After the fire ran through the Catalina Mountains Mt. Bigelow was closed to travel. With a little luck Bigelow was open prior to the Dec.15th winter close date.
Nice drive with some snow and ice on the road only for the last 100yards. No real hiking, so this will be a great opportunity to work the bands.
Quick set up with my brother Estell de KI7OFN.
Yaesu 857d, MFJ-929 Tuner, ELK up for 2m/70cm, MFJ Big Ears for all HF.
Found I could not extend either of the MFJ Whips, ended up pulling one apart as I tried to force it to extend.
Switched the whips and played with the tuning coil to manage both 20m and to my surprise 40m.
Easy trip into the greater Phx area on 2m - W7JET (Nice QSL Card...), K7TAB, KI7LLD (My Son Douglas, K6IAA, K0DVH on 2mSSB
Six-METER even - W7RV on 50.125usb with my MFJ Big Ears
Summit to Summit S2S with KJ7QHW 2m on Baldy Mount W7A/MN-106
Summit to Summit S2S with W6PW 20m on W6/NC-423 in North Carolian
Summit to Summit S2S with XE1MYO outside of Mexico City on XE1/MX-022
Great 40m Signals - KB7JJG, K6QCB, K6LDQ, KC7HM, KN0MAP, W7SS, NW7E
20m did not disappoint - ND0C, K6HPX, WW7D, N0WAE, KG3W, KC7FCW, W2CE, W7C0, W4KRN, N6EF, W5GDW, AD0HL, WB7BWZ, N6DNM, KD9TZ, K0LAF
