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Jan 2012 News Update for N7UN Adventures (See http://n7un.com for trip reports for these activities) February: J38UN Grenada mini-DXpedition Feb 1-9th with the Buddipole folks (8 of us) on an annual "suitcase dxpedition" Caribbean trip featuring battery-only portable from Grenada's scenic beaches or mountain tops. April: VP2MUN Montserrat mini-DXpedition April 8-16th. We will be staying at the well-known Gingerbread Hill villa. This will also be a "suitcase dxpedition" Caribbean trip featuring battery-only portable from Montserrat's scenic beaches or mountain tops and featuring to of the new Elecraft KX3s (ser #23 and #24)! We think this is the FIRST DXpedition with these new portable radios from Elecraft! May: Dayton is always on the schedule! June: SOTA Activation Week in north New Mexico with Fred/KT5X in mid-June. August: SOTA-14er Special Event the first week of August in Coloradio. A number of SOTA activators will converge in CO for a week+ of "high elevation activations" either in Rocky Mtn National Park or later in the week with Steve/wG0AT, Fred/KT5X, Dennis/WA2USA, Rich/AC7MA and others. September: SOTA Activation Week in the Adirondacks, NY. Dennis/WA2USA and I will be SOTA-activating a number of peaks in the park in mid-Sept. December: J68UN A Dec return mini-DXpedition trip back to St. Lucia (J6) with the Buddipole folks and a bunch of "new" dxpeditioners. Always a welcome break from winter with a bunch of fun-loving folks. Planned /p operations from the beaches and mountaintops July2011 News Update for N7UN Adventures nS0TA Special Event July 21-23rd, Mt Washington, NH Observatory Benefit. Concurrently a SOTA Activation. See http://www.seekthepeak.org/ for more detailed information. Will activate 4 or 5 other New Hampshire summits for SOTA the 18th-20th. Completed! Great time but wx was too hot and humid! N0B Colorado 14-er Climb Special Event on Aug. 6-7th wG0AT/Steve, N7UN/Guy, and KT5X/Fredwill SOTA activate Handies Pk (14,064 ft) W0/SJ-001. See http://n0b-14er.blogspot.com/ for the latest information. I will be in Rocky Mountain NP Aug 2-4th and will use nS0TA for summit activations. The current plan is: Tu/Aug2: Hallett Peak W0/FR-018, We/Aug 3: Yipsolon Peak W0/FR-009, Sundance Peak W0/FR-019. Sundance will be a group Club climb by locals! N7UN/p A mid-Sept week long backpacking and SOTA activation trip into the Eagle Cap Wilderness area of NE Oregon. wG0AT/Steve, W6HFP/Chris, and maybe KE7RVL/Tim. J68UN A Dec 4-12th mini-DXpedition trip back to St. Lucia (J6) with the Buddipole folks and a bunch of "new" dxpeditioners. Always a welcome break from winter with a bunch of fun-loving folks. Planned /p operations from the beaches and mountaintops. Feb 2011 News Release:
Update: Wow! Too much fun! You can read a short update with a link to some pictures of our QRP fun on the beaches and mountains of Dominica at my website. And it was a great break from winter to summer weather! **************
The "Buddies in the Caribbean" DXpedition (Team #1) which specializes in 100 watt or less low power radios and the Buddipole portable antenna systems are going to Dominica (J7) on February 1-9th, 2011. My callsign will be J79UN. I will update ClubLog daily. All qsos will be added to LoTW after the trip.
Dec 2010 News Release:
We are off to the Caribbean again Dec 5 - 13th to St. Lucia (J6) with a second BuddiPole dxpedition team. The goal will be to operate battery field portable from beaches, mountain tops, and other vista locations using BuddiPole antennas and accessories. After a lengthy license application process, I received my permanent J68UN callsign authorization. See the blogsite or our website for the latest information. QSL direct with SASE or LOTW. Check ClubLog to confirm if you are in my log.
Aug 2010 News Release:
Steve.wG0AT, Rich/AC7MA, and myself will activate Huron Pk (14,004', SOTA W0/SR-010) for the annual Colo-14er event on Aug 8 - 9th. We will use N0B again for this special event. We hope to make contact with Brian/N6IZ who will be on the summit of Mt Shasta in CA. See http://n0b-14er.blogspot.com for more information.
Jan 2010 News Release:
We are off to the Caribbean again this Feb 2 - 11th to St. Lucia (J6) with the BuddiPole dxpedition team. The goal will be to operate battery field portable from beaches, mountain tops, and other vista locations using BuddiPole antennas and accessories. After a lengthy license application process, I received J6/N7UN authorization. See the blogsite or our website for the latest information. QSL direct with SASE or LOTW.
Aug 2009 News Release:
WE MADE IT!!! The Old Goats DXpedition team (including Rooster and Peanut!)· participated in the 2009 Colo 14er "special event" hamradio (see http://www.14er.org/ ) activation of Humboldt Peak (14,064') this past· August
 9th using our 2008 callsign of N0B. After setting a "first" for a QRP HF out-of-state, 14er-to-14er qso in 2008 (Mt. Whitney, CA to Uncompaghre, CO), this time we hoped to make a 3-way, summit QSOs between Mt. Shasta, Mt. Langley (both in CA) and Humboldt Peak in CO. The Colorado team of Steve/wG0AT and Guy/N7UN will hike into a 11,000’ base camp on Friday and setup QRP antennas for Friday and Saturday radio fun.
At 5 am MDT on Sunday we started the summit climb of Humboldt with a goal of a 9 am MDT summit activation using the special event callsign N0B. At the same time, Brian/N6IZ will climb Mt. Shasta (14,162') and Mark/AF6AX will be climbing Mt Langley (14,062'). Guy/N7UN will be carrying a portable APRS unit (see http://aprs.fi and use N7UN-9 for the SSID) for near realtime route tracking. Brian/N6IZ almost made it to the top of Shasta before boot blisters turned him back. We never made contact with N6IZ.· And Mark/AF6AX had some last minute logistics problems so Mt. Langley was not activated. Steve/wG0AT worked many 2m VHF stations. Conditions were clear, sunny, but very windy with gusts at 40+mph.
Please see http://n0b-14er.blogspot.comfor more information and the lastest news announcements concerning videos of this effort! If we worked you, THANKS for the qso!
Feb 2009 News Release:
In February, 2009 I traveled to St. Martin (FS), Sint Maarten (PJ7), and Saba Is. (PJ6) as part of the 8-man Buddipole Dxpedition.· One of the goals was to operate backpack battery QRP portable from ocean beaches, rocky coastline cliffs, to mountain tops all with backpacked antennas and gear.· See http://caribbeanbuddies.blogspot.com/·for commentary or you can see videos of this fun at http://www.youtube.com/buddipole .· You can also order a DVD-length video documentary of this trip·from Steve/wG0AT.· All my logs for FS/N7UN, PJ7/N7UN, and PJ6/N7UN are posted to http://dx.qsl.net/logs/index.html· Please qsl direct with SASE.· All qsos have been uploaded to LOTW.
In addition, the last few years I have activated a number of scenic “vista” areas along the Appalachian Trail in the northeast. My K1 (#1866) has proven to be a great and rugged companion on many adventures which you can read about at my blogsite ( http://n7un.blogspot.com ) . I plan to continue these outings in 2009 including a more concerted effort to section hike the AT in PA, NY, CT, and MA this year. In addition I have vacationed in some very scenic National Parks including Zion and Canyonlands NP in Utah. You can read the ARRL article about this April 2008 adventure at http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2008/07/29/10230 . · This top QSL card picture is of the Colorado 14er summit activation as N0B in Aug 2009. See http://n0b-14er.blogspot.com for more information to the videos of this recent adventure. A forthcoming article will appear in the Spring 2009 QRPARCI issue. I was first licensed in 1963 as K7YYK (first KN7YYK) then AA7QZ in 1991 and N7UN in 1996. I have been active at different periods during this time. DXing (336/336 worked/confirmed), contesting, and now field QRP have been some of my interests in Ham Radio. Moved to NJ with my job about 15 years ago from Portland, OR. Yes, it still is a shock! · Hope to work you from some of these portable sites along the Appalachian Trail and other "vista" sites this year! See my blog at: http://n7un.blogspot.com for updates on my activities. Aug 2010 News Release:
Steve.wG0AT, Rich/AC7MA, and myself will activate Huron Pk (14,004', SOTA W0/SR-010) for the annual Colo-14er event on Aug 8 - 9th. We will use N0B again for this special event. We hope to make contact with Brian/N6IZ who will be on the summit of Mt Shasta in CA. See http://n0b-14er.blogspot.com for more information.
Jan 2010 News Release:
We are off to the Caribbean again this Feb 2 - 11th to St. Lucia (J6) with the BuddiPole dxpedition team. The goal will be to operate battery field portable from beaches, mountain tops, and other vista locations using BuddiPole antennas and accessories. After a lengthy license application process, I received J6/N7UN authorization. See the blogsite or our website for the latest information. QSL direct with SASE or LOTW.
Aug 2009 News Release:
WE MADE IT!!! The Old Goats DXpedition team (including Rooster and Peanut!)· participated in the 2009 Colo 14er "special event" hamradio (see http://www.14er.org/ ) activation of Humboldt Peak (14,064') this past· August
9th using our 2008 callsign of N0B. After setting a "first" for a QRP HF out-of-state, 14er-to-14er qso in 2008 (Mt. Whitney, CA to Uncompaghre, CO), this time we hoped to make a 3-way, summit QSOs between Mt. Shasta, Mt. Langley (both in CA) and Humboldt Peak in CO. The Colorado team of Steve/wG0AT and Guy/N7UN will hike into a 11,000’ base camp on Friday and setup QRP antennas for Friday and Saturday radio fun.
At 5 am MDT on Sunday we started the summit climb of Humboldt with a goal of a 9 am MDT summit activation using the special event callsign N0B. At the same time, Brian/N6IZ will climb Mt. Shasta (14,162') and Mark/AF6AX will be climbing Mt Langley (14,062'). Guy/N7UN will be carrying a portable APRS unit (see http://aprs.fi and use N7UN-9 for the SSID) for near realtime route tracking. Brian/N6IZ almost made it to the top of Shasta before boot blisters turned him back. We never made contact with N6IZ.· And Mark/AF6AX had some last minute logistics problems so Mt. Langley was not activated. Steve/wG0AT worked many 2m VHF stations. Conditions were clear, sunny, but very windy with gusts at 40+mph.
Please see http://n0b-14er.blogspot.comfor more information and the lastest news announcements concerning videos of this effort! If we worked you, THANKS for the qso!
Feb 2009 News Release:
In February, 2009 I traveled to St. Martin (FS), Sint Maarten (PJ7), and Saba Is. (PJ6) as part of the 8-man Buddipole Dxpedition.· One of the goals was to operate backpack battery QRP portable from ocean beaches, rocky coastline cliffs, to mountain tops all with backpacked antennas and gear.· See http://caribbeanbuddies.blogspot.com/·for commentary or you can see videos of this fun at http://www.youtube.com/buddipole .· You can also order a DVD-length video documentary of this trip·from Steve/wG0AT.· All my logs for FS/N7UN, PJ7/N7UN, and PJ6/N7UN are posted to http://dx.qsl.net/logs/index.html· Please qsl direct with SASE.· All qsos have been uploaded to LOTW.
In addition, the last few years I have activated a number of scenic “vista” areas along the Appalachian Trail in the northeast. My K1 (#1866) has proven to be a great and rugged companion on many adventures which you can read about at my blogsite ( http://n7un.blogspot.com ) . I plan to continue these outings in 2009 including a more concerted effort to section hike the AT in PA, NY, CT, and MA this year. In addition I have vacationed in some very scenic National Parks including Zion and Canyonlands NP in Utah. You can read the ARRL article about this April 2008 adventure at http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2008/07/29/10230 . · This top QSL card picture is of the Colorado 14er summit activation as N0B in Aug 2009. See http://n0b-14er.blogspot.com for more information to the videos of this recent adventure. A forthcoming article will appear in the Spring 2009 QRPARCI issue. I was first licensed in 1963 as K7YYK (first KN7YYK) then AA7QZ in 1991 and N7UN in 1996. I have been active at different periods during this time. DXing (336/336 worked/confirmed), contesting, and now field QRP have been some of my interests in Ham Radio. Moved to NJ with my job about 15 years ago from Portland, OR. Yes, it still is a shock! · Aug 2010 News Release:
Steve.wG0AT, Rich/AC7MA, and myself will activate Huron Pk (14,004', SOTA W0/SR-010) for the annual Colo-14er event on Aug 8 - 9th. We will use N0B again for this special event. We hope to make contact with Brian/N6IZ who will be on the summit of Mt Shasta in CA. See http://n0b-14er.blogspot.com for more information.
Jan 2010 News Release:
We are off to the Caribbean again this Feb 2 - 11th to St. Lucia (J6) with the BuddiPole dxpedition team. The goal will be to operate battery field portable from beaches, mountain tops, and other vista locations using BuddiPole antennas and accessories. After a lengthy license application process, I received J6/N7UN authorization. See the blogsite or our website for the latest information. QSL direct with SASE or LOTW.
Aug 2009 News Release:
WE MADE IT!!! The Old Goats DXpedition team (including Rooster and Peanut!)· participated in the 2009 Colo 14er "special event" hamradio (see http://www.14er.org/ ) activation of Humboldt Peak (14,064') this past· August
9th using our 2008 callsign of N0B. After setting a "first" for a QRP HF out-of-state, 14er-to-14er qso in 2008 (Mt. Whitney, CA to Uncompaghre, CO), this time we hoped to make a 3-way, summit QSOs between Mt. Shasta, Mt. Langley (both in CA) and Humboldt Peak in CO. The Colorado team of Steve/wG0AT and Guy/N7UN will hike into a 11,000’ base camp on Friday and setup QRP antennas for Friday and Saturday radio fun.
At 5 am MDT on Sunday we started the summit climb of Humboldt with a goal of a 9 am MDT summit activation using the special event callsign N0B. At the same time, Brian/N6IZ will climb Mt. Shasta (14,162') and Mark/AF6AX will be climbing Mt Langley (14,062'). Guy/N7UN will be carrying a portable APRS unit (see http://aprs.fi and use N7UN-9 for the SSID) for near realtime route tracking. Brian/N6IZ almost made it to the top of Shasta before boot blisters turned him back. We never made contact with N6IZ.· And Mark/AF6AX had some last minute logistics problems so Mt. Langley was not activated. Steve/wG0AT worked many 2m VHF stations. Conditions were clear, sunny, but very windy with gusts at 40+mph.
Please see http://n0b-14er.blogspot.comfor more information and the lastest news announcements concerning videos of this effort! If we worked you, THANKS for the qso!
Feb 2009 News Release:
In February, 2009 I traveled to St. Martin (FS), Sint Maarten (PJ7), and Saba Is. (PJ6) as part of the 8-man Buddipole Dxpedition.· One of the goals was to operate backpack battery QRP portable from ocean beaches, rocky coastline cliffs, to mountain tops all with backpacked antennas and gear.· See http://caribbeanbuddies.blogspot.com/·for commentary or you can see videos of this fun at http://www.youtube.com/buddipole .· You can also order a DVD-length video documentary of this trip·from Steve/wG0AT.· All my logs for FS/N7UN, PJ7/N7UN, and PJ6/N7UN are posted to http://dx.qsl.net/logs/index.html· Please qsl direct with SASE.· All qsos have been uploaded to LOTW.
In addition, the last few years I have activated a number of scenic “vista” areas along the Appalachian Trail in the northeast. My K1 (#1866) has proven to be a great and rugged companion on many adventures which you can read about at my blogsite ( http://n7un.blogspot.com ) . I plan to continue these outings in 2009 including a more concerted effort to section hike the AT in PA, NY, CT, and MA this year. In addition I have vacationed in some very scenic National Parks including Zion and Canyonlands NP in Utah. You can read the ARRL article about this April 2008 adventure at http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2008/07/29/10230 . · This top QSL card picture is of the Colorado 14er summit activation as N0B in Aug 2009. See http://n0b-14er.blogspot.com for more information to the videos of this recent adventure. A forthcoming article will appear in the Spring 2009 QRPARCI issue. I was first licensed in 1963 as K7YYK (first KN7YYK) then AA7QZ in 1991 and N7UN in 1996. I have been active at different periods during this time. DXing (336/336 worked/confirmed), contesting, and now field QRP have been some of my interests in Ham Radio. Moved to NJ with my job about 15 years ago from Portland, OR. Yes, it still is a shock! · Last modified: 2012-05-24 22:52:45, 37591 bytes cached
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