[SCCC] SOTA with new ops Sunday AM

[Drew Arnett]

Had a couple of folks listen for us which helped.

Had 5 newly licensed ops participate.  Worked 6 stations.  1 POTA and
two SOTA for two S2S.  Best DX was 136 miles summit-to-summit with
another SOTA op.

It was a good learning experience.  Many aspects of operating were
involved, and the new ops were soaking it all up.

Drew
n7da

On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 3:20 PM Drew Arnett <arnett.drew at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'll be on a San Diego coastal hilltop with several new operators
> tomorrow, Sunday the 27th around 1030 am local time.  Don't go out of
> your way, but if you're near a radio, much appreciated if you could
> listen to 146.52/.55/.58 and maybe 446 FM simplex.
>
> We'll start with .58 if it's quiet.  If that doesn't produce, we'll go
> over to .52.  If .52 is the usual crickets we'll just camp there.  If
> it's busy, we'll QSY folks off the calling frequency.
>
> I'm following up this spring's Technician license class with a series
> of events to address the "I've got my license; now what?" question.
> This is a mixture of presentations, Q&A, and hands-on activities.
> Last week, we setup a radio and a 1/4 wave 10m whip in the parking lot
> during lunch hour.  After the 9 participants all had a chance to "tune
> donald duck", we found Dave N4KZ calling CQ.  The microphone was
> passed around.  Dave has past mentoring experience, and he did a great
> and patient job with all of the new ops.  There was some extended
> chatting about EME, the Derby, and American Idol.  :-)
>
> We'll be doing more activities over the next couple of months.  I
> know, I should let them get a taste of CQ WPX this weekend.  :-)
> Generating a SOTA pileup on FM should serve as an adequate gateway
> drug.  :-)  I'm always surprised at how many decide to take up CW as a
> result of SOTA.
>
> Thanks and best regards and good luck to those playing in the big show
> this weekend!
>
> Drew
> n7da