Great news for fans of our SOTA / POTA hikes. If you made it to our August membership meeting then you already got the lowdown but for anyone that might have missed it then  I’ve got the schedule here for you and it begins in just a few short weeks.   Covid is mostly in our rear mirror so we can finally meet in groups and start having some fun.

On September 10th we will be headed to Mount Kearsarge in Warner N.H. We plan on taking the auto road from Rollins State Park to 1066 Kearsarge Mountain Road. The 3 1/2 mile auto road terminates at a parking lot and picnic areas. Let’s plan to meet up in this parking lot at 10:00 am You can choose to operate here or hike a .5  mile to the summit. If you’re a purist you can start on the other side of the mountain at  Winslow State Park and hike the whole mountain with only modest effort and meet us. It is necessary to buy a parking pass and it is best to do this several days or a week ahead of time to ensure they don’t sell out. If they do you will be stuck at the bottom waiting for someone to come down as they only let a certain number of vehicles up at one time. Here is a link to the State of NH State Parks page where you can get the parking pass.

As far as operating from Kearsarge you can operate anything from an HT to the newest and best that is commercially offered or your own home-brewed rig. Seeing the range of what others brought is part of the fun of these activations. I’m bringing my MFJ qrp rig  I’ve run this rig before but haven’t had any luck yet so I’m hoping to have better luck this year.

Here is the rest of the SOTA / POTA scheduled for 2022

• October 8 th   Pack Monadnock

Hope to see a lot of you on Kearsarge in a couple of weeks!

Jim Lajoie K1BRM