The parking area for San Juan Hill was convenient, it looks to be an equestrian trail, though I didn’t see any horses while there. The trail starts off through a residential neighborhood, quickly cresting a ridge and dumping you into Chino Hills State Park. This route was very runnable, but I chose to take it slow since I had a few more summits on my list for the day. The trail was very busy with a few groups encountered in my time there.
I had a quick S2S with K6RIN at the top and quite a few more contacts on VHF. I was using a Yaesu FT1D with a band-pass filter and Signal Stick antenna. I was surprised how many 59 signal reports I received. With the recent solar activity that had even the general public buzzing, the HF bands were totally dead and I gave up trying after about 10 minutes of calling CQ.
KN6RDC on W6/CT-230 (San Juan Hill), 11 May 2024