Next weekend (Aug 2-3) is going to be busy with SOTA activity - The Colorado 14ers event and the ARRL UHF Contest - - PLUS the W7 Summit to Summit (S2S) Party. Let's focus some attention on W7-land activations with the “W7 S2S Party.” We hope to see many W7 activations and want to facilitate S2S contacts.
This QRV/QRG approach worked well last year (thanks Phil-NS7P) -
Top of the hour (1500z, 1600z, 1700z, etc.) activators can look for S2S opportunities on 40m (7.033 MHz and 7.195 MHz).
On the half hour (1530z, 1630z,1730z, etc.) activators can look for S2S opportunities on 20m (14.063 MHz and 14.346 MHz).
Instead of CQ, one might call "S2S" on CW and "QRZ S2S?" on phone. This will be particularly helpful for those without data coverage on their summits. The rest of the time, activators can follow their normal operations. Chasers could refrain from trying to work the summits during these S2S set aside times. Chasers might also be able to help find clear frequencies at times. The goal is much activity and more S2S QSOs.
Please post an alert if you intend to participate so we can look for each other - you can use W7W/xx-xxx (or W7O/xx-xxx if you don't yet know the summit you'll activate.
More on the 14er event here: https://sites.google.com/site/ham14er/about-the-14er
More on the UHF Contest here: http://www.arrl.org/august-uhf
See you on the air from a SOTA Summit!
73,
Etienne-K7ATN