SOTA W6/CD-016 Ryan Mountain HD

Video showing the hike up Ryan Mountain to activate W6/CD-016. The peak sits at 5455 feet in Joshua Tree National Park, California USA. We opted for the hard way up the mountain as demonstrated in the video. More than enough contacts were made by N1OB and K6WUF to activate the peak. I hope you enjoy the scenery.

Video produced with:

Adobe Premier Pro CS4
Adobe After Effects CS4
Adobe Sound Booth CS4

This was my first try at using these programs. Please let me know what you think.

You can visit my blog at http://www.seeksolitude.com

Equipment used:

Maxpedition Vulture backpacks
Maxpedition Pygmy Falcon backpack
30ft Carbon Pole Fishing Pole supporting an inverted "V" wire antenna capable of operating 40m 20m and 15m.
Buddypole Tripod supporting two 1/2" PVC pipes (with camo tape for extra coolness) and an Elk Antenna for 2m
Yaesu FT-8800 (for 2m)
Yaesu FT-897D (for HF)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• SOTA
• Summits on the air
• Summits_on_the-Air
• Amateur Radio
• Ham Radio
• QRP
• W6/CD-016
• Joshua Tree National Park
• JTNP
• Ryan Mountain
• backpacking
• hiking
• mountaineering
• rock scrambling
• Maxpedition
• Yaesu
• Buddipole
• N1OB
• K6WUF
• VA6FUN
• AK6SS
• W6LMJ
• KO6TZ
• K6BSC
• W5CCT
• KF6ZHL
• K6KQX
• AD6D
• KC0JRW
• W5FBS

[shenb]

This is a great clip. I really enjoy following the SOTA clips here on Y-T especially WG0AT's. Great quality video and may I ask what was the camera you used as well as the editing program. Very nice effects. 73's Bob - WB8CCV "shenb" on YouTube

[seeksolitudedotcom]

@shenb It's a Sony handheld HD camera, one of the older hard drive models. As stated in the description, I used Adobe Premier, After Effects, and Soundbooth. It was my first time using all of these programs.

[seeksolitudedotcom]

@n2ytf the equipment list is in the description, but N1OB can explain in much better detail the components used to build the antenna.

[seeksolitudedotcom]

@fboyd bees and flies and little gnats. Actually our sweaty backs were coated with them. We were about 20 yards from the actual peak at the same vertical elevation. The bees were horrible over there, just swarms of them.

[vinjardin]

Great video, great hike.

73 Martin, KJ6DCL

[F5LKW]

Yes ! really quite good to watch the other side of earth on SOTA.

Bravo guys ! hope hear you one day and see you next via YouTube.

73 Roger

[n2ytf]

Great to see video coming out of W6. What types of antennas were those?

73,

Tom-N2YTF

[Wolfmanwest]

Dude, that was a fun climb and next time I'm wearing some cargo shorts. Great video, I am impressed with your mad skillz. ;)

[ki6mwn]

You are some very ambitious dudes. Bravo, cudos, and please don't stop!

Stu KI6J