Travel Videos 365 - BETA version 1.02

Guy/N7UN and I along with our faithful Sherpa/goats (Rooster & Peanut) tested out our gear on Mt Herman before for the big day. The big day being the Ham 14er Event (http://www.14er.org/). Guy had just flown in from NJ and needed to acclimate to higher elevations if he was going to stand a chance of trekking to.... more

"Gaining Altitude" is an account of N0B's journey into thin air with Rooster and Peanut. On August 10 2008 NØB (manned with Guy/N7UN and Steve/NØTU) along with their faithful Sherpa/goats (Rooster and Peanut) set out to climb Uncompahgre Peak, CO (14,309') from the Nellie Creek Trailhead (11,400'). Mean.... more

Guy/N7UN and Steve/NØTU on day one of our backpack QRP expedition in Utah's Canyonlands. This first day we hike to Devil's Pocket and set up camp and ham radio station with K1 and inverted vee antenna.

Guy/N7UN and Steve/NØTU on day two of our backpack QRP expedition in Utah's Canyonlands. Day 2 we hiked to Druid Arch and looked for water then returned to camp and fired up the ham radio station with K1 and inverted vee antenna

Day 3 was bitter sweet as we hiked out to the trail head after 3-days camping. But hamming on the mesa was the pinnacle of our adventure! Guy/N7UN's K1 & 40m sloper yield many QSOs as did my Ft817 and Buddistick. The DX was the real surprise!!

Video #3 from our Old Goats QRPxpedition on Uncompahgre Peak as NØB. A video QSL of the stations we made contact with. My pack goat Peanut dances to a Cuban Bosa Nova.