W5ESE Culberson County Backpack-pedition

Here's a map showing Scott's planned location in Culberson County right up next to the New Mexico border in far west Texas. Use the View Larger Map link and zoom in to the terrain version for a good view of Scott's ridgeline QTH at Pine Top Camp. That QTH implies that he will be at the tree line looking out at the tops of the pine trees but Scott indicates he'll actually be below the tree line because he needs something to support those wire antennas and to provide some shelter. Scott will have the distinction of being the highest Texas station in the 2008 TQP and will undoubtedly be using the smallest, lightest, radio of any TQP station -- an AT Sprint 3 housed in the favorite enclosure of QRP ops -- an Altoids flip top can.

Smallness and lightness will be a definite virtue considering that he will have a 4.3-mile hike with an elevation change of approximately 2300 feet. I hope Scott will find room in the backpack for a (lightweight) camera to bring back some photos for those flatlanders among the TQP party goers to enjoy.


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Last Updated: 7-September-2008