Peak 2507 “Buzzard’s Roost” W6/SC-229 19 February 2021

A nice hike in the Santa Monica Mountains. About 750 feet of elevation gain in 2 miles or so.

Eric KG6MZS was activating Sandstone Peak and sent me this photo of Buzzard’s Roost at sunrise. Eric is even more of an early bird than me!

The hike starts from Encinal Canyon Road up the Zuma Ridge Motorway. There is a sign for Buzzard’s Roost Ranch and another sign for the Zuma Ridge Trailhead. It is next to a small sewage treatment plant! Other signs said No Parking there, so I parked about 50 yards south at a large turn out, which seems to be the parking for this trailhead. The road is closed to public motor vehicles, open to foot, horse and bicycle traffic.

Some nice views of the Pacific Ocean

The hike took about an hour. At the locked ranch gate went up to the ridge to the left via a use trail and set up in some boulders in the activation zone. This area burned a couple of years ago, also burning the ranch. There are two 10 acre properties behind the gate, one of which sold for 2 million dollars in September 2020.

QSOs on 2 meter FM with KG6MZS and Scott WA9STI

20m then 30m then 40m them back to 20m

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode	Notes
15:35	KG6MZS	144MHz	FM	S2s
15:40	WA9STI	144MHz	FM
16:12	F4WBN	14MHz	CW
16:13	W0MNA	14MHz	CW
16:13	W0ERI	14MHz	CW
16:14	AC7P	14MHz	CW
16:14	K4MF	14MHz	CW
16:15	KT5X	14MHz	CW
16:16	N0RZ	14MHz	CW
16:17	NE4TN	14MHz	CW
16:27	W5ODS	10MHz	CW
16:28	K7SO	10MHz	CW
16:28	WW7D	10MHz	CW
16:30	WB5USB	10MHz	CW
16:30	W5BOS	10MHz	CW
16:31	K3TCU	10MHz	CW
16:33	NW7E	10MHz	CW
16:33	NG6R	10MHz	CW
16:34	K0FNR	10MHz	CW
16:35	K7VK	10MHz	CW
16:37	K7ROH	10MHz	CW
16:38	N6WT	10MHz	CW
16:44	W7RV	7MHz	CW
16:45	WB6POT	7MHz	CW
16:46	N4LAG	7MHz	CW
16:47	N6WT	7MHz	CW
16:47	W1XT	7MHz	CW
16:48	K6YK	7MHz	CW
16:49	N6GO	7MHz	CW
16:52	K6LDQ	7MHz	CW
16:53	N6JFD	7MHz	CW
17:02	N6MKW	14MHz	CW
17:03	AE7AP	14MHz	CW
17:04	K6TUY	14MHz	CW
17:05	W5GDW	14MHz	CW
17:07	WB7BWZ	14MHz	CW
17:08	K0FX	14MHz	CW
17:09	VE2JCW	14MHz	CW
17:11	WB2FUV	14MHz	CW