SOTA Cat meets the Elecraft KH1 | Morse Code with Cat (Beginner)

NOTE: CW section is subtitled with Closed Captioning (CC)! Turn on closed captioning to see the translation, or practice your head copy with it off.
Di KO6BTM takes Ara N6ARA, myself, and Ormoo the SOTA Cat for a sunny activation hike on Cahuenga Peak. Di finally got to use an Elecraft KH1 - and they get along well!
Location: Cahuenga Peak, W6/CT-037
Activation date: March 24, 2024
Link to Ara's Activation Zone tool: activation.zone/
_Essential gear_
Kitty treats for Ormoo: amzn.to/48X9rYg
Training clicker: amzn.to/4cr4gSx
Lyra cat pack: lyracat.com/products/lyra-cat...
_Chapters_
0:00 Hike to the summit
2:27 Ara explains his "Activation Zone" tool
3:32 Di meets her first real-life Elecraft KH1!
4:22 CW contacts, with CC translation
13:07 The trip home
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_Music Attribution_
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[@ElecraftChannel]

Congratulations on learning CW, Di! Hope you and Ormoo have lots of fun with your KH1.

[@labcat73]

👍😺🎶

[@N6RUN]

Love it!

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Nice job!

[@kuniooniumi5370]

うわ、楽しそうですね

[@wshanney]

Looks like fun!

[@SOTA-plus]

The combination of radios, cat, and friends makes even a small local peak into a fun adventure :)

[@RudixSA]

A peak, a HF radio, CW, a pretty lady AND a cat! Impossible not to like, well done!
I have a cat called Nicky that looks exactly the same.
Subscribed!
Rudi de ZS6DX/ZS2M/V51VE

[@DK5ONV]

Happy Easter to you Guys. Keep up your fantastic Work. And beware of Mountain Lions. 73 de Uncle Günter from across the Pond 💯👍🙋‍♂

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Was the coil added to the whip to get the KH-1 into 40 meter? Do you set the switch to 20 and let it ride?

[@SOTA-plus]

Coil plus correct counterpoise, and the internal tuner did the rest. Super easy! Glad Ara brought it to play with; so compact.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

@@SOTA-plusah ok. That’s the ax-1 coil for 40, so that makes sense. I might have to try that.

[@PeaLoop]

Nice thumbnail!

[@SOTA-plus]

Thanks! Di came up with the crazy cat photo. Kitty has such a smooshable 'feed me I'm confused' face.

[@gliderrider]

Very cool! De n5vwn