John Bell and I hiked to Crown Mountain from Grouse and activated the summit for SOTA. It was a long challenging hike for me but I managed to get there and make a number of 2m contacts. John tried out his new end-fed 20m antenna with my KX2 but was only able to get a single contact with it. He made

The toughest part of this activation was the drive to the trail head. The road was very washed out and challenging. The trail was easy to follow and we made decent time to the summit. Once on the summit I was able to make a number of 2m contacts including with fellow club member Ken (VE7HI) who was

Jim (VE7ABH) and Eric (VA7NX) hiked to the summit of Sumas Peak and operated in the Summits on the Air program. They had a fun time hiking and operating. Jim was able to snag some interesting stations on 20m. The first was a aeronatical mobile station in a plane off the coast of Florida. Then to cap

I enjoyed my visit to Victoria in August and I successfully activated two more summits while there. They were both small one pointers but the fun in being in the outdoors is always refreshing. I made a record number of 2m contacts on Mount Newton, but only 2 on Mount Work as I had left part of my

Ralph and I enjoyed a challenging hike to the summit of Mount Keenan. Ralph made a number of 20m CW contacts with his KX1. I (Eric) made 5 with my 2m Yagi including a contact with another SOTA activator 195km distant on Moose Bench Summit. We were exhausted by the time we got back to the truck but

It is a tiny mountain on the east side of Stave Lake but the hike was brutal as we had to push through dense underbrush. we did finally reach the summit and there my son Nick and I were able to get a first activation of the summit. for a full report see my blog site: https://www.scenicart.ca/content

John Bell and I hiked Lady Peak to activate the summit in the SOTA program. We successfully completed the first activation of the summit. It was a good challenge and though the clouds blocked any views it allowed us to concentrate on making contacts.

A complete trip report can be found here

It was a long hot hike from the Cypress Bowl parking lot to St. Marks Summit. Ralph, John Bell and Eric made the trek to activate the summit in the SOTA program. The hike is very popular with likely a few hundred on the route the day we completed it. The initial section of trail is very very

It had been 14 years since I last hiked the Chief, so I felt it was time to try for the third summit and activate it in the SOTA program. The ascent was steep like I remembered it, a bit more groomed at the start but still very grueling. The third summit is a broad granite expanse with pockets of

Ralph and Eric hiked to the summit of McKee PEak to activate it for the SOTA program. The hike went smoothly and we made descent time along the 3km trail to the top. On the summit is a radio tower which meant we had to choose a location just south of the summit. We found a small grassy area next to