Will be operating portable in the Adirondacks, don't know where yet, maybe Oxbow or Pillsbury Mountain, sometime between 11 AM - 4 PM eastern time, most likely...
Pillsbury it is -- KC2WI will be activating W2/GA-027 Pillsbury Mountain starting around 2 PM EDT on the usual HFPack SSB frequencies, or elswehere on 40,20,17...
I would like to propose some rules for credit/awards for NNY/Fire Tower operation. The initial idea was to have people put Fire Tower locations on the air. ...
Just had a short QSO with Ed who is active on CW 7.030 Hopewell Firetower in French Creek SP Pennsylvania! Try 14.060, 14.260, 7.030 and 7.260 He's out there...
from the NA SOTA broup: "The North American SOTA Associations (Canada and the USA) will have an operating event on Nov 13, 2010 from 1200utc to 2400 utc on Nov...
The NA SOTA event is this Saturday and Sunday. The weather forecast looks great for Friday and Saturday, OK for Sunday. So I plan to take off early Friday and...
I would love to be able to do some operating but I am headed out to Florida for a conference this weekend. Hopefully later this summer I will get a chance to...
The ARRL September VHF QSO Party Weekend is scheduled for the weekend of September 10-11. This would be a good time, weather permitting, to hike up to the top...
October 22 is NA SOTA day. See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nasota/. The date might be pushing it for good wx in the Adirondacks but it is a good opportunity...
Below is an email I received and my reply. If anyone is planning to operate from a fire tower/mountaintop location please post. I'll be going to the Saratoga...
see nyqp.org I couple of years ago K2LML spearheaded an effort with the Speculator Amateur Radio Club and set up at the Lake Pleasant VFD, but there isn't that...
Pete, I'll call you thern so we get qso's. Bill ... From: kc2wi.afa2cq <kc2wi.afa2cq@...> Subject: [FireTowerRadio] New York QSO Party this weekend 10AM...
Plans for a hike up Pillsbury today changed. Didn't get a an early enough start, would not have enough time on top. But if all goes well, Monday 11/7 I will be...
I decided it was too late to go up Pillsbury today however the weatehr is really nice so I will be going up Fish Mountain W2/GA-316 instead. Hope to be up top...
Great weather, great signals. 20 and 17 were pretty crowded and the QRP/HFPack frequencies were busy, but 40 and 10 were good. If I don't get any urgent phone...
If all goes well, I will be on Pillsbury Mountain W2/GA-027, 1098m/3602ft, 43° 34' 53" N, 74° 30' 41" W around noon (EST) 1700 UTC. There is a fire tower on...
Was not "partly coudy" as predicted. Overcast and cloudy but not too cold until I got on top. Then cold until the sun came around 2:00 and started to get cold...
There will be a Northern New York Amateur Radio Association meeting in Long Lake on Saturday June 2 starting at 10AM Please note the change from the previous...
All, I am planning a road trip to Rondax Mountain this Saturday April 28th. I hope to be on the mountain by 10 a.m. I will be operating on 2M SSB (144.205) and...
You should be able to get in to the Boonville repeater 146.655. Possibly some other. Check nnyara.net for a list. If I am in Glenfield I will listen to the...
I worked him this morning on 144.205. Crystal clear copy up here in Kingston, Ontario. Sounds like he's having a really great day on the mountain! 73, Bill...
You did better than me, I didn't think to spot him at all..... 2m SSB was really active this morning which was nice to see. Already planning next weekends 2m...
Bill,  Thanks for the QSO. This was the first backpacking radio work for both Lu and I. We had a great time and hope to do it again soon.  73, Tom...
All,  Just wanted to thank everyone in the group for helping to make my first backpacking radio trip a complete success! I have been hill topping locally...
