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Ortega Peak

First activation for this seldom-visited summit in the Los Padres National Forest.

Peak 4,020

A weekday hike to a lightly visited summit.

Jupiter Mountain

A balmy day perfect for an extended activation

Sandstone Peak II

On this trip I witnessed something I have never seen before.

Temescal Peak II

Not everything went right on this trip, but it all worked out well in the end

Slide Mountain

A nostalgic visit to a rare, still-functioning fire lookout tower.

Liebre Mountain

A wonderful winter activation that almost didn’t happen.

My brand-new KX2 on its second activation with the Bioenno 3ah external battery and groovy WA6JFK cable 11 JANUARY 2021 W6/CT-274 As the Santa Ana winds raged over the weekend I built a 20m speaker wire doublet/dipole. By the end of the weekend it was tuned up and ready to go. The winds abated SundayContinue reading “Saddle Peak 4”

Triunfo Lookout 2

7 JANUARY 2021 W6/SC-219 It took several months, but my new Elecraft KX2 Finally arrived! I was so thrilled to finally have an HF radio, I decided to revisit Triunfo Lookout to try it out. I also purchased a Packtenna end-fed random wire to go with the KX2. The Santa Ana winds had been blowingContinue reading “Triunfo Lookout 2”

Strawberry Peak & Mount Lawlor

My old friend Bill Smith proposed to a bunch of us old rock and mountain people that we all should attempt to do the entire John Muir Trail starting this coming summer. It’s an audacious plan for a group of sixtysomethings, but the idea has taken hold. It’s going to take a lot of preparationContinue reading “Strawberry Peak & Mount Lawlor”