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Post : SOTA Success on Red Mountain #3
URL :
https://www.k0nr.com/wordpress/2022/09/red-mountain-3/
Posted : 28 September 2022 at 5:38 pm
Author : Bob K0NR
Categories : Colorado, Ham Radio, Mountains, SOTA, VHF/UHF
Last year, Joyce/K0JJW and I tried to activate Red Mountain Number 3 (W0C/UR-016 (
https://sotl.as/summits/W0C/UR-016 ) ) for SOTA (
https://www.sota.org.uk/ ) in the San Juan mountains. The map showed there
was a road to the top, so we were expecting easy access. However, the road is gated off about 2 miles from the summit, requiring a hike. So we hiked almost to the summit but turned back when the thunderstorms rolled in. We retreated
to safety and vowed to return another day.
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