Category: KH1
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Asilomar State Beach
In early October we took a couple days off work for a mini-vacation down the central coast of California. Just past Monterey, in the town of Pacific Grove, is Asilomar State Beach and conference center – also designated US-3399 for Parks On The Air. The conference center is part of…
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Corte Madera Marsh Ecological Reserve
Normally when the YLs ask if I want to join them on a jaunt to a shopping center my answer is a quick “no thanks.” However, the Corte Madera Town Center is right across the highway from a possible outdoor operating location which I’d earlier identified as Corte Madera Marsh…
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Return to Richardson Benchmark
This post is about activating Richardson East Benchmark for Summits On The Air as well as Golden Gate National Recreation Area for Parks On The Air. The route taken today was the same as on a previous hike up to Richardson Benchmark. Please allow me to refer you to that…
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Muir Woods National Monument US-0949
Muir Woods is named after naturalist John Muir who can be said to be the father of our National Parks in the US. This park is not far from my home in San Francisco, but has eluded me from activating for several years. The main attraction at Muir Woods are…
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Vollmer Peak W6/NC-298
Vollmer Peak is a one pointer situated in the hills between Oakland and Orinda, California. The “trailhead” is at the overflow parking lot for the Redwood Valley Railroad, a fun narrow gauge railroad just off Grizzly Peak road in Tilden Park. You can walk to the peak via a paved…
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Sonoma State Historic Park
The town of Sonoma, about an hour north of San Francisco by car, is a location steeped in California history. In fact, the current US State of California can be said to have originated here. In the middle of the 19th century, before the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill,…
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Quick Lunchtime Hunt
Working from home means that when the weather is clear, as it was today, I can walk a couple of blocks to my local city park and try to make a few contacts on the radio during my lunch break. In the middle of January it’s nice to get a…
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Weekend with the MTR3B “Currahee”
After a couple of months delay, the much anticipated, new Mountaintopper MTR3B-v4 arrived in my mailbox this past Friday. This post is about my initial experience with this new radio. As soon as I could dip out from work, I took the new Mountaintopper down to the shores of San…
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Whole Lotta Rosie
Part of the San Francisco Bay Area’s World War Two history is situated at Richmond on the Contra Costa shoreline. Here are the shipyards where the women and men on the homefront built the Liberty Ships that carried troops and materiel to the Pacific theater and beyond. Occasionally, my family…
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Fort Baker On The Air … Again
Nestled beside the bridge on the north side of the Golden Gate is Fort Baker, a former military post that is now home to museums, yacht clubs and the U.S. Coast Guard. Getting on the air from Cavallo Point at Fort Baker is one of my favorite ways to activate…
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