@DA2PK@mastodon.radio
Outdoor enthusiast and ham radio operator since 9/24. Mostly interested in SOTA and POTA. Currently learning CW, one character at a time.
Yesterday, I activated four #SOTA summits together with a fellow ham. While there hasn’t been any significant snow at my QTH (35m ASL) for a while, the additional 500-700m in height on the summits just 2 hours from home made quite a difference. All the summits were fully covered in snow, sometimes even lacking any tracks in the snow at all.
Operating QRP with my beloved KX-2 worked out just fine, I did however notice that conditions were not particularly favorable. (1/2)
On the last summit, conditions got worse and contests on 40m left almost no spots for me to operate in SSB.
I then decided to switch to #CW. Having never activated a SOTA summit in CW before, I was a bit afraid. I managed to add 7 CW QSOs to the log but had to interrupt the pile up at the end as I could not feel my hand anymore. There might have been better occasions for a first CW activation than kneeling in the snow at freezing temperatures.
Still, I’m very happy for that experience. (2/2)
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