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Active Duty Military. Mostly monitoring 146.52

Active chaser over 250 points. 1 summit activation.

Technician license 25 years 76 years old

Chaser at 75 dont do uphill as good as I used to.

Retired electrical engineer. Been an amateur extra since 2013. Moved to Colorado 8 years ago and became an activator and chaser. Have activated Pikes Peak twice. Participated in the Colorado 14er event in 2020 and intend to again this year.

Have activated Pikes Peak and Genesee Mountain each twice. Was an activator in the 2020 Colorado 14er event. Made 10 VHF contacts including one S2S. Have used a FT-817 and Arrow antenna. Recently purchased an IC-705 which I plan to use this year. Planning to try POTA this year.

Former electronic engineer with US government. Former kayaker, mountain biker, cc skier. Now retired. Lifelong resident of Harford County, Maryland

Hiked all over the US, also Canada and Mexico . Will use ic 705 and MLAo

I've been a ham since 1978 but was pretty inactive from the mid-80's until last year. Got back into the hobby primarily to do public service. Ran across the SOTA program last month and thought it sounded cool as I love hiking. I spend the summers in the Seattle area and winter in Tucson so will be chasing summits in both regions.

I have just started with SOTA this summer. Other commitments have kept me off of a summit so far but hope to get that solved this month. Have done some chasing and am getting my antennas built so I can hit the trail. Using a KX3 with Alexloop or EFHW.

I am 45 years old and I live in North Plains, OR. Hobbies that I enjoy are hiking, backpacking, and HAM radio. This is why I have interest in trying SOTA.

I have not participated in any SOTA activities yet, but my primary interest would be to activate peaks. I recently acquired an Icom IC-705 radio.

I consider myself a 'baby' ham as I have only been licensed since 2016. I have been working on my CW for quite some time and finally got on the air with it in March 2020. This has really opened up my opportunity to chase more SOTA. I have activated 6 summits with hope to do more. Vick, K7VK has been my great SOTA mentor, I have gained a lot of knowledge from him and been on several activations with him. I earned my Shack Sloth last December. I am located in Missoula, MT.

Mostly a chaser but have activated about 6 summits with hope to do more. Icom 7300 at home and a KX2 on the summits.

I just started getting into ham radio and thought this would be a great activity to get my daughter's into radio.

I just got a yaesu ft3dr now and ordered a ft-991a and signed up to take my general next Friday. Never tried this but I have been hiking around Washington all my life.

Ham radio operator

I have responded to 4 or 5 activations in Washington when I hear them.

Enjoy many things in the great outdoors. Hunting, fishing, camping, SOTA & POTA.

Just getting started as I have just found these additional things to do while travelling, camping and ATVing.
I'll be using the Yaesu FT3DR with a home built 3 element portable Yagi.

I like to hike, backpack and camp. Do some hunting and fishing. Just generally like being outdoors. Finding that I really like operating portable and qrp. Though I don’t get to get out as much as I’d like due to other commitments. Most of my activations are pretty much spur of the moment.

Mostly operate ssb and fm. Would like to do some digital. Hope to soon learn cw.

Hello,

I just moved to WA from MI,looking for a new QTH to set myself up in. I Grew up in Maine and i enjoy traveling the country! I enjoy hiking and radio, so combining the two should be fun right?

I am active in POTA and usually use a Yeasu FT 817 with a EFHW or a Xeigu G90 with a 9-1 UNUN 30 foot wire. My home QTH is not set up because I do not have a place yet. If it was set up, it would consist of a Yeasu FT 991A, Ameritron AL-811H amp, ether a 20m dipole or a WRC Vertical base antenna, and a 2m J-pole up about 30 feet on a push up pole. I also enjoy riding my motor cycle, sailing, and RC Airplanes.

HAM operator living in MT.

Activate and chase on VHF and HF. Yaesu FT-3DR and FT-891.

Hello, I have been tech Licensed since the mid 90's. This is my orriginal call, NOT vanity. I have been somewhat active in last few years on 10, 6, 2, 1.25, and 70cm.

I have explored a bit of ft8, msk144, ft4, and wspr.

I havs also just gotten into DMR, have hotspot, ht, and mobile. I am trying it, no judgement please!

None yet, I am hoping to chase and also activate in the near future.

Very new to Ham but lifelong avid outdoorsman. Primarily ultralight backpacking, climbing, skiing, and cycling.

Primarily 40/30/20m CW and 2m FM.

Retired Product Safety Engineer, formerly Tektronix.

Mobile on Harley Trike, Oregon coastal range and SW Arizona: 2m/70cm.

Ham Radio Operator
Mountain Biker
Hiker
Sewing
Love all things mechanical

I just got into sota but have done many local peaks, it's fun, some of the hikes are short, some are great. I like bringing my KX2.

Raised in the Great Basin country. Recently retired from 40+ year career with USFS. Started amateur radio October 2019.

Planning stage so far. SOTA activities were significant aspect of my decision to get involved with amateur radio. Currently putting together equipment suitable for SOTA work.

Licensed since 1979, portable CW enthusiast.

I have not yet performed a formal SOTA activation. When I operated on Marys Peak for Field Day, I used a K2 and K1, both on battery power, using hamsticks for antennas.

New to ham, not new to hikes.

None yet. Baofeng UV-5R + Diamond srj77ca. Soon to try antenna home builds.