Wednesday 11 February 2015

GW/SW-007 Fan Nedd



Brrrr........

GW/SW-007 Fan Nedd

11/02/2015
 
I usually park my car at SN923197 just above the hairpin bends on the North approach to the summit. Well today there was some activity at this location in the form of a film crew using a Drone to film an immaculate Morgan car with a registration number of AERO 8. The car was being driven up and down through the hairpins. As far as I can see there does not seem to be a model with the same backend as the one in my photos but they do have a range called the Morgan Aero.
 Drone with camera on right
They were also controlling the section of road by the use of radio communications. I came to the conclusion that some sort of promo video was being made. It'll be interesting to see if anything appears on their website in the near future.
 Mist shrouding the summit
Past the cairn and towards the trig
The summit was shrouded in mist as I made my way to the top where I soon realised that it was freezing fog so a quick activation was the order of the day. The icicles were even horizontal on the blades of grass.
On arrival at the trig I immediately took off one sweaty layer and put on another 3 dry layers which hopefully would keep me warm during my stay. I bungeed the pole to the trig point and hid behind it and my rucksack as protection from the wind that had picked up then set about the activation.
An orderly pile up once again as soon as the spot kicked in with Don G0RQL being first in the log.
11:31z
G0RQL
7MHz
SSB
Don
11:32z
M0IML
7MHz
SSB
Barry
11:33z
G6TUH
7MHz
SSB
Mike
11:33z
M0IBC
7MHz
SSB
David
11:33z
G4WSB
7MHz
SSB
Bill
11:34z
2E0WDS
7MHz
SSB
Wayne
11:34z
G6ODU
7MHz
SSB
Bob
11:34z
G0VWP
7MHz
SSB
Terry
11:35z
EA2CKX
7MHz
SSB
Pedro
11:35z
EI9GLB
7MHz
SSB
Jim
11:35z
G0TRB
7MHz
SSB
Roger
11:35z
G8VNW
7MHz
SSB
Nick
11:36z
M0NTC
7MHz
SSB
Gez
11:36z
PA0B
7MHz
SSB
Rob
11:36z
M6WSB
7MHz
SSB
Stephen
11:37z
HB9MKV
7MHz
SSB
Rudi
11:38z
M3FEH
7MHz
SSB
Karl
11:38z
M0BKV
7MHz
SSB
Damian
11:39z
G4ZRP
7MHz
SSB
Brian
11:40z
G0ELJ
7MHz
SSB
Dave
11:40z
G0JZF
7MHz
SSB
Graham
11:40z
2E0MIX
7MHz
SSB
Derek
11:41z
G0TDM
7MHz
SSB
John
11:42z
G3RMD
7MHz
SSB
Frank
11:42z
PE1PIC
7MHz
SSB
KeesJan
11:43z
EA1IPN
7MHz
SSB
Paco
11:43z
DL3HXX
7MHz
SSB
Lothar
11:44z
M0JLA
7MHz
SSB
Rod
11:45z
GM4YMM
7MHz
SSB
Christine
11:45z
GM0AXY
7MHz
SSB
Ken
11:45z
M3NFL
7MHz
SSB
Neil
11:46z
G4WHA/A
7MHz
SSB
Geoff
11:47z
G3RDQ
7MHz
SSB
Dave
11:48z
G4YTD
7MHz
SSB
Tim
My flow was interrupted by 4 hill walkers who appeared out of the mist.  I had to ask Stephen 2E0SCS to stand by as they were really interested in what I was doing – their initial reaction was that I was military as they had passed a number of young Army lads with full kit on another part of the mountain.  They moved off and then another group arrived immediately so I had to repeat my speech :)... they too disappeared into the mist  - eerie. What I didn’t realise that not only Stephen was standing by but another 8 chasers were hovering :)  - thank you all.
11:53z
2E0SCS
7MHz
SSB
Stephen
11:53z
G0HRT
7MHz
SSB
Rob
11:54z
G6WRW
7MHz
SSB
Carolyn
11:54z
G8ADD
7MHz
SSB
Brian
11:55z
ON5SWA
7MHz
SSB
Francois
11:56z
DJ5AV
7MHz
SSB
Michael
11:57z
DL/OE9EGI/P
7MHz
SSB
Egon s2s
11:59z
M0SAA
7MHz
SSB
Barry
12:00z
GW6DGU
7MHz
SSB
Roy
12:02z
EB2CZF
7MHz
SSB
Jose
As I was leaning against the trig (TP3108) I called into the WAB net and within 6 minutes I had finished.  So thanks Phil G7AFM for hearing me and letting me work quickly down the list.
12:06z
G7AFM
7MHz
SSB
Phil
12:07z
G0GWY
7MHz
SSB
Geoff
12:07z
G0BFJ
7MHz
SSB
Brian
12:07z
MM3PDM/M
7MHz
SSB
Peter
12:08z
G6LKB
7MHz
SSB
David
12:08z
SM6CNX
7MHz
SSB
Dan
12:08z
G6TEL
7MHz
SSB
Steve
12:08z
M0GDJ
7MHz
SSB
Brian
12:09z
G0FEX
7MHz
SSB
Ken
12:09z
G4STP
7MHz
SSB
Tony
12:10z
G0FVH
7MHz
SSB
David
12:11z
G7BGA
7MHz
SSB
Geoffrey
A call on 2m brought a bleary reply from Mal GW6OVD who was just awakening after his night shift –sorry Mal :)
12:12z
GW6OVD
144MHz
FM
Mal

Thanks to all the chasers for contacting me today whilst I was on Fan Nedd - 57 including 1 s2s in 40 minutes.  
 GW4VPX with many extra layers :)
My additional layers worked well today but I was glad to make my way down... ..brrrr. Hopefully the weather will stay kind for the rest of the Winter Bonus period as I’ve got a few more summits to knock off before it ends.
73 Allan GW4VPX

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