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Wendover Woods, Highest Point in the Chilterns (G CE-005) 876 ft, 25 June 2015 – Hal's Summits on the Air
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Hal's Summits on the Air. Mountains near Los Angeles and ham radio – N6JZT. Wendover Woods, Highest Point in the Chilterns (G CE-005) 876 ft, 25 June 2015. June 25, 2015. June 26, 2015. Staying in St, Albans, we have now rented a car, so took a drive over to Wendover Woods near Tring. Only took FM gear since I did not want to bore my family with CW HF…. Driving on the left side of the road. This is a drive up hill, there is a nice cafe at the top where we first had lunch. With my wife Miriam. You are com...
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Summer Hike to Throop Peak (W6 CT-005), 9138 ft, 3 August 2015 – Hal's Summits on the Air
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Hal's Summits on the Air. Mountains near Los Angeles and ham radio – N6JZT. Summer Hike to Throop Peak (W6 CT-005), 9138 ft, 3 August 2015. August 3, 2015. August 3, 2015. This seems to be my first summer activation of Throop Peak. Previous activations were in the winter and spring:. Https:/ halssota.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/throop-peak-w6-ct-005-9138-ft-20-jan-2014/. Https:/ halssota.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/throop-peak-9138-ft-w6ct-005-24-may-2013/. So just a few photos for today’s activation. Stopped ...
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Peak 4202 with a New Antenna (W6 CT-150) 16 July 2015 – Hal's Summits on the Air
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Hal's Summits on the Air. Mountains near Los Angeles and ham radio – N6JZT. Peak 4202 with a New Antenna (W6 CT-150) 16 July 2015. July 16, 2015. July 16, 2015. I wanted to try the SOTAbeams Mountain Tuner back here in the states. It had worked pretty well in England. So I cut a 67 foot length of 22 gauge wire, and found that outside at home I could attain VSWR of 1.5 on 40m, and 2.5 on 20m. It works as a half wave dipole on 20m, and a full wave on 20m. Condor Peak in view on the way up. I tuned the tune...
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Mt. Baden-Powell W6/CT-004, 9400 ft, 16 August 2013 – Hal's Summits on the Air
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Hal's Summits on the Air. Mountains near Los Angeles and ham radio – N6JZT. Mt Baden-Powell W6/CT-004, 9400 ft, 16 August 2013. August 17, 2013. December 3, 2013. Set off from home at 0420, along the freeways then Angeles Crest, began hiking at 0625. The trailhead I chose was at Dawson Saddle, the same trail that heads up to Throop Peak. The sun was rising. Burnham to the left, Baden-Powell to the right. Nice forest as I bypass Mt Burnham. And nice ridge walk too. Rattlesnake Peak (W6/CT-091) down below.
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Hal's Summits on the Air – Page 2 – Mountains near Los Angeles and ham radio – N6JZT
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Hal's Summits on the Air. Mountains near Los Angeles and ham radio – N6JZT. Mountains near Los Angeles and ham radio – N6JZT. Mt Baden Powell (W6 CT-004) 9399 ft, 26 August 2016. Previous activations: https:/ halssota.wordpress.com/2015/08/13/mt-baden-powell-w6-ct-004-9399-ft-12-august-2015/. Https:/ halssota.wordpress.com/2013/08/17/mt-baden-powell-w6ct-004-9400-ft-16-august-2013/. 43 miles each way, 1800 feet up on ascent (2 hrs 35 min) and 300 feet…. La Crevasse, Switzerland (HB VS-242) 10 August 2016.
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Horned Toad on Strawberry Peak (W6 CT-018) 6164 ft, 23 July 2015 – Hal's Summits on the Air
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Hal's Summits on the Air. Mountains near Los Angeles and ham radio – N6JZT. Horned Toad on Strawberry Peak (W6 CT-018) 6164 ft, 23 July 2015. July 23, 2015. October 27, 2016. My previous Strawberry Peak Activation is described here:. Https:/ halssota.wordpress.com/2014/09/06/strawberry-peak-6164-ft-w6-ct-018-5-sept-2014/. Peak 4202, Hoyt Mountain, Mt Lukens, and Yerba Buena Ridge (R in the distance). San Gabriel Peak and Mt Disappointment. Set up the 20m dipole and 2m j-pole. Got on 2m first. Here is one...
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“Nellie’s Mountain” (Peak 3784 W6 CT-168) and Los Pinetos (F2BM W6 CT-158 4020ft) – Hal's Summits on the Air
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Hal's Summits on the Air. Mountains near Los Angeles and ham radio – N6JZT. 8220;Nellie’s Mountain” (Peak 3784 W6 CT-168) and Los Pinetos (F2BM W6 CT-158 4020ft). July 27, 2015. August 1, 2015. I had some funny issues regarding access to Peak 3784 W6 CT-168. Here are the SOTA comments that I made and Dan NA6MG made online:. Access Problems Dec 2014 (this was after my Sierra Pelona hike). All OK for the hike now! UPDATE to access issue. Set up on the summit rocks. 30m CW: K9ZMD K0LAF NA6MG W7CNL NU7A K8TE.
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Mt Baden Powell (W6 CT-004) 9399 ft, 12 August 2015 – Hal's Summits on the Air
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Hal's Summits on the Air. Mountains near Los Angeles and ham radio – N6JZT. Mt Baden Powell (W6 CT-004) 9399 ft, 12 August 2015. August 13, 2015. August 14, 2015. My third hike to Baden Powell, and second SOTA activation of this peak. As usual, went the “easy” way from Dawson Saddle at 7900 ft. On the drive up the Angeles Crest Highway, I stopped near Mt Wilson to see if I could spot any Perseid meteors. I saw one near the rising crescent moon. Looking back to Mt Lewis across Dawson Saddle. Fill in your ...
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Throop Peak (W6 CT-005) 9138 ft, 20 Jan 2014 – Hal's Summits on the Air
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Hal's Summits on the Air. Mountains near Los Angeles and ham radio – N6JZT. Throop Peak (W6 CT-005) 9138 ft, 20 Jan 2014. January 21, 2014. January 21, 2014. During a normal winter, the road closure would mean a 5 mile hike or snow shoe up the road to the ridge, then a strenuous (and perhaps dangerous) snow shoe hike up the ridge to the summit. With the present lack of snow, the road is open and there is very little snow on the ridge. There is some snow on north facing slopes. I had a nice log to sit on.
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Hike to Mt Markham (5728 ft) and Mt Lowe (5606 ft) 17 June 2015 – Hal's Summits on the Air
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Hal's Summits on the Air. Mountains near Los Angeles and ham radio – N6JZT. Hike to Mt Markham (5728 ft) and Mt Lowe (5606 ft) 17 June 2015. June 17, 2015. June 17, 2015. Mt Lowe is quite historic: Professor Thaddeus Lowe built a railway within 1100 vertical feet of the summit in about 1893. It terminated at “Ye Alpine Tavern”, which unfortunately burned down in 1936, so you can no longer get a beer there if you are hiking! The scenic railway was abandoned after torrential rains in 1938. At the summit, a...
