The view went from intensely colorful to perfectly colorless on this “May Gray” visit to 1,821′
14 MAY 2021 W6/CT-228
I left my house in Topanga at a quarter past five AM on a drizzly morning. The last time I headed for 1,821′, there had been a 21ºF gradient in Topanga Canyon. This time the deep marine layer kept the temperature within 2 degrees through the length and depth of Topanga Canyon. The sunrise was equally contrasted: last trip was a wild pallet of color, this trip was flat “May Gray.”
20 meters was in good shape, but I had no luck on the other bands. Florida was my furthest contact with John KI6EAB/W4, who was in California, but needed his remote station in Florida to hear me.
The lack of a view on this activation left me with taking shots of my station set up
Beautiful sunrise photo! We did this one today. We had nice weather; the view was to all the mega-homes in the valley below. The 2026 SOTA challenge is still going strong in SoCal — we got 14 contacts on 2m/CW&SSB.
Thanks Carol! I’m glad you guys are doing so well in the Challenge. Not much interest in 2m here in the Land of Enchantment. Most of my 2m contacts are random, not like So Cal with the active chasing community