My 2nd SOTA activation, was camping at the bottom of the summit so it was kind of rude not too.
Set off on the walk up with my wife and dog. She had her kindle and the pack lunch, i had the radio and dog treats.
Had read the other reports about VHF is not good but had the handheld anyway but it was no use, heard nothing. So got out the IC-705 and the slidewinder and whip and started on 40m and got one contact, then nothing. Switched to 20m and then the QSO’s started to come in with a few S2S.
After 20 mins on the air the wife was cold and the packed lunch was gone between her and the dog, so packed up and we continued the walk around the summit and back down the valley for a well earned pint.
Learned a few things on the summit about kit and set up, its differnent to POTA which I mainly do.
