{"id":2742,"date":"2026-07-21T05:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2026-07-21T05:39:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:39:37","slug":"july-2026-w6-dispatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/2026\/07\/21\/july-2026-w6-dispatch\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2026 W6 Dispatch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-031d95e7-7fff-3686-e18a-e9dd653710da\"><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Welcome to the July edition of&nbsp; \u201cW6 SOTA Dispatch\u201d, a <\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">sometimes<\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> monthly digest of what\u2019s new in W6 SOTA.&nbsp; Yes, it\u2019s been a while.&nbsp; My bad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-010d2925-7fff-8b35-5ab0-c610dbf06f53\"><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">In the past few months, we\u2019ve published three <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/category\/news\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">news articles on the W6 SOTA Website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> along with some <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/trip-reports\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Trip Reports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/w6sota.org\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">W6SOTA.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>W6 Updates<\/span><\/h2><p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-39a48550-7fff-1a69-2080-7ef341582816\"><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Below are some of the news, updates, and other changes on the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/w6sota.org\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">W6SOTA.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> website.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p><ul><li><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-2450cbd5-7fff-d174-44d6-2af9ae774188\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/2026\/01\/28\/2026-summer-socal-sotafest\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The 2026 SoCal SOTAFest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> is coming up on August 7th. \n\n<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-d1179ae5-7fff-4ff5-a7ae-540b7a915d6c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/2026\/07\/21\/2026-w7o-sota-camp-blowout\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">2026 W7O SOTA Camp Blowout<\/span><\/a>\n\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-4ead3346-7fff-7e4e-5364-ebb03395d1ce\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/2026\/04\/26\/lorene-w6lor-4x-mountain-goat\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Lorene W6LOR \u2013 4X Mountain Goat<\/span><\/a>\n\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span><span><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-69f6cca0-7fff-bce3-8ce5-f2fcc418ac62\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/2026\/07\/20\/mike-k6str-4x-mtn-goat\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Mike K6STR&nbsp; \u2013 4X Mtn Goat<\/span><\/a>\n\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span><span><span><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-7a05ca8c-7fff-ed76-1df8-ea1c45f915cb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/2026\/07\/20\/gabriel-aj6x-1x-mtn-goat\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Gabriel AJ6X \u2013 1X Mtn Goat<\/span><\/a>\n\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span><span><span><span><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-a6caadac-7fff-1ee2-b1ea-70e6591bd9b0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/2026\/07\/20\/brian-ab6d-1x-mtn-goat\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Brian AB6D \u2013 1X Mtn Goat<\/span><\/a>\n\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span><span><span><span><span><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-71b0f803-7fff-49db-0db7-9576526d9b31\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/2026\/07\/20\/tom-kb9ens-1x-mtn-goat\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Tom KB9ENS &#8211; 1X Mtn Goat<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/SoCalSota\/wiki\/42412\/252167\">\n<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/SoCalSota\/wiki\/42412\/252167\">It&#8217;s not too late to commit to the SoCal SOTAFest 2026<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-594c4b2f-7fff-247a-99af-d820951a093c\"><\/span><\/p><div><font color=\"#0f0f0f\"><div>We\u2019ve updated \u201cGetting Started With SOTA\u201d under&nbsp; Resources.<\/div><div>This is an excellent place to point new SOTA activators and chasers to.<\/div><div><br><\/div><div><br><\/div><div>The W6 Trip Reports have grown from 135 reports to 196.&nbsp; We think these can be especially helpful to visitors and others who are trying to knock out some W6 Summits.&nbsp; Login and create your trip report today!&nbsp; I used the PNWSOTA.org trip reports extensively when planning my trip to the W7O campout.<\/div><div>Need help creating yours?&nbsp; Just use the contact form under the about menu item.<\/div><div><br><\/div><div><br><\/div><div>We\u2019ve made some minor changes to the web site to improve usability.&nbsp; You can read more about that on the Release Notes page.<\/div><div><br><\/div><\/font><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Be a publisher:<\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Do you have a news article or announcement that you think would be appropriate for the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/w6sota.org\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">W6SOTA.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> website?&nbsp; We\u2019d love to hear about it.&nbsp; Some examples are:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;\" aria-level=\"1\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Your MtnGoat journey with photos<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;\" aria-level=\"1\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Your SOTA travel adventures<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;\" aria-level=\"1\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Recent hardware builds or other gear reviews<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;\" aria-level=\"1\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Upcoming SOTA challenges and other events.<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p><b style=\"font-weight:normal;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-e47123be-7fff-1c7f-4582-40e621432cfd\"><br><\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Use the contact form <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/contact\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">HERE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> to let us know so that we can help you publish.<\/span><\/p><p><b style=\"font-weight:normal;\"><br><\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">We are hoping to grow the knowledge about W6 summits for others to use when they travel here.&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Consider creating a \u201cTrip Report\u201d (find out why <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/why-create-a-trip-report\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">HERE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">)<\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">.&nbsp; You\u2019ll need to have a login to add a trip report.&nbsp; If you don\u2019t an account, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/register\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">register HERE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">.&nbsp; We strive to approve new account requests in under 24 hours.<\/span><\/p><p><br><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Do you know a SOTA operator that isn\u2019t subscribed to NorCalSOTA or SoCalSOTA mailing lists?&nbsp; 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