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I’ve only accompanied a SOTA member on a couple of activations in the Seattle area. I’m thinking of putting an HF QRP rig together to do some of my own.

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Name

Kirk Painter

Bio

I earned an Advanced Class license around 1969, but operated only CW on 40 Meters on a homebrew Navy surplus transmitter and Heathkit HR10 receiver. The sunspot cycle was great those years. I often wishied I could drag my gear up a mountain. With college and career I let my license lapse. 50 years later I have the itch again, so I got a QRP HF transceiver and am building a tri-band EFHW antenna for SOTA.

History

Member for

2 years 28 weeks