Amateur Radio operators from around Colorado will be climbing many of Colorado’s 14,000-foot mountains and Summits On The Air(SOTA) peaks to set up amateur radio stations in an effort to communicate with other radio amateurs across the state and around the world.

Radio operators who plan to activate a summit should post their intent on the ham14er Yahoo Group.

Colorado 14er Frequencies

Activity can occur on any amateur band including HF and VHF. The 2m fm band plan uses a “primary frequency and move up” approach. The 2m fm primary frequency is 147.42 MHz. At the beginning of the event, operators should try calling on 147.42 MHz. As activity increases on that frequency, move on up the band using the 30 kHz steps. Don’t just hang out on 147.42 MHz…move up! The next standard simplex frequency up from 147.42 MHz is 147.45 MHz, followed by 147.48 and 147.51 MHz.

More information - h ttp ://www.ham14er.org

ham14er Yahoo Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ham14er/