Gooch Mountain, a summit in a national forest
Play video: SOTA Activation - W4G/NG-041 Gooch Mountain - March 10, 2024Watch on YouTube: SOTA Activation - W4G/NG-041 Gooch Mountain - March 10, 2024
- QSOs
- 14
- Grid squares
- 14
- Furthest, JN58
- 4,684 mi
- Bands
- 1
- First to last QSO
- 41 min
- Power
- 5 W
Gooch Mountain, W4G/NG-041, is a 3,337-foot summit in North Georgia worth 8 SOTA points. It’s inside the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, so the same QSOs count toward Parks on the Air too.
I made 14 QSOs in about 40 minutes, all on 20 meters at 5 watts: 10 on FT8 and 4 on FT4. That’s more than the 4 QSOs SOTA needs for the summit’s points, and more than POTA’s 10 for the park. The longest contact was in southern Germany, about 4,700 miles away.
The video is from this activation.
POTA credited 14 QSOs.
Who I worked
- 20m (14)
Each line runs from the activation to the center of the other station's grid square, so it shows the direction and distance, not an exact location.
Log summary
| Band | FT8 | FT4 | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20m | 10 | 4 | 20:31 | 21:12 |
Times are UTC. Callsigns are left out on purpose; the full log is on POTA, SOTA, QRZ, and LoTW.