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AND ANTENNAS TOGETHER, BOUNCING IDEAS OFF EACH OTHER.  THEY WERE ABLE TO
LEARN AND GROW TOGETHER.  DOCUMENTING THE PROCESS IN 2012, KYLE DISCOVERED
STEVES, WG0AT, VIDEOS ABOUT SUMMITS ON THE AIR SOTA WWW. YOUTUBE. COM/
GOATHIKER.  HE SPENT HOURS WATCHING STEVE CLIMB MOUNTAINS WITH HIS TWO
GOATS AND ACTIVATE SUMMITS.  KYLE SAW THE FUN AND EXCITEMENT OTHERS WERE
HAVING WITH THIS ASPECT OF AMATEUR RADIO, AND HE WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT.
KYLE TOOK THE PLUNGE IN SEPTEMBER 2015, GOING ON A ROAD TRIP TO COLORADO
AND ACTIVATING HIS FIRST SOTA SUMMIT.  HE RECORDED THE ENTIRE PROCESS
STRUGGLES AND ALL AND PUBLISHED THE VIDEO IN OCTOBER 2015.  THATS WHEN
KYLES LIFE AS A HAMTUBER BEGAN.  KYLE ENJOYS SHARING HIS PORTABLE
ACTIVATIONS.  HE REGULARLY ACTIVATES LOCATIONS THROUGH PARKS ON THE AIR AND
SOTA.  HE HAS RECORDED AND PUBLISHED VIDEOS OF NOT ONLY THE ACTIVATIONS,
BUT ALSO SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES HE HAS BEEN A PART OF IN PREPARATION FOR
ACTIVATIONS.  RECENTLY, KYLE DID A ROVE, SPENDING 9 DAYS ON THE ROAD
ACTIVATING 25 PARKS AND FIVE SUMMITS ACROSS EIGHT STATES.  HE DOCUMENTED
THE ENTIRE JOURNEY, TAKING THE TIME TO SHOW SOME OF THE INTERESTING THINGS
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