Activations

A three-for-one on Wildcat Mountain

QSOs
15
Grid squares
13
Furthest, JO22
4,317 mi
Bands
4
First to last QSO
1 h 16 min
Power
5 W

Wildcat Mountain, W4G/NG-020, is a 3,780-foot summit in North Georgia worth 8 SOTA points. It sits where the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, US-4473, and the Chestatee Wildlife Management Area, US-7138, overlap, so one set of QSOs counted for a summit and two parks.

I started on 2 meters FM with a handheld and made 4 local contacts, enough to qualify the summit. Then I switched to HF and FT8 for 11 more on 20, 17, and 10 meters. The 17 meter contact with the Netherlands was the longest, at about 4,300 miles, and 10 meters reached Alaska.

This was the end of a busy two weeks of summits: Snowbird Mountain in North Carolina, Joe Mountain, Gooch Mountain, and Pine Mountain came before it.

POTA credited 15 QSOs, including 4 phone QSOs that aren't in the digital log.

Who I worked

1,243 mi2,485 mi3,728 miEM84 · 2m FM · 12 miEM74 · 2m FM · 55 miEM74 · 2m FM · 47 miEM73 · 2m FM · 60 miBP64 · 10m FT8 · 3,291 miDM33 · 10m FT8 · 1,665 miDM42 · 10m FT8 · 1,566 miCN85 · 17m FT8 · 2,174 miJO22 · 17m FT8 · 4,317 miDM78 · 20m FT8 · 1,199 miEM20 · 20m FT8 · 711 miFM18 · 20m FT8 · 460 miEN10 · 20m FT8 · 823 miFM18 · 20m FT8 · 460 miEL09 · 20m FT8 · 956 miW4G/NG-020 Wildcat Mountain + US-4473 Chattahoochee-Oconee + US-7138 Chestatee
  • 20m (6)
  • 17m (2)
  • 10m (3)
  • 2m (4)

Each line runs from the activation to the center of the other station's grid square, so it shows the direction and distance, not an exact location.

Log summary

BandFT8FMFirstLast
20m6–21:1721:30
17m2–21:0721:10
10m3–20:5020:56
2m–420:1420:17

Times are UTC. Callsigns are left out on purpose; the full log is on POTA, SOTA, QRZ, and LoTW.