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🎙️ SOTA Activation | QRP CW | Antenna Setup | Garmin InReach & Map Navigation 🏞️📡

In this episode, I kick things off by plotting UTM coordinates from my Garmin InReach to a 1:24,000 topographic map, demonstrating key backcountry navigation skills. Once at the summit, I set up my End-Fed Half-Wave (EFHW) antenna in an L configuration and began operations with just 750 milliwatts using the 4 States QRP Group Cricket 20M kit I built myself!

After logging 3 contacts on the Cricket 20M, I switched to the Elecraft KH-1 for high-band HF CW operations, and introduced the N9TAX Labs 2M/70CM dual-band antenna — perfect for 2M CW, SSB, and FM communications in the field.

✅ Total Contacts: 15
✅ Successful SOTA Activation
✅ Multiple Bands, Modes & Antennas Tested

🔹 Video Highlights:
• Backcountry navigation with Garmin InReach & topo maps 🗺️
• QRP CW operation with 1W on custom-built gear 🔧
• Real-world use of EFHW, KH-1 & N9TAX dual-band antenna
• Mix of HF & VHF contacts during a SOTA activation

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0:00 Intro
2:08 Spider Webs Crossing The Trail
3:02 Scouting for Antenna Deployment
6:00 Land Nav UTM Grid Plotting
11:57 EFHW Antenna Deployment
16:14 4StatesQRP Cricket 20M
18:27 HF CW Operations
23:05 Elecraft KH-1
24:21 N9TAX 2M Slim Jim Deployment
26:42 Quansheng UV-K5 2M CW Operations
27:52 Yaesu FT-65 2M FM Operations
32:38 Final Thoughts

Gear
F-STOP
Elecraft KH-1 40-15M
Quansheng UV-K5 HT
Yaesu FT-65
HF Antenna: EFHW 40-10m w/ 15 and 17M links
2M Antenna: N9TAX Slim Jim
RG-316 25'
Bamatech TP-III
7M carbon Fiber Mast


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