SOTA Planned for Tomorrow

[Nashua Area Radio Society]

Just wanted to let everyone know that myself (KC1MUU) and my friend Matt, KC1OFX plan to activate Mt. Monadnock tomorrow. The planned time is around 1200-1300 local time but may fluctuate depending on conditions getting up there.

We will be on 146.520 FM and 144.200 SSB to start.

We will monitor NH SW on the NEDECN DMR network as well as the N1IMO repeater system as we ascend (pending coverage).

Hope to catch some of you on the air!

[James Barron]

Thanks, Mike.  I’ll make a note to listen for you and come back if I hear.

[Peter Dabos]

Thank you for your SOTA Activation of Mt. Monadnock.

Can you report on what you experienced and contacts that you made?

[Nashua Area Radio Society]

Thanks for the interest! We did very well as far as contacts go. Not sure on the exact number yet because we are still entering in the logs (it is difficult to get everything down while up there as our fingers go numb without large gloves on). We were probably close to 30 contacts, most on 2m FM and a few on 2m SSB.

The weather was nice at the base but not very conducive to radio ops at the top. The wind was likely close to 30-40 mph steady with some pretty violent gusts, no visibility. We had to find an alcove in the activation zone and be very careful with our antenna and tripod setup. We had to cut it short because of the extreme cold.

We had a great time and appreciate all the contacts! We have many more winter hikes planned so stay tuned. We have an email list going that we notify people of our hikes, I will continue to post here as well.

Here is a shot of our setup as we were taking things down.

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[Jeff Millar]

Nice SOTA!

[Nashua Area Radio Society]

Thanks Jeff!

Little last minute but we will be heading up again today to Mt. Kearsarge. See the original post for details. Planned summit time is around noon.

Hope to catch some of you!

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