The Colorado 14er Event will be held on August 8 this year. This is the premier mountaintopping event for amateur radio. The basic idea is to have fun making ham radio contacts from the 14,000 foot peaks in Colorado.
Actually, we’ve started to see some of the 14,000 ft peaks in California on the air, too! Very cool. Rumor has it that some of the New Mexico hams might be active on the highest summits in that state (none are above 14,000 feet though). I don’t know whether the Kansas folks are going to brave the extreme conditions on Mount Sunflower this year or not. (That’s the highest spot in Kansas.)
Some of these stations will be on HF, activating Summits On The Air (SOTA) peaks.
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I hope to work you during the event.
73, Bob K0NR
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Estes Valley Amateur Radio Club has UHF and VHF repeaters with IRLP. See website for details (www.evarc.org). Should be able to reach this from Longs Peak and the climb to peak. Keep family and friends informed during your climb via IRLP.