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Ski Resort Ham Radio Fun | Summits on the Air

Discussion in 'Amateur Radio News' started by N7KOM, May 8, 2023.

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  1. N7KOM

    N7KOM Ham Member QRZ Page



    My mom and I knocked out a morning spring ski sesh on Mt Bachelor (W7O/CM-005). The snow was sloppy, even at 8:30 in the morning, but still fun to get out on the sticks. Mom headed home around lunch time and I stayed to do some Summits on the Air. Even with the summit lift running, it's still a little hike to the summit proper.

    I operated for just under an hour and got 18 QSOs in the log. I met some other hams on summit and introduced them to Summits on the Air. There was even a wedding on summit!

    73 de Tim N7KOM
     
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  2. KI5MFF

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    Weddings on the Air?
     
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  3. W1YW

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    Does each mogul count as a separate SOTA?:)
     
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  4. N7KO

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    Tim you keep breaking the barrier, Wow skiing on top of a snow cone, how good is that, and some good CW work, fantastic. 73' OH your video is so good.
     
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  5. N0TZU

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    Two of my favorite things, skiing and ham radio combined. Well done!
     
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  6. K2STP

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    You should get some ski’s with a good titanal sheet layer (Stokli Stormriders, any of the Ti models from other brands….), solder on a 239 connector, and tx via the ski!! I just might see if I can conjure something up! The steel edges could be utilized as discone radials! ;)
     
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  7. KL7KN

    KL7KN Ham Member QRZ Page

    Nice vid.
    I would appreciate a note on rig, antenna, battery etc for these minimal station set ups.

    Looks like a great time - and your Mom rocks!
     
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  8. K2STP

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    Transmitter was a qrp rig, Antenna was a Rossignol Soul7 ski with 2 ski pole radials attached to a quad chairlift cable for a ground! ;) The chairs were spaced out in a cw order so as they hit the ground wire they made a dit or dot, two chairs close together made a dit dit….. worked great! ;)
     
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  9. KL7KN

    KL7KN Ham Member QRZ Page

    LOL

    Operating on thick/deep snow can be a challenge.

    Thx for the reply.
     
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  10. N7KOM

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    Elecraft KX2 with an 9:1 End-Fed Random Wire. Battery is a 3s 18650 from tenergy.
     
  11. N7KOM

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    KX2 can tune it!
     

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