{"id":2983,"date":"2013-07-09T13:11:31","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T19:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/?p=2983"},"modified":"2013-07-10T06:20:46","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T12:20:46","slug":"activation-alert-quadruple-activation-attempt-71013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/sota-activation-alert\/activation-alert-quadruple-activation-attempt-71013\/","title":{"rendered":"CANCELED &#8211; Activation Alert: Quadruple Activation Attempt (CO) &#8211; 7\/10\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2987\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20110717-DSC_1576.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2987\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2987\" alt=\"Mountaingoat\" src=\"http:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20110717-DSC_1576-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mountain goat<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In my ongoing attempt to reach mountain goat status, I am trying to get a quadruple activation into my log.<\/p>\n<p>I am offering two incentives to all chasers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A unique set of QSL cards for all stations contacting me on all (four) summits<\/li>\n<li>A &#8216;handful&#8217; of real mountain goat\u00a0(Oreamnos americanus) wool.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">To qualify, you have to spot me on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sotawatch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">SOTAWATCH<\/a> (only the first spot per summit\/band\/frequency counts). Each spot counts towards the <strong>&#8216;grand price&#8217;<\/strong>&#8230;\u00a0 The station posting the most spots will receive a small amount of wool in the mail. Delivery expected in September (as soon as I find a cooperative mountain goat). In case of a tie, the winner will be determined by the amount of power used for the contact (less=better).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Please provide screen-shots of your spots on SOTAWATCH via e-mail &#8211; I probably can&#8217;t make it back home in time to check the spots.<\/p>\n<p>Here is my plan:<\/p>\n<pre>Date: 10 July 2013\r\n ~14:oo UTC - Squaw Mtn - <a href=\"http:\/\/sotawatch.org\/summits.php?summit=W0C\/PR-082\" target=\"_blank\">W0C\/PR-082<\/a> - 11500ft - 6 Pts\r\n ~16:00 UTC - Chief Mtn - <a href=\"http:\/\/sotawatch.org\/summits.php?summit=W0C\/FR-030\">W0C\/FR-030<\/a> - 11709ft - 6 Pts\r\n ~19:30 UTC - Mt Judge - <a href=\"http:\/\/sotawatch.org\/summits.php?summit=W0C\/FR-047\">W0C\/FR-047<\/a> - 10301ft - 4 Pts\r\n ~22:00 UTC - Genesee Mtn - <a href=\"http:\/\/sotawatch.org\/summits.php?summit=W0C\/FR-194\" target=\"_blank\">W0C\/FR-194<\/a> - 8284ft - 2 Pts<\/pre>\n<p>Frequencies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>14.3425-ssb +\/- QRM<\/li>\n<li>144.200-ssb (not for Mt. Judge)<\/li>\n<li>and I am monitoring 146.52-fm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If I have coverage, you can follow my progress via <a title=\"APRS info\" href=\"http:\/\/aprs.fi\/#!call=a%2FK0MOS-7&amp;timerange=3600\" target=\"_blank\">APRS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>QRP (5W) only.<br \/>\nEquip.: FT-817 and vertical Buddipole, Tape-measure Yagi for 2m<\/p>\n<p>Keep your ears\/antennas pointed towards Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks<\/p>\n<p>Matt \/ K\u00d8MOS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<HR>\n<p style=\"font-size:10px\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/dd\/Achtung.svg\/877px-Achtung.svg.png\" alt=\"ATTENTION\" style=\"float:left\" height=\"41\" width=\"41\"> \n\n!! WARNING !! There are <b>old<\/b> mountaineers, and \n<b>bold<\/b> mountaineers... there are no old-bold mountaineers. \nHiking and mountain climbing are potentially hazardous activities particularly in Colorado with its extreme elevations. I am not accepting responsibility for any death or injury resulting from activations based on my trip reports. Proper training, experience, and personal capability assessment is required - enjoy!\n<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my ongoing attempt to reach mountain goat status, I am trying to get a quadruple activation into my log. I am offering two incentives to all chasers: A unique set of QSL cards for all stations contacting me on &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/sota-activation-alert\/activation-alert-quadruple-activation-attempt-71013\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sota-activation-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2983"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3024,"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions\/3024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}