GW/MW-028- Frenni Fawr

GW/MW-028- Frenni  Fawr

22/08/1017

Back on the hills in GW

Park in the lay-by at SN188359

More of a test today to see if my back would protest to carrying a rucksack with radio gear in it on to a SOTA summit…thankfully all went well which means Val and I can get back to activate a few of those uniques that I need to tick off the list :)  

On my way....

Trig ahead...

The bands were not behaving today with some very rapid QSB (fading) but nevertheless I made quite a few contacts including eight s2s.

Just out of the wind and prepared for rain

09:47z	G4WHA/A	5MHz	SSB	Geoff
09:50z	G0VWP	5MHz	SSB	Terry
09:50z	G0FEX	5MHz	SSB	Ken
09:52z	GW6DGU	144MHz	FM	Roy
09:53z	G4OBK	5MHz	SSB	Phil
09:55z	F/M0WML/P	7MHz	SSB	Gerald s2s
10:03z	GW0RUD	144MHz	FM	Peter
10:05z	GW4TQD	144MHz	FM	John
10:09z	G0RQL	144MHz	FM	Don
10:15z	GW4TQD	433MHz	FM	John diff band
10:17z	G0RQL	433MHz	FM	Don diff band
10:20z	GW6DGU	433MHz	FM	Roy diff band
10:26z	G0RQL	3.5MHz	SSB	Don diff band
10:32z	EI9GLB	3.5MHz	SSB	Jim
10:35z	G0VWP	3.5MHz	SSB	Terry diff band
10:41z	OE5JKL/P	14MHz	SSB	Karl s2s
10:43z	EA2LU	14MHz	SSB	Jorge
10:47z	CT1BQH	14MHz	SSB	Carlos
10:47z	OK1BZ/P	14MHz	SSB	Jaroslav
10:49z	DJ5AV	14MHz	SSB	Michael
10:50z	HB9MKV	14MHz	SSB	Rudi
10:52z	GW4AZS/P	144MHz	FM	Adrian s2s
10:55z	GW4TGJ/P	144MHz	FM	Richard s2s
11:15z	DJ5AV	7MHz	SSB	Michael diff band
11:16z	G0FEX	7MHz	SSB	Ken diff band
11:17z	G0RQL	7MHz	SSB	Don diff band
11:18z	PD1CW	7MHz	SSB	Patrick
11:29z	HB9OME/P	7MHz	SSB	Robert s2s
11:43z	DC1SK/P	14MHz	SSB	Stefan s2s
11:54z	OE5DHP/P	14MHz	SSB	Harald s2s
11:59z	IK5PWQ/P	14MHz	SSB	Stefano s2s
12:01z	G4WSB	14MHz	SSB	Bill
12:02z	DL4YAR	14MHz	SSB	Theo

Chasing s2s

I had quite a bit of fun on 70cms with Don G0RQL making my log with genuine 5/9 each way.  I was using a Nagoya NA-771 (2m/70cms) whip on my Kenwood TH-F7 with 5 watts.  Don’s beam was horizontally polarised and I was vertical and standing at the Trig…not a bad trip to Holsworthy in Devon :)

View from the Trig...Holsworthy, Devon..somewhere in that direction

Purple heather and a view towards Fishguard and Mynydd Carningli

It was nice to get Gerald F/M0WML/P in the log…activating a 10 point summit in France .  Gerald and I had arranged a sked via text and it all worked out perfectly….thanks G.  Only two GW summits in the log today, one from Adrian and the other from Richard GW4TGJ who is new to SOTA…thanks both of you.  

Towards Cardigan Bay

After chasing a few s2s it came as quite a shock to me to hear Bill G4WSB booming in at a genuine 5/9 on 20m and giving me 5/9 also…like me he hadn’t had much success on the other bands and was over the moon to get me in his log…thanks Bill.

Activation set up:-  (HF) Yaesu FT817 (4Ah LiPo), UK-MX 50M linear (for 817) and (4Ah LiPo) Antenna - 3 band link dipole (60/40/20 (+15m extensions +80m loading coils), VHF)  Yaesu FT270 (5watts) into a ‘cable tie’ dipole Kenwood TH-F7 for 70cms 

Antenna support - 7m Fishing pole.

Thanks everyone for the contacts

73 Allan GW4VPX