Exploring Coyote Canyon in Anza Borrego, and SOTA Activation

[@markdoyle8713]

Nice pace , cool adventure

[@cwguy8960]

Man, that looks like rattlesnake country!! I activated St Vrain Mtn W0C/FR-026 a few weeks ago on a Sunday morning. Wanted to beat the dangerous weather so started early and summitted at 10AM. Bands were poor, only made 5 q's on 40M & 20M (cw) combined. Had maybe five 2-meter qso's just before leaving at 11:15. Wondered why I had such a hard time making contacts - when I got home I saw that no one spotted me on the SOTA website. You're absolutely right - spotting is super helpful!!

[@本橋章]

Thank you for sharing. You need snowshoes when walk on the dry leaves. Very interesting. JP1QEC mot.

[@bluewrenchdave4274]

I used to run the freight trains through the Carrizo Gorge!

[@RanchoCoyote]

Looks like a good time!

[@TheHamNinja]

What? No Inreach Sat comm unit for spotting? I'm glad I had mine in AZ.

[@K6ARK]

Had it with me, but didn't have the SOTA sms number because I had reset the unit. 😜

[@Whiskey6Radio]

How far down into Anza were you? I’m sure 2 meter or 70 cm is few and far between way out. I also have a Garmin Inreach Mini and have played with it some. Looking forward to really trying it out next week in the sgw

[@K6ARK]

I have an old DeLorme model, but it still works. Would love a mini. We were NE of Borrego Springs on W6/SD-214 if you want to look it up in the SOTA database. It's boonie-land surrounded by bigger mountains.