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Tris
W7W/RS

Lover of the outdoors. Looking for more excuses to be out in them.

Interested in QSOs on 2m. Would like to eventually get into QRP ON 40M with CW.

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Nick Sanchez
W7W/WH-xxx (Whatcom)

Marine Corps Veteran who learned radios over 20's years ago, Nick is a new Ham who is excited to re-learn and play some radio outside.

I am new to SOTA. I plan to use my Xiegu G90 and Wolf River Coil antenna as well as my Yaesu FT3DR.

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Rob Sherwood
KL7

I’ve lived in California, Hawaii, Texas, Arizona, Oregon, and Idaho. I’m a geologist, a wanderer, and a serial hobbyist.

I’m a newly licensed ham. My main interest is in HF but I live in a noisy apartment so operating portable is my only option. I work for the Forest Service so SOTA is appeals to me greatly as I’m surrounded by and knowledgeable of never before activated summits. My kit is a KX2 and a random wire end fed antenna.

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Drew Herron
W7O/WV

Portlander, new to radio and mainly getting into it just for SOTA.

All I have so far is a Yaesu FT-60 with an N9TAX Slim Jim. Once I'm more fluent in CW I'll buy a better rig. Zero activations so far; I figured I may as well set up an account here from the very beginning.

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John O'Brien
W7W

TBD

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Gordon Sievers
WA - Lower Columbia

I had wanted to get involved with amateur radio for many years and finally took a class in November 2019 and passed the Technician and General tests. Got Amateur Extra in June 2020. Started with CWOPS training and looking forward to trying CW with SOTA.

Just getting started. Have been listening on weekends for SOTA activations.

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Zachary
W7O, W7W

Returning the hobby after 7 years. General class working on upgrading to Extra. Completely portable Station that will act as a base station as well.

Completely new to SOTA chasing and activating. Entry level in both categories.

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Paul Hodgkinson
G/NP

UK based ham - recently active again after a 20 year break, and currently in "Lockdown" with plenty of time for reading about distant mountain tops!
Wire antennas at home - and with the current sleepy stse of the sun not expecting west coast DX at the moment!

Very.... very slowly working towards "Goat". Tend to use 40/80m. (FT 817, 50w amp and linked dipole)

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Brian Corneal
W7W/SN-178 ish

I recently got my amateur radio tech license and I love hiking. What a great way to combine both!

I have an FT3DR, and I’d like to do a little of both if possible.

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Robin Alexander
W7W

First licensed as G6HLG in 1982, then GM4YED and now W7YED. Enjoy DX Chasing and contesting and want to combine a love of outdoors with Radio.

Just starting out, most likely start out as a chaser, but keen to activate when time allows

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Eric Jarvi
W7W

Enjoy the outdoors and amateur radio -- SOTA checks both boxes.

New to SOTA, interested in chasing and activating in the coming year.

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Jeff Logullo
SF - W0M - USA - Missouri

QRPer from Missouri. Getting started with WWFF/POTA and interested in SOTA.

Just getting started chasing; hope to do an activation or two when the weather gets a little nicer :-)

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Joey Crow Jr
W7W Kitsap

Active Duty Military. Mostly monitoring 146.52

Active chaser over 250 points. 1 summit activation.

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Larry Hollister
W7O/SC

Technician license 25 years 76 years old

Chaser at 75 dont do uphill as good as I used to.

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Jay Willever
W0C

Retired electrical engineer. Been an amateur extra since 2013. Moved to Colorado 8 years ago and became an activator and chaser. Have activated Pikes Peak twice. Participated in the Colorado 14er event in 2020 and intend to again this year.

Have activated Pikes Peak and Genesee Mountain each twice. Was an activator in the 2020 Colorado 14er event. Made 10 VHF contacts including one S2S. Have used a FT-817 and Arrow antenna. Recently purchased an IC-705 which I plan to use this year. Planning to try POTA this year.

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Bill Milway
W3

Former electronic engineer with US government. Former kayaker, mountain biker, cc skier. Now retired. Lifelong resident of Harford County, Maryland

Hiked all over the US, also Canada and Mexico . Will use ic 705 and MLAo

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Bob Stephens
W7W/KG

I've been a ham since 1978 but was pretty inactive from the mid-80's until last year. Got back into the hobby primarily to do public service. Ran across the SOTA program last month and thought it sounded cool as I love hiking. I spend the summers in the Seattle area and winter in Tucson so will be chasing summits in both regions.

I have just started with SOTA this summer. Other commitments have kept me off of a summit so far but hope to get that solved this month. Have done some chasing and am getting my antennas built so I can hit the trail. Using a KX3 with Alexloop or EFHW.

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Chris Keiper
W7O/WV

I am 45 years old and I live in North Plains, OR. Hobbies that I enjoy are hiking, backpacking, and HAM radio. This is why I have interest in trying SOTA.

I have not participated in any SOTA activities yet, but my primary interest would be to activate peaks. I recently acquired an Icom IC-705 radio.

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Dave Herzberg
W7M

I consider myself a 'baby' ham as I have only been licensed since 2016. I have been working on my CW for quite some time and finally got on the air with it in March 2020. This has really opened up my opportunity to chase more SOTA. I have activated 6 summits with hope to do more. Vick, K7VK has been my great SOTA mentor, I have gained a lot of knowledge from him and been on several activations with him. I earned my Shack Sloth last December. I am located in Missoula, MT.

Mostly a chaser but have activated about 6 summits with hope to do more. Icom 7300 at home and a KX2 on the summits.

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Nicholas J Storms
W7W

I just started getting into ham radio and thought this would be a great activity to get my daughter's into radio.

I just got a yaesu ft3dr now and ordered a ft-991a and signed up to take my general next Friday. Never tried this but I have been hiking around Washington all my life.