{"id":2803,"date":"2026-07-28T00:19:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T00:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/?p=2803"},"modified":"2026-07-28T00:21:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T00:21:55","slug":"rick-kn6cqx-1x-mtn-goat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/2026\/07\/28\/rick-kn6cqx-1x-mtn-goat\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick KN6CQX \u2013 1X Mtn Goat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My first SOTA activation was on Mount Williamson W6\/CT-247.&nbsp;&nbsp;Six years later, on 07\/18\/26, I reached 1,001 points on Pine Mountain W6\/CT-040.&nbsp; My wife Juli accompanied me on most of these activations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My first 250 activator points were all on 2m FM using a 5-Watt Yaesu HT, and a home brew roll up J-Pole antenna.&nbsp;&nbsp;Now, along with 2m FM, I use a linked dipole on a carbon fiber mast for HF SSB contacts and always try to work as many people as I can.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I really appreciate all of the Chasers, Activators and Contributors in the SOTA community. They have helped make this part of our hobby so much fun. I have made friends and received helpful advice and encouragement countless times which inspired me and improved my success along the way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of my favorite summits include Pikes Peak W0C\/FR-004, best drive up ever.&nbsp;&nbsp;Half Dome W6\/SN-040, via the cables with my son, daughter and son-in-law.&nbsp;&nbsp;El Montaon W6\/SC-315, beautiful transition zones of flora and geology from sea to summit. Grandview Benchmark W7A\/CN-013, where wild horses roam.&nbsp;&nbsp;And Pine Mountain W6\/CT- 040, where bighorn sheep greeted me at the end of my goat hike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I chose Pine Mountain W6\/CT-040 as my Mountain Goat summit because it is one of my favorite summits and I have always referred to this hike as a \u201cgoat trail\u201d up the ridge line from the north side.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[CJB: Welcome Rick to the herd.  I believe you are Mountain Goat #51 for our W6 Association.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rick_kn6cqx-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rick_kn6cqx-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rick_kn6cqx-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rick_kn6cqx-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rick_kn6cqx-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rick_kn6cqx-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first SOTA activation was on Mount Williamson W6\/CT-247.&nbsp;&nbsp;Six years later, on 07\/18\/26, I reached 1,001 points on Pine Mountain W6\/CT-040.&nbsp; My wife Juli accompanied me on most of these activations. My first 250 activator points were all on 2m FM using a 5-Watt Yaesu HT, and a home brew roll up J-Pole antenna.&nbsp;&nbsp;Now, along [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2803"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2808,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803\/revisions\/2808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}