Extreme High Altitude Ham Radio

Hey everyone! In this video we ascend to two very high peaks in GA and TN. Had some interesting conversations on 146.520MHz out there, and some of it was on a handheld radio!

[@muddytiresclub4264]

Indeed…do it live lol. This is 117Reno and I just got down

[@larrybiederman8093]

Our club did a contest in Awyhee county, Idaho, at 7950ft elevation. I think you are at 2200ft elevation. We reached almost 300 miles with 50W on 2 meters, and 180 miles on an HT using 5 watts. We had a similar experience with 2 repeaters. Mountains are fun for Ham radio!

[@ScuffedRadio]

Sounds awesome!

[@bobave2463]

Did this same thing two months ago on Waterrock Knob and Mt. Pisgah next door in North Carolina. Did SSB, Fusion, Dstar and FM simplex off the mountain. De W4PGX

[@2metercrew389]

😂😂😂 I’m a ford👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@lburlingcg29]

That was pretty awesome! Height is might eh?

[@ScuffedRadio]

For sure!

[@45Unit]

Dude, you would have loved it before people started putting tones on the repeaters. I would drive up most any mountain over 3,000 feet in New England and key up several repeaters using an HT with a 1/4 wave antenna on my car. The sound reminds me of tuning up an electric guitar.

[@ScuffedRadio]

Those were the days! It's a cool noise I think.