K2FR North America Summits on the Air day

Summits on the Air day, October 22nd 2011

My Hike up Hunter mountain the Catskills. SOTA Identifier W2/GC-002

Cool weather, turned into cold weather at the top. A completely fogged in summit made for no views or any cool photos. My new battery pack worked great, Im quite happy I dropped over 10 pounds of weight from my pack by using that instead of the SLA ones, well worth the investment.

If you are interested in learning more about Summits on the Air Visit their site.

http://www.sota.org.uk/

Its as simple as hiking a hill with a hand held radio and making 4 contacts from the top.

*** Edit adding battery link **

http://www.batteryspace.com/Customize-LiFePO4-26650-Battery-12.8V-10.2-Ah-130...

** Edit added Charger link **

http://www.batteryspace.com/smartcharger30afor128v4cellslifepo4batterypack110...

I put some Anderson power poles on that charger end and I do my charging in a 50 cal ammo box, as these batter packs can be volatile and dangerous. While you might never have an issue, id rather have it burn up in an ammo box then burn through my desk/wherever it is.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• K2FR
• HAm
• radio
• Summits
• on
• the
• air
• SOTA
• Amateur
• Yaesu
• VX-8R
• FT-857
• Hunter
• Mountain
• W2/GC-002

[kc9tns]

Great stuff,sure wish there were any mountains here in the midwest. Might have to take a dxpedition to a mountain top for my first activation. Thanks for the battery link, what are you using to charge it properly?

73.

KC9TNS

[KC2UOO]

@kc9tns Added a link to the charger as well. =)

[KC2UOO]

Added link to description cant add the link in the comment.

[F5LKW]

Sorry but i wasn't QRV this day ... May be next year. 73 QRO - F5LKW

[KC2UOO]

@F5LKW It was a great day, tons of activators out. Hopefully it will be even bigger next year.

[N2RRAny]

I enjoy all your vids by the way. Good job!

[N2RRAny]

Wanted to participate but wound up being busy. I'm game for an organized multi op if anyones interested in the NYC/Westchester area. I have my bush bag ready to go with FT-817, lead battery, 5EL portable log periodic for VHF/UHF, 5 band portable yagi or just wires ready to rock. Also have a 50watt portable amp for 2meters. Just contact me to get things going.

[kc2vso]

hey what bus go around there....i live in nyc bronx ny..i love hiking and radio work always wanted to do radio work up there. please help me out..

[goathiker]

Excellent vids! Fun to hear our Buddy Guy/NS0TA on 2m in there. 73, Rooster

[NX4Q1]

This is Jim, NX4Q, thanks for the contact from Hunter Mt. It was a little cold but a nice sunny day on White Top Mountain, 5540 FT., W4/WV-002, You had a 5/9 signal.

[jeancharron21]

TNX for contact ! great  signal 73 Jean VE2JCW

[g3cwi]

Rather liked the rough cut of the video. It felt like a SOTA activation - rather than a feature film!

[VE2DRO]

Thanks for the QSO. I saw at 6:06 that I had a great audio on your side. 73 from VE2DRO