28 SOTA points achieved this weekend in 
and 
enjoying the sunshine. Thanks chasers and summit to summit activators! 
#summitsontheair #portableops #qrp #hamr #hamradio
Recent searches
Search options
Administered by:
#PortableOps
0 posts0 participants0 posts today
Great day SOTA-ing in South Wales today the beautiful sunny weather meant easy mode for the SOTA winter bonus. Two summits for 19km walking and 16 points. Plenty of activity on 70cms and 20m.
#summitsontheair #sota #portableops #qrp #mountains #yaesu #hamr #amateurradio
Just in time for Spring! Wire insulators for portable antennas! These make a great connection point for rope or anchors.
https://n7komportableradio.etsy.com/listing/1864403276
Three easier Summits on the Air hills in South Wales ticked off today including a new one, Allt yr Esgair. New “Slim G” 2m antenna and HT combo didn’t live up to expectations but will persevere.. Good conditions on 20m/17m tho.
#summitsontheair #sota #portableops #dx #qrp #mountains #elecraft #kx2 #hamr #hamradio #amateurradio #radio
Icy and windy Summits on the Air activation of Fan Gyhirych earlier. Didn’t see anyone else on the hills all day. Bit too fresh to setup a dipole for HF this time but continuing to have success with 70cms.
#summitsontheair #sota #portableops #dx #qrp #mountains #yaesu #hamr #hamradio #amateurradio #radio
Last Friday, a few of the Ventura County @SOTA regulars had a group 4WD expedition to Carrizo Plain...tons of fun!
https://www.cvarc.org/2025/02/02/cvarc-team-combines-four-wheeling-with-sota-activations
A memorable #SOTA activation of GW/NW-040 "Tal y Fan" in North Wales with a sensational cloud inversion! 
Plenty of contacts on 10-40 metres with my KX2 (10 watts) including a Summit to Summit with Fabio IK2LEY/P in Switzerland and KD1CT in New Hampshire (USA). #hamr #sota #portableops
An enjoyable although very windy hike to the summit of G/SB-001 "The Cheviot" (815m) for #SummitsOnTheAir on 19/10/24. Plenty of QSOs on 20m and some on VHF too! #hamr #portableops
Continued thread
hashtags here-I ran out of characters 
@AJ6CL and I had an awesome drive and hit two SOTA summits today (W6/CT-095 and W6/CT-259). Being drive-ups, I brough my 100w radio as well as the KX2 if we had to do any hiking. And realized on arrival I hadn't brought my coax bag.
Fortunately, Martin had coax for HIS antenna, so we both activated with the KX2. 10m was awesome-not one but TWO QSOs to France, single side band and ten watts. Gorgeous shirtsleeve weather, killer views.
Our very active #draussenfunker community shared their pictures of the month September: https://draussenfunker.de/aktivitaeten/2024-09-30-Bilder-Des-Monats-September.html
draussenfunker.deBilder des Monats September 2024 | Draussenfunker.de | QRV im GrünenBilder des Monats September aus unserer Community im Discord.
Just contacted AJ6CL on Tioga Mountain in the Sierras 400 miles away, just two days after he and I activated 4 different 8k footers in Ventura and Kern counties (and had an awesome camping trip in the process). Martin is a beast!
Amazing what 5 watts, a bit of wire, and a Morse key can do.
Replied in thread
Yes, I think this is possible.
For a completely DIY approach, use @termux which gives you a full Linux shell.
For a more polished setup I would look into @owntracks and I would cc @jpmens who might elaborate on same to see if it is flexible enough to do the needful.
Termux would need `cron` to work, I have not tried that myself, or maybe you do a while true sleep 600 style loop.
Re-wrote a chunk of my portable-operations python helper script to use the Observer pattern. This will come in handy when I add in support for WSJT-X (i.e. send Location UDP packet to update current gridsquare) and a Unix socket to support real-time display of Grid, CQz, ITUz, State, and County (very handy for mobile operation; always know which county you're in!).
Git +445 -216
New DX QRP personal best today, 9306km from the summit of 
Zugspitze (Germany’s tallest mountain) to JI0LQJ/0 in 
Japan. Elecraft KX2 with AX1 vertical on 18.130 MHz. 
A Summits on the Air activation of DL/AL-181 Burgkranzegger Horn (1151m) this afternoon. Struggled to get the 4th contact with the Elecraft AX1 on the 20 metre band, but got there eventually. New path system isn’t reflected on maps! #hamradio #sota #portableops
Radio activation of Nagy-Hárs-hegy 
as HA/M1HAX/P. About a 5km round trip from János-hegy. Very hot and lots of mosquitoes 
. The wooden lookout tower at the summit provided a great operating position. #sota #amateurradio #portableops
Last weekend I activated Semaforo IS0/IS-266 (“Traffic Light”) on the island of Sardinia. This special hill hosts the ruins of a radio laboratory used by Marconi, who was born 150 years ago. #sardegna #hamradio #sota #italy #SummitsOnTheAir #PortableOps
It was a great day for playing #SummitsOnTheAir in the PNW yesterday. We had 34 ops out on 20+ summits for the W7O/WV Spring S2S Party.
We ran net control for the event from W7O/NC-051 and it took just over 1 hour 45 minutes to work through every iteration of ops working each other.
Join us April 13th at Bald Peak State Park and meet some friendly hams and learn about #PortableOps #HamRadio #CascadiaRadio cc @ethanschoonover @cascadiaradio
