Winter season in R9U. 2026.

I’d like to present a brief report on the winter season activations of 2026. A post about the New Year’s ascent and the summit activation of R9U/SO-065 has already been published here. Therefore, I’ll tell you about other winter activations. January 20. R9U/SO-078. The summit of Bolshoy Biryan has already been activated, including in winter. Due to difficult weather conditions, we decided to take a tried and tested route – to R9U/SO-078. The weather was quite frosty these days – down to -37°C....

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Anyway... Mike only managed a few contacts, funny enough one with @tsherrygeo here!!

"...No cellular service up there. I strung up my long 40m wire and made several 40m phone, mostly west coast California. I shortened my wire to 20m got reliable Darryl WW7D in Washington. K6STR joked about me not spotting on a CW frequency so I made a 20m attempt. I was successful with N7KOM, Tim in Oregon. Thanks for your patience!.."

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His story here, btw...

"...Evan got us as close to shore as he comfortably could in the skiff. Adding to the difficult surf conditions, the outboard motor was consistently dying when at idle! Brit and I bailed from the skiff about 50 yards from shore. Dry bag and collapsible mast (fishing pole) in one hand and swimming with the other. We timed it as best we could but we did get smacked by a couple of three to four footers. It has been a while since I’ve been in the surf and I now remembered how it felt! We had life jackets on as well so it was not easy to get very far under the waves. Once on shore we opened the dry bags for our hiking clothes and radio. This was when I discovered my dry bag was not so dry. My soft case radio bag was wet and moist on the inside. At this point I packed my radio (Xiegu X5105) at the top of my pack so it could dry out as we hiked. It was not soaked but it was wet. ..."

https://www.sotadata.org.uk/en/summits/article/37215/view

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But, that is NOT AS HARD as this also 1 point peak on Santa Cruz Island, W6/SC-343. Mike also activated that one. Mike had to get a boat ride out there, and SWIM there with all his radio stuff in a drybag... then had to swamp his way up the hill there all the way to the top, BRUTAL hike bushwhacking.

He had to get a permit from the Nature Conservancy, a boat ride, etc.

https://sotl.as/summits/W6/SC-343

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(one of the hardest local SOTA peaks to activate, and only 1 point!! It should be a 5 pointer for the effort required, or more...). Mike K6MII activated it last month. W6/SC-336

https://sotl.as/summits/W6/SC-336

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G4YSS:G/TW-004, 70cm-UKAC, 2m-FM, 160m 12-05-26

G4YSS: G/TW-004 on 70cm SSB, 2m-FM & 160m CW/SSB, 12-05-26 Issue-1. Pse Rprt Errors BISHOP WILTON WOLD on 70cm SSB UKAC QRP, 2m-FM & 160m CW/ SSB QRO 70 MHz UKAC Contest QSO’s are also valid for SOTA Evening of 12th May 2026 with Finn (Lurcher dog) All times: BST (UTC+1hr) UOS EQUIPMENT: FT817ND HF-VHF-UHF QRP Multi-mode Transceiver. HF-50W Linear Amplifier for 80 thru 10 (capable of 160m ops) Link Dipole for 80-60-40-(30)-20m Loading coils with slug tuning for 160m, insertable at 40m ...

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Reilu peli saatana.
https://www.hs.fi/suomi/art-2000012022401.html

' Hän on osallistunut Suomessa Ukrainaa tukeviin mielenosoituksiin ja hänen kerrotaan myös lahjoittaneen varoja Aleksei Navalnyin korruptionvastaiselle säätiölle, jota Venäjä pitää äärijärjestönä. Oppositiojohtaja Navalnyi kuoli vuonna 2024.

Oppositiomedioiden mukaan #Venäjä’llä Golikovia odottaisi luultavasti värväys armeijaan, sillä hänet on jo kutsuttu reservistä rintamalle Ukrainaan. Doždin toimitus on nähnyt tästä todisteen. '

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Mediat: Suomi karkottaa sotaa vastustavan venäläis­aktivistin

Venäläisten oppositiomedioiden mukaan miestä odottaa luultavasti värväys rintamalle Ukrainaan.

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Koneiden sota : Droonien läpimurto ja vallankumous

Paljon on muuttunut lyhyessä ajassa. Ukrainan sota on tehnyt todellisuutta asiasta, jota on viimeiset kaksi vuosikymmentä teorisoitu, ennakoitu ja pelätty. Tekniikan ja sotatieteiden tohtori Jyri Kosolalle pysäyttävä hetki koitti, kun hän katsoi uutisista kuvia ukrainalaisten droonien tuhoamista venäläisistä panssariajoneuvoista. Taistelukentän kuningas, panssarivaunu, on viimein kuollut, ja uusi herra on ottanut sen paikan. Tällä hetkellä droonit aiheuttavat Ukrainassa noin 80 […]

https://www.kirjavinkit.fi/arvostelut/koneiden-sota-droonien-lapimurto-ja-vallankumous/

So in the end, we could not access Magic Mountain (the actual mountain), Snow Benchmark, and Peak 4020. Eventually drove north on 5 to another SOTA peak, coincidentally ALSO called Peak 4020. The bands were utter dog barf, and the flies were indescribable. But we got our contacts and four points, all that matters!

And a very fun day driving around Angeles National Forest of course. 70ish with the gentlest of breezes.

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Today I activated an unspectacular #SOTA summit: Sängersberg 494 m (https://sotl.as/summits/DM/HE-111). Normally, DM summits are easy points, but this one took a 600 km ride by (non-electric) bike from home, with 15 kg of luggage. Now continuing the journey towards #Sweden ☺️
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