POTA US-1176 Eagle Peak
Intro
Today I hiked to Eagle Peak for another amateur radio activation. On the North end of Eagle Peak is a good location to make radio contacts North of Mount Diablo.
POTA Station at Eagle Peak
Yagi Antenna
This was my first run with the Yagi antenna and it worked very well. Initially I was hand holding the antenna but placing it in a bush worked well too. Next time I plan to bring my tripod and pvc mounting hardware.
Beaming Northwest
Beaming Northeast
Contacts Made
Contacts I’ve previously made and bearings to point the Yagi. I was able to reach 60 plus miles on 5W even off the side of the Yagi.
Mount Diablo
Great Fall weather for hiking Mount Diablo State Park.
Furthest Contacts Made
My furthest contact NorthEast was to Pollock Pines, CA.
My furthest contact NorthWest was to Sebastopol, CA.
Terrain and line-of-sight propagation mapping by https://heywhatsthat.com/.
Logging and wrap up
I entered log data into HAMRS app and exported the file in ADI format. Then uploaded the log to https://pota.app for a successful activation.
