Friday 18 March 2016

G/WB-005 Long Mynd-Pole Bank

First of three

G/WB-005 Long Mynd-Pole Bank

11/03/2016

We had stayed the night at Ludlow to get an early start for the first activation of the day and we made our way in the car via Burway Hill. I just prayed  that I would not meet another car coming down the hill as we made our way up….quite a drop on one side.
Short easy walk to the summit
Summit selfie before we start
This is an easy summit and a good one for a first time activation on either VHF or HF. It was a very nice day, cold but the sun was shining and it was a pleasure to activate this one from close to the trig.
09:54z
G0VWP
5MHz
SSB
Terry
09:55z
G4OBK
5MHz
SSB
Phil
09:56z
M0MDA
5MHz
SSB
Mick
09:56z
G6TUH
5MHz
SSB
Mike
09:57z
GW6DGU
5MHz
SSB
Roy
09:57z
G0NES
5MHz
SSB
Don
09:58z
G0RQL
5MHz
SSB
Don
09:59z
G8MIA
5MHz
SSB
Andy
10:00z
PA0B
5MHz
SSB
Rob
10:00z
G4WSB
5MHz
SSB
Bill
10:00z
GW0HGP
5MHz
SSB
Lonan
10:01z
G0ELJ
5MHz
SSB
Dave
10:01z
G8ADD
5MHz
SSB
Brian
10:02z
OZ7OX
5MHz
SSB
Ole
10:02z
G0TDM
5MHz
SSB
John
10:03z
GI4ONL
5MHz
SSB
Victor
A good run of regular chasers on 60m enabled me to qualify the summit within 2 minutes. I immediately changed the links and 40m proved just as busy so thanks everybody for very orderly pile-ups.
Checking the paper work
10:16z
2E0KVJ
7MHz
SSB
David
10:16z
G6TUH
7MHz
SSB
Mike
10:17z
G0FEX
7MHz
SSB
Ken
10:18z
ON6ZQ
7MHz
SSB
Christophe
10:19z
ON4CAS
7MHz
SSB
Egbert
10:20z
M0JLA
7MHz
SSB
Rod
10:20z
M3FEH
7MHz
SSB
Karl
10:20z
DJ6OK
7MHz
SSB
Oliver
10:20z
2E0SCS
7MHz
SSB
Stephen
10:20z
PA1BR
7MHz
SSB
Pascal
10:21z
ON7MD
7MHz
SSB
Michel
10:21z
G4GEW
7MHz
SSB
Peter
10:23z
G4TQE
7MHz
SSB
John
10:23z
G0HRT
7MHz
SSB
Rob
10:23z
EA2CKX
7MHz
SSB
Pedro
10:23z
M0NTC
7MHz
SSB
Gez
10:24z
SM7DIE
7MHz
SSB
Tore
10:24z
M6RUG
7MHz
SSB
Dave
10:25z
DL2HWI
7MHz
SSB
Dietmar
10:25z
HB9MKV
7MHz
SSB
Rudi
10:26z
G4APO
7MHz
SSB
Roland
10:26z
DF5WA
7MHz
SSB
Berthold
10:27z
G0WPO/P
7MHz
SSB
Neil s2s
10:28z
G0ELJ
7MHz
SSB
Dave
10:28z
DK7ZH
7MHz
SSB
Manfred
10:29z
GW6DGU
7MHz
SSB
Roy
10:29z
G3OKA
7MHz
SSB
John
10:30z
G0VWP
7MHz
SSB
Terry
10:31z
M5DND
7MHz
SSB
Nik
10:32z
G4CFS
7MHz
SSB
Glyn
It was nice to get an s2s with Neil on 40m…thanks Neil.
G0WPO/P
G/NP-008
Great Whernside

Corndon Hill in the distance...our last summit of the day

I ended the activation with 2 s2s with Ian and James .....thanks both. James had called in earlier to say he was on his way to PyF and had just passed Corn Du…would I hang on …most definitely :)

10:33z
MW0JCQ/P
144MHz
FM
James
10:33z
G4WTF/P
144MHz
FM
Ian s2s
10:53z
MW0JCQ/P
144MHz
FM
James s2s

G4WTF/P
G/WB-009
Worcestershire Beacon
MW0JCQ/P
GW/SW-001
Pen y Fan

My activation set up today:-  (HF) Yaesu FT817 (5 watts) (4Ah LiPo),  3 band link dipole (60/40/20),  (VHF) Yaesu FT270 (5watts) & Kenwood TH-F7E  (5watts) - 7m Fishing pole.

Thanks everyone for the contacts and the spots.


73 Allan GW4VPX

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