K7NXL – Dan

Adventures in CW

  • First SOTA – W7W/WE-046

    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…

  • K-0596

    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,…

  • K-4555

    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…

  • K-0594

    K-0594

    The Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge is located along the west side of US-97 a few miles south of Toppenish, WA.

  • K-3228

    K-3228

    Maryhill State Park I had actually tried to activate this park in August, but failed due to gear problems.

  • K-3259

    K-3259

    Sacajawea State Park For my second outing I decided to take along more power. That decision appeared to pay off well

  • K-3195

    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