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VHF mountaintopping from Vermont to Alaska... Here is a sampling of photos from 30 years of VHF mountaintopping by
K6YNB/N6NB. It started out with simple AM and SSB equipment
in a car, but the station quickly became more complex. Soon there
were specialized vehicles (the first was billed as "the cabover kilowatt"
on a QST cover) and eventually tower trailers. Before it was over,
there were moonbounce DXpeditions, contest efforts in six ARRL divisions,
and non-contest operations in more than 30 states.
 The first "cabover kilowatt:" it had a 40-foot tower
and generator...
 An
early Field Day in Class 1B...
 Mobile moonbounce? Not quite, but we operated in
two rare states...
 This
led to K0MQS's first-ever W.A.S. award on two.
 I had great fun contesting on Mt. Pinos, CA in the 1970s.
This operation in the second "Cabover Kilowatt" yielded
a #1 score.
 A
trip from California to Vermont...
 Preparing for a contest on a prime eastern mountaintop...
 This
led to a national record score...
 Portable once more in June, 1993...
Thanks for scrolling down memory lane with me! |
Modest
beginnings in a car...