Members of the Northern New York
Amateur Radio Association
(NNYARA) would like to promote the idea of operating from current and
former Adirondack Fire Tower locations. We'd like to set
up something similar to the ARLS
to coordinate and
recognize operation. For those of us who hike, it is
easy enough to take a HT up, but making VHF-FM
contacts other than through repeaters is pretty rare
unless other stations know to listen. We envision this
site to be a way to let people know what's happening
and coordinate
events. The ARRL VHF QSO Party
is a good opportunity. VHF Simplex contacts are
possible if other hams
know when you will be "up
there". Join the Yahoo
Group to exchange info.
Eventually we'll set up special events and awards,
but for now, we can just post a list
of 'activations' .
Contacts may also qualify for SOTA,
GORC,
& POTA.
Check the Yahoo
Group and
KC2WI to get
involved.
*You might find KC2WI on the NNY 75M frequency
3.958
North
Country Group Sunday morning 8:30 AM:
NYSPTEN
3.925 6 PM; ECARS 7.255,
Ragchewers 7.272,
Nightwatch 7.192
or other times on these freqs; QRP,
HFPack , or RaDAR
frequencies when 'deployed'; or
the Black
River Valley ARC repeater 146.955 (Echolink
node AB2XN) [8 PM net], Boonville
ARC 146.655
(Echolink KD2AIT) [9 PM net],Hamilton
County ARC
147.165 or
kc2wi.net prnewell.com
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Fire Tower - Photo by KC2WI
FireTowerRadio
Yahoo Group list
of 'activations' Fire
Tower List by Bill Starr (pdf)
Planned/scheduled Fire Tower / Mountaintop Operations Suggested
calling frequencies
NNY Operations for ARRL VHF
QSO Party Additional
NNYARA news and information
Summits
On The Air (SOTA) W2/GA Association
Great Outdoors Radio Club HFPack
DEC Fire Tower Study includes
a list of past and present towers