [ham14er] 14er event last Sunday, Mt. Belford
Finally got time to post a comment to the group. Our small band did summit Mt. Belford last Sunday. We hiked to treeline late Saturday and camped. Had several episodes of hail and rain thru the evening, making it quite miserable. Stars did peek out around 02:00 and that was fabulous to view. Sunday morning there was much thunder and sleet and we just about called it off, but it did appear to clear out some around 08:30 and quite a few locals were headed on up, so we followed. We did summit around 10:00. We made 5 contacts on 2 meters before losing my antenna to wind gust. Wind was fierce!! Gary W5ODS did make around 20 contacts on HF. We called it off at 11:00 and headed back down, thru several hail episodes and fierce wind gusts. This was by far the most challenging of any of the 14er's that we have done.
73 Gerry KC5JKU
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Re: 14er event last Sunday, Mt. Belford
Gary Burch
Hi Group, I see Jerry, KC5JKU, my fearless leader, just posted also
about our Mt. Belford adventure. The first rain event started just as we reached treeline Saturday afternoon. We quickly set up our tent and waited a few minutes for it to subside. Jerry proceeded to get a campfire going and I thought, "OK, that was our 10% rain forecast, now for the stars and a pleasant evening." As Jerry said, the star report at 2am was encouraging only to be dampened by the sound of rain on our tent at 4am. My son Dan, N9JHZ, joined me on my and his first 14er hike. Starting the hike we discovered the weather pattern was dark clouds, rain, sleet, hail, clear skies and then repeat. We made it to the top and I made 2 contacts on 2 meters with KX0R and KI6ASW with my FT-60 and a rubber duck antenna. I then jumped down to HF to work some SOTA chasers on 40, 30 and 20 meters. At the Summit it was clear but the wind was strong and cold so my CW was getting worse as time went on. I was able to make 37 SOTA contacts before we decided to pack it up and head down. I was quickly reminded that "down" could be more difficult than "up", so began the slow (like turtle slow) descent for me. We were all happy to have achieved the 14er Summit and had a great weekend together. 73 Gary W5ODS
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14er event last Sunday, Mt. Belford
Gerry Paschal
Finally got time to post a comment to the group. Our small band did summit Mt. Belford last Sunday. We hiked to treeline late Saturday and camped. Had several episodes of hail and rain thru the evening, making it quite miserable. Stars did peek out around 02:00 and that was fabulous to view. Sunday morning there was much thunder and sleet and we just about called it off, but it did appear to clear out some around 08:30 and quite a few locals were headed on up, so we followed. We did summit around 10:00. We made 5 contacts on 2 meters before losing my antenna to wind gust. Wind was fierce!! Gary W5ODS did make around 20 contacts on HF. We called it off at 11:00 and headed back down, thru several hail episodes and fierce wind gusts. This was by far the most challenging of any of the 14er's that we have done. 73 Gerry KC5JKU
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Re: KI6ASW Crestone Peak Log
Rex Ishmael (WD0AJG)
Bob, Hey if I knew that they would be lost mines anymore... WD0AJG
On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 2:20 PM, 'Bob Witte (K0NR)' bob@... [ham14er] <ham14er@...> wrote:
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Re: KI6ASW Crestone Peak Log
Rex,
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I no longer care about the radio propagation but please give me the exact lat/lon of the huge gold deposits :-) 73 Bob Bob Witte / K0NR / @K0NR / www.k0nr.com
On 09-Aug-18 9:17 PM, Rex Ishmael wd0ajg@... [ham14er] wrote:
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Re: KI6ASW Crestone Peak Log
Vince Vella
Yeah, you're telling me! It was quite frustrating actually, and I don't disagree- it should have worked. Even a lousy antenna (I tried with the rubber ducky) with 7W should have closed link- and throughout I I could receive them, though only occasionally enough to break squelch. I worked Pikes from Humboldt and Lindsay in the past and they were 5/9, but that was with the Yeasu. Not ruling out operator error- seems most likely- but all can tell you that's how it happened and it's pretty hard to mess up with the rubber ducky so I don't know what I could have done wrong. I'd think the finals on the radio to be the next suspect, but the AX-25 packets made it to Hartsel from that location. The KC Folks could actually hear me calling to Pikes- they relayed I was there and I heard Pikes reply to them that he had tried to talk with me- of course I called back hearing that, still no luck. I can't figure it out. I do have a photo toward Pikes. Usually you can see it from the Sangres. In this case there are clouds above and the visibility wasn't such to make it out, but could see well toward Canon City. Google is so cool that I am able to recreate the photo and there's a clear difference in views. Unless I did the trig wrong, there's another ~.5 mi or so drop due to the curvature of the Earth at 67.1 miles. All of which would have made the look angle like ~.5 degree below horizontal, but there was absolutely nothing that high in the way in that direction. Humboldt is too far to the side. Given the strange atmospheric conditions and the polarization reversal, my total wag is a reflection off of the clouds- like a Tropo E inversion without the ducting, with nothing to scatter and loose coherence from otherwise, setting up a nice little 2nd path and Fresnel zone- which really doesn't pass Occam's Razor nor does that make much since in that the polarization difference would mean the two paths would be out of phase anyway. But I can't figure out anything else, it just should have worked. When Belford worked it was from that 2nd location. Pike's either had called it a day or still couldn't hear me at at time. Had I been thinking I would have tried 70 cm too. Going to feed the radio into an RTL-SDR just to make sure it's pulling out 7W still. 73, -Vince
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