A rainy day on San Pedro Hill on my way to Ham Radio Outlet to pick up my new Yaesu FTDX-10. I got to meet my faithful chaser Sergio WA6WV as San Pedro Hill is close to his “corner of Torrance.”
15 OCTOBER 2022 W6/SC-345
| Elevation: | 1,473′ |
| Route: | Drive-up |
| Hike Distance: | n/a |
| Elevation Gain: | n/a |
| Navigation: | n/a |
| Steepness: | n/a |
| Vehicle: | Passenger car |
| Road: | City streets |
| Cell Coverage: | Excellent (Verizon), APRS Excellent |
After 13 years of great service my Elecraft K3 (modified to a K3S) was starting to show her age with a failing voltage regulator. I’d ordered a new Yaesu FTDX-10 for my shack and since I wanted to drive to Anaheim to pick it up, I figured I’d stop by the high point of the Palos Verdes Peninsula and activate San Juan Hill on the way.
It was forecast to rain and, sure enough, there was light to moderate rain as I drove down the 405 past the airport.
San Pedro Hill is above the residential community of Miraleste and San Pedro Hill. The actual summit is fenced and gated but the dead end at the top of the east side od Crest Drive in in the activation zone. Parking is permitted there between sunrise and sunset.
I was there pretty early but still managed to wake a few chasers up. One pleasant surprise was working Sergio WA6WV. Working Sergio is no surprise, he is a regular chaser, but he was graciously willing to drive up to say hi and meet me in person! Great to put a face to the always strong signal.
Of course after I got set up and got going on HF, the rain began in earnest so I packed up the station. However waiting for Sergio to show up, of course the rain let up and I manged to make a few more contacts on 2m including a complete S2S with Dan on Bare Mountain.
KG6MZS 
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