Operating Position on Mount Houghton, Mount Rose W7N/WC-001 in Background Summit Trip Summary Distance: ~ 4.8 mi one way Transport: ...

Operating Position on Scott Peak Summit Trip Summary Distance: ~ 4.2 mi one way Transport: Hiking Elevation Gain: ~1700 feet Time: ~2...

Operating Position on Granite Chief Summit Trip Summary Distance: ~ 4.6 mi one way Transport: Hiking Elevation Gain: 2748 feet Time:...

Being the holiday season I decided to post this article from the December 2014 issue of Nuts & Volts magazine www.nutsvolts.com that I...

An End Fed Half Wave (EFHW) antenna for operation on 20, 30 and 40 meters was built for SOTA operation. By using traps, the antenna...

A prior post described the development and build of a clock to display time and date for UTC and Local. The clock characters are large,...

I recently posted a blog claiming that a capacitor in the primary of the matching transformer is not needed for end fed half wave (EFHW)...

In my research on End Fed Half Wave (EFHW) antennas I found that nearly all have a capacitor in the primary (rig) side of the transformer....

The Raspberry Pi (Rpi) is a great single board computer (SBC) that can be used in many projects and comes in different configurations. I...

Recently the Maker Space that I frequent received a number of 4 line 40 character (4 x 40) LCD displays. They asked me to figure out how...

Operating Position on Castle Peak Looking Southwest Summit Trip Summary Distance: ~ 3.5 mi one way Transport: Hiking Elevation Gain: ...

Operating Position Looking South From Sand Ridge Summit Trip Summary Distance: ~ 6.5 mi one way Transport: Hiking Elevation Gain: 1200...

Looking east from Mt. Lincoln, Tinker Knob W6/NS-121 is hiding behind Anderson Peak Summit Trip Summary Distance: ~ 3 mi one way...

Looking east from Signal Hill, Donner Lake is in the background and Lake Angela in the foreground Summit Trip Summary Distance: ~ 2 mi...

Summit Trip Summary Distance: 7.2 mi one way Transport: Hiking Elevation Gain: 1870 feet Time: ~3.5 hours one way Route: Via Pacific...

SOTA activations are challenging and with risk, be sure you are experienced in hiking, navigation and survival skills.

What is SOTA? SOTA, or Summits On The Air, is basically an activity where ham radio operators take their radio equipment to a hill or...