Adventures in CW
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SOTA: Badger Mountain
Spring weather is making its appearance here, and Bob (WV7W) and I took advantage of it by hiking up a local “mountain” known as Badger Mountain, W7W/WE-061. This is a fairly easy hike, both because its a 15 minute drive from our homes and because it’s less than four miles round trip with an ascent…
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K-1135
After activating the Butte National Grasslands, I continued my drive south toward Modesto, CA to visit family. After hitting I-5, I decided to stop and try my luck at Castle Crags State Park (K-1135). The park is beautiful and easily accessible from the freeway, but it’s in a bit of a valley surrounded by rocky…
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K-7476
This was a day when the stars aligned and everything went perfectly, the day exceeding expectations in every way. I needed to drive to central California for a family event and hoped to work in some radio time en route. I had spent the night in Klamath Falls, OR, and left my hotel about 30…
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First SOTA – W7W/WE-046
Winter weather is easing up in southeast Washington, so my friend Bob (WV7W) and I planned to hike up the easiest and closest summit to us, W7W/WE-046 (Candy Mountain). We picked a spectacular day, with a light breeze and temps in the low 50s. The hike to the top takes about 45 minutes and climbs…
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K-0596
I was going to visit my brother in Portland, and the Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge (K-0596) is directly on the route from my home in the Tri-Cities. It is located on the banks of the Columbia River and can be worked from either the Washington or Oregon side. The site itself is not particularly noteworthy,…
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K-4555
My great friend and radio buddy Bob WV7W and I were starting to feel oppressed by the dark, cold winter and wanted to get out and work some POTA. We planned up a trip to Hanford Reach National Monument to try our first joint activation. It was only a partial success. We had endured a…
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K-0594
The Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge is located along the west side of US-97 a few miles south of Toppenish, WA.
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K-3228
Maryhill State Park I had actually tried to activate this park in August, but failed due to gear problems.
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K-3259
Sacajawea State Park For my second outing I decided to take along more power. That decision appeared to pay off well
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K-3195
Goldendale Observatory State Park My first ever attempt to activate a park was a complete bust. I called CQ for 45 minutes and had one answer