Come along for some stunning scenery and brush up on your CW skills with this SOTA activation at 17 WPM. This activation was recorded on 2024 03 31 on Longview Hill, about 1.5 hours S of Calgary. This is a drive-up summit my favourite kind! and the trail was a bit icy on the way up.

This video accompanies an article published on QRPer.com https://qrper.com/2024/04/sota-first-...

This summit is located on private land, however as our club repeater is on the site and it required a site visit to remove it for off-site service, we had right to be on the land that day and we activated while we were there.

Like my other CW practise videos, this one shows you the callsign only once I've sent it back - giving you time to figure it out on your end. Of course you could cheat and use the index below that I've provided for those that want to hear their own signal, but there is no challenge in that!

Gear list:
Elecraft KX-3
10W output
Goture 7.2m carbon fibre fishing rod, modified
@malenve6vid EFHW antenna
35' RG-174 feedline
Palm Pico Paddle
Talentcell 6Ah LiFePO4 cell
2005 F-350 6.0L CCLB

Index
00:00 Drive up
04:29 SOTAmat set-up
07:23 N0DNF
08:36 KX0R S2S
11:36 WA6MM S2S
15:21 AC6M S2S
18:23 F4WBN
19:37 KT5X
20:47 QSO Summary


Shout-out to the gang on the POTA #pota-cw Discord channel!

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