Mount Saint Helens Summer SOTA with ND7Y and N7LFO | Summits on the Air
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- ND7Y Scored some permits for a hike up Mount Saint Helens. This was my first time doing the summer route along Monitor Ridge. Very cool to see the mountain a different way. This hike is about 2 miles shorter compared to the winter route. After hitting the crater rim, it was about a half mile hike to the Activation Zone and True Summit.
On summit we made a plethora of 2m contacts (20 total) and then setup HF where I got another 17 contacts on SSB and CW. Thank you chasers for making this a memorable outing!
The descent offered some nice scree-skiing to speed us down the mountain.
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I was 13 year old kid who happened to be in Northern Oregon in May 1980, watching the ash plume of the St. Helens eruption in the distance. What an awesome adventure to activate the volcano for SOTA!
I can only imagine what seeing it in person must've been like. A former coworker gifted me a small jar of MSH eruption ash. Neat thing to have.
It was kind of a surreal background for what was, at the time, a more engaging activity of plinking tin cans off the back fence with a .22 - if it were to happen today I would actually stop to watch the geologic spectacle unfolding, probably. 😂
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Fun video. Glad I was able to get you guys. And I’m taking credit for the cross mode QSO you had with Peter. He said on Slack that he didn’t have a mic and I said just cross-mode it dude 😂
Great summary of an awesome day, thanks!
Thank you!
Great idea using trekking poles to support your mast. I hadn't thought of that but I am going to use it.
Works well in a pinch!
Great video, I love the way you captured the laughs. Making ham radio look like fun!!!!
We had a blast up there!
Wooooo!
Great hike and activation!!! I had to laugh when the guy sent you CW over SSB!! That’s certainly a great way to get thru!!!
And when he sent you a 33.. I was sitting here wondering what an ‘S-M’ meant. Then I realized it was 33!! Lol
Peter is great and one of my top chasers. He didn't have a mic hooked up to his radio, so just went for it! Super fun!
totally awsome video!
I loved the cross mode.
Yeah that cross mode was a ton of fun! Thank you!
Great hike and activation 73!
TU 73!
Epic work, guys! Really great footage, keep up the great work 👍 👍
Thank you!
Now THATS a cool summit! Definitely looks like some kind of disaster happened at the top. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
Those are some epic views! Would love to do that someday! Great video.
Awesome video as usual Tim. Cheers, 7QT
Thanks!
A bunch of friends doing ham radio on top of a really cool mountain…Priceless.
That's the coolest SOTA!
Thanks! It was a great day on the mountain
It was an awesome day Tim! I don't care what anyone says, the boulder field (up _and_ down) is worse than the ash at the top. Thanks for not leaving me behind in the dust (literally)! 😂
Thanks for snaggin' the permits and a fantastic morning on the mountain!
great job fantastic video thanks for sharing 73 from kb2uew
Many thanks!
Excellent one Tim. Keep them coming! 72 DE AE6Z
TU 73 EE
That cross mode was legit. I need to work my CW some more. Too shaky right now.
Awesome work all around.
It'll get better with practice. Good luck!
I practice a lot in the car by singing license plates and road signs in CW
Great stuff! I’m also going to keep that idea about a tripod for my mast in the back of my mind. I’m working with the idea of a PVC plumbing pipe length to put between my two hiking poles to make a 4m mast to hold the apex of an inverted vee.
It’s sad to see how small the glaciers are but you can see all the work they did shaping the landscape!
VA7SGY
Awesome expedition! Wonderful cross mode QSO with Peter😊 May I ask what action camera you use to take your videos, please? de KG6YJ, Jun.
Currently using a GoPro Hero 10 Black. Thanks!
Wheres the sandwich Tim
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I tossed a chunk into my pack for a bite at the top, but sadly forgot any of the mayo and mustard packets 🤦♂️