Mount Kathleen is located aprrox 20 km west of Summerland BC up an old forestry road,this mountaintop location is all but forgotten in the BC interior. A group of VHFers including myself operated from this location during the early 80s as VE7PRC/7 .At that time there was an old small forestry lookout on the top of the rock out cropping. Sadly the original lookout was burnt but was rebuilt as a snow/hiking shelter in 1993. .The road is still passable by good 4 x 4 truck or atv.The pic is from when we operated up there with a 100 watt amp and a diamond stacked array of 2 meter yagis ! That was a big effort on top of that small hill.There was only enough room for 3 trucks at best on top,do not ask how crowded it got in the look out with all the gear!
Thanks to VE7RJ ,VE7EHQ,VE7GSB and the other group of crazy guys that took the time to go mountain topping during the VHF JUNE CONTEST.
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