
Backbone Mountain (W8V/PH-058), WV
Backbone Mountain, WVBackbone Mountain (W8V/PH-058) is located near Thomas, West Virginia and is a walk up summit right off the road. Several communications towers are the top and there is plenty of parking at the base. This would be the last summit activation on my 8...

Pilot Knob (W4K/EC-184), KY
Pilot Knob, KentuckyPilot Knob (W4K/EC-184) is located southeast of Lexington, Kentucky. The summit is part of the Pilot Knob State Nature Preserve and offers a short hike to the top. Supposedly Daniel Boone visited this summit back in the day.Summit Information:...

2021 Winter Road Trip
2020 finally ended to the relief of pretty much everyone. My wife had some vacation time so we decided to do a 2500 mile road trip from Washington, DC through the south, up to Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois & Indiana. First stop on the trip was High Rock Summit in...

Taum Sauk (W0M/SF-001), MO
Taum Sauk, MissouriTaum Sauk (W0M/SF-001) is a summit in the Taum Sauk State Park and is located in the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks. The summit is also the highest point in Missouri.Summit Information: Summit Name: Taum Sauk, (W0M/SF-001) Location: Arcadia,...

High Knob ( W9/IL-005), IL
High Knob, IllionoisHigh Knob Mountain (W9/IL-005) is a short drive to the summit and is located in the Shawnee National Forest. The site was created by the Camp Cadiz Civilian Conservation Corpsmen (CCC) and at one time had a fire tower which is no longer present....

West Mountain (W5A/CA-014), AR
West mountain, ArkansasWest Mountain (W5A/CA-014) is the one summit located within Hot Springs National Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. I activated this summit several years ago in the winter. This is a nice relaxing hike to the summit, however there are very little...

Mount Roosevelt (W4T/RV-038), TN
Mount Roosevelt, TennesseeMount Roosevelt (W4T/RV-038) is a drive up summit off of interstate 40. This was a convenient place to stop when we were driving between Asheville, NC and Nashville, TN. The site hosts several commercial towers and offers nice views with...

Bearwallow (W4C/CM-068), NC
Bearwallow, North CarolinaBearwallow Mountain (W4C/CM-068) is a popular bald summit south of Asheville, NC. The summit hosts the several radio towers and antennas giving the summit a hellish VHF RFI operating situation. While the views are amazing, HF is probably the...

High Rock (W4T/SU-24), TN
High Rock, TNHigh Rock Summit (W4T/SU-24) is a relatively high summit (4,900') on the Appalachian trail and borders the state line of NC and TN. It is a relatively short hike up and offers plenty of places to set up an antenna.Summit Information: Summit Name: High...

Hightop (W4V/SH-006), VA
Hightop Mountain, VirginiaHightop Mountain (W4V/SH-006) was a new summit for me. I originally hadn't planned on doing six summits in a day, especially with the short winter daylight. However, thanks to the summits being close together in the park I was able to start...