GW/SW-003 Fan Brycheiniog

Misty for a while

GW/SW-003 Fan Brycheiniog

15/03/2016

My GPS track

Park at SN8559 2232….room for about 5 cars. A reasonably well defined grassy track to begin with but becomes rather indistinct as you hit the boggy bits. 

Yes, the summit is over there

You have to aim to hit the SE corner of Llyn y Fan Fawr which then lines you up nicely for the well defined track which takes you diagonally up the side above the lake. 

Diagonal track up the side..highlighted by the snow...military right

The military (trainees) were on a mountain skills course  today and also the summit was very busy with numerous hill walkers.

Remnants of snow on the track

Looking down on Llyn y Fan Fawr

Nice cairn on top which gives a welcome shelter. Took us an hour and a half to reach the top … about 2.3miles. 

Carin in sight..misty summit

 I started on 60m and within minutes had qualified the summit.

11:20z	G6TUH	5MHz	SSB	Mike
11:22z	G0RQL	5MHz	SSB	Don
11:22z	G0ELJ	5MHz	SSB	Dave
11:23z	EI9GLB	5MHz	SSB	Jim
11:24z	G4TSQ	5MHz	SSB	Mike
11:24z	G4WSB	5MHz	SSB	Bill
11:25z	G4WYL	5MHz	SSB	Christine
11:26z	M0TVU	5MHz	SSB	Paul
11:26z	G4IAR	5MHz	SSB	Dave
11:27z	G4FGJ	5MHz	SSB	Gordon

Someone from the military joined us in the cairn. He and others were keeping an eye on the young recruits from a distance..we had a brief chat about SOTA then he was on his way. With a spot from G6TUH I was quickly into a large pile-up on 40m with many WAB chasers joining in for the Trig and square. A surprise s2s was the one with Victor GI4ONL/p on GI/AH-002 Knocklayd and once again Juerg HB9BIN/p made the log with an s2s from HB/BE-151 Selibuel..thank you both.

11:36z	G6TUH	7MHz	SSB	Mike
11:37z	G4WSB	7MHz	SSB	Bill
11:38z	PA2CVD	7MHz	SSB	Cor
11:38z	G8MIA	7MHz	SSB	Andy
11:39z	G0RPA	7MHz	SSB	Ian
11:39z	PC9DB	7MHz	SSB	Mark
11:40z	PA0B	7MHz	SSB	Rob
11:41z	G0FEX	7MHz	SSB	Ken
11:41z	G4IAR	7MHz	SSB	Dave
11:41z	DJ5AV	7MHz	SSB	Mike
11:42z	SM7DIE	7MHz	SSB	Tore
11:42z	M0IML	7MHz	SSB	Barry
11:42z	G0GWY	7MHz	SSB	Geoff
11:43z	2E0SCS	7MHz	SSB	Stephen
11:43z	EB2CZF	7MHz	SSB	Jose
11:44z	GI4ONL/P	7MHz	SSB	Victor s2s
11:45z	G4SQA	7MHz	SSB	Dave
11:46z	G3PRI	7MHz	SSB	Dave
11:46z	G1BLJ	7MHz	SSB	Steve
11:46z	G6LKB	7MHz	SSB	David
11:47z	MU0GSY	7MHz	SSB	Lionel
11:48z	G4WHA/A	7MHz	SSB	Geoff
11:49z	ON4CAS	7MHz	SSB	Egbert
11:49z	MM3PDM	7MHz	SSB	Peter
11:50z	M6RUG	7MHz	SSB	Dave
11:50z	G1OCN	7MHz	SSB	Dave
11:51z	G4GEW	7MHz	SSB	Peter
11:51z	M6EBC	7MHz	SSB	Mark
11:51z	ON5SWA	7MHz	SSB	Francois
11:54z	G0FVH	7MHz	SSB	David
11:54z	HB9BIN/P	7MHz	SSB	Juerg s2s
11:55z	G4ISJ	7MHz	SSB	Pete
11:56z	G6UUR	7MHz	SSB	Sam
11:56z	HB9AGH	7MHz	SSB	Ambrosi
11:57z	2E0KVJ	7MHz	SSB	David
11:57z	DD0VE	7MHz	SSB	Ralf
11:57z	GW6DGU	7MHz	SSB	Roy
11:58z	SM6CNX	7MHz	SSB	Dan
11:59z	ON4AUB	7MHz	SSB	Francois
11:59z	G7BGA	7MHz	SSB	Geoffrey

However, it all came to an end and I hope everybody who wanted to make my log did so. Val had heard Adrian calling on 2m from Pen y Fan so he was soon in the log with a 5/9 each way..thanks Adrian. 

Any s2s possibilities on RRT..trig in the mist

As I finished with Adrian another couple of local stations made my log. I began to pack the gear away and then Mal called me for the summit bringing in a surprise call from Rob on GW/NW-042 Moel y Gamelin and telling me that Nick was looking for me. I hastily attached the cable tie dipole to the fishing pole  which now has a quick assembly clip on it  and with Val holding the fishing pole Nick was in my log….thank you both.

12:02z	GW4AZS/P	144MHz	FM	Adrian s2s
12:05z	GW1BXX	144MHz	FM	Adrian
12:11z	MW6RKF	144MHz	FM	Ray
12:31z	GW6OVD	144MHz	FM	Mal
12:33z	GW0HRT/P	144MHz	FM	Rob s2s
12:43z	G4OOE/P	144MHz	FM	Nick s2s

 The mist cleared just as we were leaving

My activation set up today:-  (HF) Yaesu FT817 (5 watts) (4Ah LiPo),  3 band link dipole (60/40/20),  (VHF) Yaesu FT270 (5watts) with ‘cable tie dipole’ - 7m Fishing pole.

Thanks everyone for the contacts and the spots.

73 Allan GW4VPX