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I'm a software engineer, democratic socialist, living kidney donor, bicycle rider, backpacker, pilgrim, and now a ham radio operator. I received my callsign on 25 October 2022.
I am a new ham and I have activated a small handful of times in Oregon and Southern Washington. My default radio is the Explorer QRZ-1 I received in QRZ's free new ham package. Everything is exciting right now because i'm newer and still getting used to doing anything over radio.
Originally from the Midwest, now living in the Northern Rockies. I have found ham radio and the people involved with it to be very helpful and encouraging, this helped solidify my love for the hobby right away. I have found a niche in SOTA, it combines two things I am passionate about, summiting peaks in the gorgeous area I reside, and ham radio. I LIVE A SHORT DRIVE FROM GLACIER NATIONAL PARK!! SEND ME AN EMAIL AND LETS SOTA TOGETHER!!!
I enjoy summing mtns in my home state of Montana, but am ready to branch out and start finding areas that i can SOTA when the snow gets too deep here. I have a Xiegu 6100, paired with a 66' long wire and 49:1 balun. My favorite and most challenging summit to date is Mt. Siyeh inside Glacier National Park, a grind of a hike to the summit. I also saw 10 Grizzly bears on this hike!!
PCT and CDT backpacker. Mostly a POTA guy now, but hope to get a few SOTA activations.
No activations yet, but enjoy chasing sota activations.
Retired embedded SW engineer; back in school studying Psychology.
I use to chase when I had a quiet QTH in Eugene. I am now mostly activate peaks that are within a couple of hours drive of Portland.
Rig: KX3 w/4300 mAh LiFePo battery
Antennas: 44' doublet with 28' kite pole for HF, ELK log periodic for VHF.
** Seems like my prior pnwsota account is no longer accessible and have to create a new one. I still have access to the main SOTA websites.
Being in the mountains is just about my favorite way to spend time.
When I am not carrying a radio into the woods to do SOTA or support a wilderness ultra, I like to build RF gear of all sorts. I pick SOTA summits for the challenge or hike rather than the points and when I am out I really enjoy chasing other SOTA ops for S2S points.
My primary rigs are the KX2 and FT2D. I generally use endfed antennas for HF and a half-wave whip or beam for VHF/UHF. I mostly work CW on HF and FM voice on 2M.
In 2021, I put together the first Pacific Northwest Not-Quite-Fourteener to coincide with the Ham14er and Socal SOTAFest. It turned out pretty well, with more than a dozen W7W and W7O ops getting out and making a bunch of S2S contacts.
Ham since 1990. Electrical Engineer. Bass player. Pilot. Very amateur astrophotographer. Love HF.
Mostly SOTA these days.
Mostly hike with an IC-705 and tuned wire antenna with a fiberglass mast.
Just getting started in Ham Radio. Long time hiker/explorer
Activate & Chase.
I run Ultratrail races as another hobby and am always near summits when I am training. I received my General License in September and stumbled upon SOTA and thought that it would be great to combine the training with summitting.
Working in Portland metro area, doing parks and summits as I can around an odd work schedule and two small children.
Running an FT-891 with an EFHW and some light masts. Only done a few summits in SE Oregon when we didn't draw any deer tags but still wanted the trip. Mostly get summit chases when I sneak in a POTA activation.
Relatively new ham starting to get into SOTA, CW and portable QRP operation.
Not active right now, but learning CW in order to start activating.
Activating SOTA summits since 2017 and still loving every minute (day) of it!
Typically working local peaks within 50-75 miles of my home. Have now activated peaks in Oregon, Washington, Arizona and Idaho. You can find me on VHF-fm (5 watts) and HF-ssb (10 watts).
Live in Oregon and like to go in the woods and like to play with radios.
Gives me a reason to do more mountaineering and experimenting with field deploying radio. Also trying to get better at CW.
Software developer, audio tech, musician. Lover of dogs and donuts.
Hiking and activating in remote areas is my primary ham radio interest. Also I like building on the workbench, and have built a lightweight digital-only rig to be able to do digital mode activations without needing a laptop.
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MTB, snowshoe, kayaking, hiking. Activate almost entirely, focused on lightweight but effective gear and techniques. Also learning CW and APRS.