Tuesday 8 September 2015

Red Screes G/LD-017



Surprise visitor

Red Screes G/LD-017

04/09/2015

Even after a long drive North for both of us we arrived at the summit of Red Screes in 58 minutes after parking our cars in the Kirkstone Inn Car Park. 1.05km straight up the side.
My GPS Track
SAR helicopter...let's hope it's on a training mission
The ascent brought back memories of the words that the late Colin G4UXH had told me before I went up the last time “follow the yellow arrow Allan”.....found it again :)
The little yellow arrow pointing the way close to the top..center
 Kirkstone Inn below
We were both immediately into an s2s with Nick and Geoff on GI/MM-015 Slievenalargy in the Mourne Mountains....perfect timing and thank you both.  I was really happy as I had knocked together a 2m dipole which I know call my ‘Cable Tie Dipole’ as it mainly consists of cable ties.  I was fed up with my plastic tube dipole which was heavier and usually got caught up in trees on my way to a summit.
 The cable tie dipole..more later
From the outset this dipole was performing well with Phil G4OBK being surprised that he had heard me up all the way from Pickering. (more on the dipole in the next blog).
13:11z
GI4OEE/P
144MHz
FM
Nick s2s
13:16z
2I0NON/P
144MHz
FM
Geoff s2s
13:17z
G0TDM
144MHz
FM
John
13:19z
G4WHA
144MHz
FM
Geoff
13:20z
G4ZRP
144MHz
FM
Brian
13:22z
G1KLZ
144MHz
FM
Doug
13:24z
G4OBK
144MHz
FM
Phil..a really good contact
13:24z
2E0MIX
144MHz
FM
Derek IO84FN
13:32z
2E0LBI/P
144MHz
FM
Les
13:33z
G1HIB
144MHz
FM
Mike
13:35z
GW4TJN
144MHz
FM
George
13:38z
GW4ZPL/P
144MHz
FM
John
13:42z
M1AVV/M
144MHz
FM
Simon
My log
The Tarn,Trig and Cairn..Red Screes
Lake Windermere and beyond
After the initial joint contacts on 2m Barry was away on 40m with a grand total of 4 contacts..this band was in a terrible state once again. I passed on a message to Barry that Brian G4ZRP was waiting for him on 23cms so off he went on his travels around the summit calling looking for the best position to talk to Brian...job done.  By this time John GW4ZPL/p wanted to have a word with Barry then a quick change of links and he was on 60m ending the activation with a few WAB chasers on 40m.
M0IML/p on HF....office with a view
13:14z
GI4OOE/P
144MHz
FM
NICK 5/2 ON GI/MM-015
13:16z
2I0NON/P
144MHz
FM
GEOFF 5/2 ON GI/MM-015
13:18z
G0TDM
144MHz
FM
JOHN 5/3
13:20z
G6TUH
7MHz
SSB
MIKE 5/8
13:21z
PA1BR
7MHz
SSB
5/5
13:24z
G0RQL
7MHz
SSB
DON 5/9
13:28z
G4ZRP
1240MHz
FM
BRIAN 5/5 IO83KI
13:39z
GW4ZPL/P
144MHz
FM
JOHN 5/5
13:56z
G3YPQ
5MHz
SSB
PHIL 5/8
14:02z
G0HNW
5MHz
SSB
PAUL 5/3
14:03z
G0TDM
5MHz
SSB
JOHN 4/1
14:03z
M0MDA
5MHz
SSB
MICK 5/5
14:05z
G8ADD
5MHz
SSB
BRIAN 5/8
14:07z
M0WBG
5MHz
SSB
5/2
14:20z
G0GMY
7MHz
SSB
5/8
14:21z
MM3PDM/P
7MHz
SSB
PETER 5/6
14:21z
G0IPE
7MHz
SSB
4/4
14:23z
G4NUJ
7MHz
SSB
KEN 5/5
14:24z
DL7UCW
7MHz
SSB
BEN 5/5
14:25z
G4CQR
7MHz
SSB
5/7
 Barry's log above
We were both happy with the results and really looking forward to the weekend, however, thoughts were now turning to our evening meal at The Unicorn in Ambleside :)
Bill G4WSB, Barry M0IML, Allan G4VPX
When we reached the car park Barry was taken by surprise at the outstretched hand of Bill G4WSB who had been patiently watching us descend. Although we knew Bill was activating in the area it was nice to meet up and have a chat...thanks Bill.

Thanks everyone for the contacts and to those that spotted us. Four more reports to follow over the next few days.

73 Allan GW4VPX and Barry M0IML

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