Month: August 2024

This was definitely a fun summit. There were multiple times on the way up and down where the Subaru had two wheels off the ground. I could have gone further up in the car, but I saw a parking spot and took it, hiking the road for a bit before hitting the trail to the summit.

The trail starts out with a couple semi-steep sections, but mellows out soon enough. I really enjoyed this hike with plenty of shade the whole way up. I ran into Mark KD7DTS, Tim K6TW, Tom KE6SRO and Carol KE6SRN on my way up. At the top I setup for HF and had some good results on VHF as well. Wrapped it up and called it a day after making one last summit-to-summit contact with Ron K6CPR over on Frazier.

It was a great time getting to meet all the ops that attended the SoCal SOTAfest campout at Mount Pinos Campground.

KN6RDC on W6/SC-005 (Escapula Peak), 03 Aug 2024

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode	Notes
20:19	KD7DTS	2m	FM
20:21	KN6GOH	2m	FM	S2S W6/SC-001
20:22	KN6GOG	2m	FM	S2S W6/SC-001
20:23	KN6TPI	2m	FM	S2S W6/SC-001
20:23	N6JFD	2m	FM
20:24	K6TW	2m	FM
20:24	KE6SRN	2m	FM
20:25	KI6SLA	2m	FM
20:30	KN6EZE	40m	CW	S2S W6/SC-001
20:39	AA6XA	40m	CW	S2S W6/WH-003
20:40	W6DT	40m	CW
20:41	K6KMH	40m	CW
20:42	AC6M	40m	CW
20:43	NT6E	40m	CW
20:44	KN6DMO	40m	CW
20:51	WW7D	20m	CW	S2S W7W/CW-083
20:52	W0JSL	20m	CW
20:54	W5ODS	20m	CW
21:02	N6XZN	2m	FM	S2S W6/SC-002
21:15	K6CPR	2m	FM	S2S W6/CC-003

After San Emigdio, I diverted from the group going over to Escapula and headed over to activate Cerro Noroeste first. Cerro Noroeste is a drive up and you don’t need any high clearance to get there. The view was nice, but I didn’t snap any photos at the top as VHF was blowing up with all the summit to summits.

KN6RDC on W6/SC-001 (Cerro Noroeste), 03 Aug 2024

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode	Notes
17:58	W6LOR	2m	FM	S2S W6/SC-004
17:58	K6STR	2m	FM	S2S W6/SC-004
18:02	WA6LE	2m	FM	S2S W6/CC-002
18:04	N6WT	2m	FM	S2S W6/SC-002
18:05	N6AN	2m	FM	S2S W6/SC-002
18:06	KG6MZS	2m	FM	S2S W6/CT-015
18:06	K6CPR	2m	FM	S2S W6/CC-003
18:08	KI6SLA	2m	FM
18:21	WB6POT	40m	CW
18:22	KN6DMO	40m	CW
18:24	NT6E	40m	CW
18:25	NK6A	40m	CW
18:32	K9PM	20m	CW	S2S W7A/AP-015
18:33	W6TDX	20m	CW
18:34	AD0WB	20m	CW
18:36	KF9D	20m	CW
18:42	KD7DTS	2m	FM	S2S W6/SC-005
18:42	K6TW	2m	FM	S2S W6/SC-005
18:43	KE6SRN	2m	FM

It was the first summit of the day for the SoCal SOTAfest campout. San Emigdio was a great drive-up in the Subaru. Just a few minutes hike from the car and I was calling CQ. Plenty of shade on the summit but watch out for dead trees, there were a few that looked like they were about to fall at any moment. 

Racked up some contacts on the MTR-3B and FT1DR and was greeted by a few other ops who had joined from the campout. 

(Left to right) Mark KD7DTS, Christian KN6RDC, Kent N6WT, David N6AN, Tom KE6SRO, Carol KE6SRN.

KN6RDC on W6/SC-002 (San Emigdio Mountain), 03 Aug 2024

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode	Notes
16:19	N6JZT	2m	FM	S2S W6/CC-002
16:20	KD7DTS	2m	FM
16:20	KE6SRN	2m	FM
16:21	KG6MZS	2m	FM	S2S W6/CT-015
16:22	KI6SLA	2m	FM
16:32	K3GX	40m	CW
16:34	AI6XG	40m	CW
16:35	NT6E	40m	CW
16:39	K6EL	40m	CW	S2S W6/NC-298
16:41	KN6BAZ	40m	CW
16:44	WW7D	30m	CW	S2S W7W/CW-083
16:50	NE7ET	30m	CW
16:55	N6JZT	20m	CW
17:00	AA7OY	20m	CW	S2S W7A/AP-032
17:02	K6TW	2m	FM

On my way up to the SoCal SOTAfest campout in Frazier Park, I figured I’d head up to activate Mount Pinos before settling down in camp for the night. Upon arriving at the trailhead I ran into Ben AG6N and Kelly. We were both headed to the same place and they were gracious enough to let me tag along for the short hike up. 

The hike was very mellow with some patches of left over hail as we neared the summit. I setup the MTR and tried 40 before moving over to 20 for a few contacts. I was having some issues (user error I’m sure) sending out spots via APRS so I decided to wrap it up and make a few last calls on 2 meters before heading down. Ben shared some of his APRS wisdom with me and I’m now a bit more familiar with what actually happens when sending and receiving APRS signals.

KN6RDC on W6/CC-002 (Mount Pinos), 03 Aug 2024

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode	Notes
00:20	WW7D	20m	CW
00:22	AK5SD	20m	CW
00:23	W4GO	20m	CW
00:58	KO6AFE	2m	FM
00:58	KI6SLA	2m	FM
01:04	W6LOR	2m	FM
01:04	K6STR	2m	FM
01:06	KD7DTS	2m	FM	S2S W6/SC-161